Sean "Diddy" Combs told a former Los Angeles hotel guard it would ruin his career if a security video of the hip-hop mogul kicking and dragging R&B singer Casandra " Cassie " Ventura in 2016 was made public, the security specialist testified Tuesday at Combs' federal sex trafficking trial.

Eddy Garcia, 33, testified to a jury that Combs made the comment repeatedly in March 2016 soon after the attack as he tried to buy what he hoped was the only copy of the video.

Prosecutors have made the footage from the Intercontinental Hotel a centerpiece of evidence against the Bad Boy Records founder, saying it supports the claims of three women, including Cassie, who allege Combs abused them sexually and physically over the past two decades. They also say Combs' persistent efforts to hush up the ep

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