Shocking photos show Sean ‘Diddy' Combs' NYC hotel room stocked with baby oil, pink ketamine and $9K in cash on day of arrest
According to photos taken at the Park Hyatt Hotel by Homeland Security Agent Yasin Binda, authorities found big and mini sized bottles of Johnson & Johnson baby oil, bottles of Astroglide lubricant, a black fanny pack with thousands of dollars in cash and two clear plastic Ziploc bags with a pink powdery material inside in the 'Act Bad' rapper's room.
One of the baggies tested positive for ketamine while the other contained MDMA and ketamine.
Authorities also recovered a prescription bottle of clonazepam that was made out to Frank Black — an alias that he used, according to Combs' ex Casanda 'Cassie' Ventura's testimony.
Another prescription bottle that was photographed in Combs' hotel room had the name of the recipient scratched off.
Homeland Security also took photos of the hotel room lamp, which Binda told jurors last week that a 'lighting device' was used to create 'mood lighting' in the living room.
Combs, 55, was arrested on Sept. 16, 2024, after he was indicted by a grand jury.
The dad of seven was then hit with three charges: racketeering conspiracy; sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion; and transportation to engage in prostitution.
Combs has pleaded not guilty and denied all culpability.
The 'I'll Be Missing You' emcee's sex trafficking trial kicked off earlier this month with several people testifying about his sex- and drug-filled 'Freak-Off' parties and the physical abuse his ex Ventura, 38, endured.
The 'Me & U' singer, who dated Combs on and off from 2008 to 2018, testified last week that one 'Freak-Off' lasted as long as four days and that she would suffer painful UTIs and sores in her mouth due to the back-to-back sex sessions.
Ventura's former BFF Kerry Morgan and singer Dawn Richard testified Monday that they witnessed Combs physically attack the model on several occasions.
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