Diddy offered a resort security guard a stack of money to take care of quiet regarding the Cassie beating … a minimum of primarily based on the person’s courtroom testimony.
The first witness often known as to the stand in Diddy’s intercourse trafficking case Monday was the assistant director of security on the InterContinental Los Angeles Century Metropolis at Beverly Hills Lodge … and he was grilled regarding the infamous 2016 incident between Diddy and Cassie.
The witness, Israel Florez, says he obtained a report of a lady in distress on the sixth flooring spherical 11 AM and checked the cameras … and seen Diddy pacing backwards and forwards.
Florez suggested the jury he rushed to the scene and encountered Diddy in a towel and Cassie on the bottom. He says he suggested them within the occasion that they’ve been arguing, they wished to take it once more to their room, and he says he noticed a broken vase on the bottom and suggested Diddy it could possibly be charged to the room.
Cassie acknowledged she requested for her phone and her bag and wanted to depart, nevertheless Diddy suggested her she couldn’t depart … Florez testified.
Florez suggested the jury Diddy later often known as for him and was holding a stack of money … telling him to not inform anyone about what occurred. He testified that he suggested Diddy he didn’t want the money, and the damage would nonetheless be charged to the room.
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The resort security guard testified he went to Diddy’s room to remind him of resort tips … and Diddy opened the door and grabbed his phone, and requested if he was recording Diddy. Florez says he pinned Diddy to the wall.
Florez says he took footage of the broken vase for an incident report and recorded two films of the surveillance footage collectively together with his iPhone, explaining he wanted to level out his partner at home.
He says he had the subsequent two days off — and when he returned to work, he appeared for the surveillance video … nevertheless “it was gone” and he not at all seen it as soon as extra until not too way back.
On cross-examination, Diddy authorized skilled Brian Steel requested Florez if regulation enforcement was often known as, and Florez talked about, “they weren’t.” He requested why Florez didn’t put that inside the report and why he didn’t embody the half about Diddy allegedly telling Cassie she wasn’t leaving. Florez talked about he didn’t put every last aspect in his research.
Steel requested Florez, “You have got been offered a bribe — nevertheless hadn’t you suggested him he wanted to pay for the vase?” Florez responded, “Positive.”
The prosecution circled once more and requested Florez what Diddy talked about when he allegedly offered the money, and Florez testified that Diddy didn’t want anyone to find out about what occurred.
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Florez moreover testified that the video reveals Diddy dragging Cassie once more to the room … and Steel requested if there are gaps inside the footage because of the cameras are motion delicate, and Florez talked about, “Positive.”
His testimony is accomplished and now the prosecution’s second witness is coming to the stand.
