Combs has pleaded not guilty. Prior to Combs’ criminal case, Mescudi was included in a civil lawsuit filed in 2023 against Combs by his former girlfriend, Cassie Ventura. Mescudi and Ventura had a brief relationship in 2011, when she and Combs were in a “rough patch” in their relationship, according to her lawsuit.

Prosecutors alleged Combs set fire to a car between late 2011 and early 2012, mirroring allegations his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura made that he blew up a car belonging to rapper Kid Cudi.

Kid Cudi testified during Sean 'Diddy' Combs criminal trial, alleging that the embattled mogul broke into his house in 2011 and that his Porsche was set on fire in his driveway a few weeks later.