Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has pleaded not guilty to charges of sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy, and transportation to engage in prostitution. The rapper’s trial is being held in New York.

Rapper Scott "Kid Cudi" Mescudi took the stand on Thursday to testify as a prosecution witness at hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial. Mescudi, 41, is expected to tell a panel of 12 jurors and six alternates in Manhattan federal court about his brief romantic involvement with rhythm and blues singer Casandra Ventura,

Diddy's sex-crimes trial is expected to take a star-studded turn as Kid Cudi is called to testify. The rapper was once romantically linked to Cassie.