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US District Judge Arun Subramanian’s rebuke followed more than an hour of testimony given by Kid Cudi, whose real name is Scott Mescudi.

Steel asked if Mescudi had felt “played” by Ventura — and if Combs had been likewise “played” — because she’d told both men that their relationship was exclusive.

During his line of questioning, Steel asked Mescudi if he and Ventura had been sexually intimate during their romance — a question that sparked a speedy, successful objection from prosecutors.

The judge said that Steel’s question was way out of line under federal rules barring the use of prior sexual activity in impugning sex-crime accusers. “One, the line was crystal clear. And two, the line was crossed,” Subramanian said, his voice angry. “Mr. Steel, you knew what you were doing when you did it, and you did it anyway.”

When Subramanian asked, “Is it going to happen again?” Steel said it wouldn’t. The judge also ordered that the question, which Mescudi never answered, be struck from the record.