The federal courtroom in New York was gripped by silence on May 21, 2025, as Al B. Sure, R&B singer and ex-partner of Kim Porter, took the stand in the trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, who faces charges of racketeering and trafficking. Al’s testimony, reported by Inner City Press, was not about music but about a chilling narrative of fear, loss, and survival. He claimed that Porter, who died in 2018, warned him of dangers within Diddy’s circle and that her death was no accident. Al’s own near-death experience in 2022, he alleges, was an attempt to silence him for knowing too much.

Al began with a vivid memory of Porter’s vibrant spirit, describing her as a devoted mother whose warnings about Diddy’s world grew ominous. “She told me, ‘If you keep being this open, you’re going to get hurt or worse,’” Al testified. Weeks before her death, Porter confided that she felt watched, her phones tapped, and her home under surveillance. She allegedly kept a detailed notebook—names, dates, locations—that she believed could expose Diddy’s control over her and others. “If anything happens to me, it wasn’t an accident,” she told Al. After her death, her belongings, including the notebook, vanished.

Porter’s official cause of death was pneumonia, but Al challenged this narrative. He claimed a source close to her household reported finding her not in bed, as stated, but on the bathroom floor with blood on her pillowcase. A 2:43 a.m. 911 call she allegedly made went unanswered until 11 a.m., raising questions about the nine-hour gap. Al’s attempts to access her autopsy were blocked, with officials citing sealed records. “Why was it sealed? Who sealed it?” he asked, noting that private photos contradicted the official report.

Al’s testimony took a personal turn as he recounted his 2022 medically induced coma, described as multi-organ failure with no clear cause. “One day I was fine; the next, I flatlined,” he said. Weeks prior, he had been meeting with a journalist about Porter’s warnings when he received a $500,000 offer to retract his claims. After refusing, his Wi-Fi was disabled, his tires slashed, and he collapsed. Toxicology reports, he claimed, showed unexplained substances in his blood, suggesting poisoning. “They couldn’t shut Kim up, so they made her disappear,” he said. “I got lucky.”

The courtroom gasped as Al revealed a voicemail from Porter, played publicly for the first time. “Something doesn’t feel right lately,” she said, her voice trembling. “If something happens, tell the truth.” Al also alleged that Porter recorded conversations on an old-school tape recorder, fearing hacked phones. These tapes, along with a memoir manuscript she planned to publish under a pseudonym, disappeared after her death. The manuscript, Al said, detailed Diddy’s “dark room parties” and violent outbursts, intended to expose the industry’s underbelly.

Al connected Porter’s fate to others tied to Diddy, like Andre Harrell and Heavy D, who died while working on memoirs. “They all had stories, and now they’re gone,” he said, suggesting a pattern of silenced voices. He also recounted threats after Porter’s death, including a warning to stop “poking around” and a 2023 car brake failure he believes was sabotage. Dashcam footage and geolocation data, presented by prosecutors, showed Al being tailed, supporting his claims of aggressive surveillance.

In an emotional peak, Al read from a letter Porter wrote days before her death: “If this gets me killed, I did my best. Tell my story honestly.” Facing Diddy, he said, “She told me, ‘Protect Quincy. He’s the one they’ll come for next.’” The jury was visibly moved, with some in tears. Prosecutors introduced medical records and photographic evidence of blood on Porter’s bed, hinting at witness tampering charges.

Al’s testimony transforms the trial into a reckoning for the music industry’s hidden power dynamics. “Kim died of silence, of keeping secrets too long,” he said. As he stepped down, his words lingered: a call to break the silence for Porter, their son Quincy, and others trapped in a system where truth comes at a deadly cost.