Diddy's Team Wants Cudi's Car Bomb Claim Axed from Trial, "No Proof, Just Hunches"

The rap mogul's Sean "Diddy" Combs legal team is hustling to strike down one jaw-dropping piece of testimony: Kid Cudi's allegation that Diddy was responsible for a Molotov cocktail attack on his Porsche five years ago.

Cudi told the court that he knew Diddy was behind the blaze that engulfed his prized sports car. The supposed motive? Cudi had not seen Cassie, who was in a relationship with Diddy then. He said it happened at such a suspicious time and seemed so explosive.

Under oath, Cudi confessed that he had no solid evidence or video footage and no eyewitnesses or forensics. Only his gut feeling and a fiery conversation he had with Diddy much later on down the line. Cudi said that when he confronted Diddy, Diddy denied being involved. Still, Cudi didn't buy it, and he even said Diddy once offered an offhand apology for "all that bull---."

In recently filed court papers, Diddy's defense team has labeled the testimony based on just what it is theoretical. They insist that no matter what Cudi believes or how loudly he considers, his belief has no place in a courtroom where cold, hard evidence is king.

The defense asks the judge to strike the testimony from the record altogether, calling the assertion "unfounded" and "extremely prejudicial." To them, it's a red herring, a way to distract from the facts and unfairly cast Diddy as a criminal without a single thing to back it up.

There may be a point there, in legal terms, because courts don't endorse feelings. No matter how much smoke there may be around a story, standing in the absence of fire is dangerous.

As for right now, the judge has not yet ruled whether Cudi's fiery tale will stay or go. But if Diddy's legal team prevails in this round, they'll be erasing one of the most dramatic scenes presented in court from the official record.

Word is, more accusations may be waiting in the wings. This courthouse drama is far from finished.

Bookended by high-profile testimonies and off-camera legal wranglings, the Diddy trial has all the makings of one of the most captivating tales in the history of music vs. law, and Kid Cudi's Porsche may just be the first drop of rain before a mighty song storm.