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Sean Combs repeatedly called a hotel security guard “my angel” and offered the man his favorite tea during a high-stakes negotiation to purchase and bury the stunning video of Combs kicking and dragging his ex-girlfriend Casandra “ Cassie ” Ventura in a hotel hallway in March 2016, the security guard testified Monday.

Eddy Garcia took the witness stand and told jurors he initially rebuffed the first few calls from Combs’ chief of staff, Kristina Khorram, in which she sought to view and obtain the incriminating video recorded at the now-shuttered InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles. Garcia said he told Khorram she either needed to contact the hotel’s general manager or get a subpoena. But Khorram eventually called him on his personal phone,

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