Some cushioned their praise with caveats acknowledging the gravity of the Diddy case. “Alright but these photos go kinda hard,” read a comment on Complex’s Instagram account. “This dude got on a leather jacket in the rain. He about to give them a movie,” went another.
The response echoed similar outsized interest in the style narrative of other high-profile courthouse appearances earlier this year. In February, rapper A$AP Rocky wore a string of impeccably tailored Saint Laurent suits during his felony assault trial in Los Angeles; later that month, Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December, raised eyebrows for wearing loafers without socks during his pretrial hearing in Manhattan.
Inside the courtroom, reporter Matthew Russell, who is covering the trial via his local news outlet, Inner City Press, confirmed Cudi took the stand in this very outfit, leather jacket and all. He testified that he and Cassie dated in 2011, and in December of that year, a frightened Cassie had called him to discuss Diddy’s furious response to their relationship.
“What was your reaction to your car being set on fire?” the prosecution asked the rapper, per Inner City Press.
“What the fuck,” Cudi replied—a response that prompted an objection from the defense, which the judge overruled.
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