Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ posse threatened to murder assistant Capricorn Clark after his jewelry vanished: ‘They’re going to throw you in the East River’
Double-cross him and you’ll be sleeping with the fishes.
Sean “Diddy” Combs’ former assistant detailed her chilling experiences working for the music mogul in court Tuesday — including how one of his goons once told her she could wind up getting thrown into the East River.
In a scene that could have been straight out of “The Sopranos,” a Combs bodyguard nicknamed “Uncle Paulie” allegedly forced ex-assistant Capricorn Clark to an abandoned Manhattan skyscraper to have her take a lie detector test for five days straight.
The Bad Boy Records founder’s diamond necklace, bracelet and watch had gone missing while Clark was transporting them, she testified, describing how Paul “Uncle Paulie” Offord came to her home and brought her to the empty Midtown building — where a heavy-set man chain smoking cigarettes and drinking black coffee greeted her on the sixth floor.
“He said if you fail this test, they’re going to throw you in the East River,” Clark, 46, recalled in Manhattan federal court.
Combs, sitting at the defense table flanked by his lawyers, shook his head as Clark described the wise-guy threat leaving her “petrified.”
“I was told I was not able to leave until I got to the bottom of this,” said Clark, who worked for Combs from 2004 through 2012.
The terrifying account from Clark kicked off the third week of testimony in Combs’ sex-trafficking and racketeering trial – as federal prosecutors tried to bolster their case that the legendary music producer ran a criminal enterprise comparable to the mob.
On her first day working for Combs, Clark said he took her to a deserted Central Park after dark — and threatened to kill her over her links to his rival Suge Knight, who managed Death Row Records when she had a job there.
“He told me that he didn’t know that I had anything to do with Suge Knight and that if anything happened he would have to kill me,” Clark told the jury.
Combs faces a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act – or RICO – charge that historically has been used to go after La Cosa Nostra.
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“Kidnapping, arson, drugs, sex crimes, bribery and obstruction – these are just some of the crimes that the defendant and his inner circle committed again and again,” said prosecutor Emily Johnson during her opening statement in the trial.
Combs’ ex-girlfriend, R&B singer Cassie Ventura, and other witnesses, including a male escort nicknamed “The Punisher,” have previously testified about the mogul’s degrading, drug-fueled and baby oil-drenched “freak-off” sex parties.
Kid Cudi, whose real name is Scott Mescudi, took the stand to accuse Combs of bombing his Porsche with a Molotov cocktail in a bout of violent jealousy over his budding relationship with Ventura.
Clark testified to two alleged kidnapping incidents, including one in which Combs showed up to her house with a gun and forced her to join him as he broke into Mescudi’s home.
The other alleged kidnapping centered around Clark contending she was forced to undergo a whopping five full days of lie detector tests over the missing jewelry before being told she could finally return to work.
The California native said Combs’ bodyguard, Offord, was also present when her new boss threatened her over her ties to Suge Knight, who was also the dad of her best friend’s kids.
Suge Knight — whose real name is Marion Knight Jr. — founded West Coast record label Death Row Records, whose stable of rappers feuded with Combs’ Bad Boy Records troupe in the 1990s.
He’s currently serving 28 years behind bars for manslaughter.
Another former Combs assistant – David James – last week testified that his ex-boss once hauled him to confront Knight, while packing three guns.
Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty to charges that could send him to prison for life, if convicted.
