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The Sun
05-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Diddy trial witness ‘The Punisher' reveals battle against ‘storm of negativity' after taking part in freak-offs
THE male escort "The Punisher" who participated in Sean "Diddy" Combs' alleged "freak-offs" has opened up about the battle against a storm of negativity since testifying at the music mogul's trial. The high-profile federal trial of Combs ended on Wednesday with the jury's stunning verdict that acquitted the Bad Boy Records executive, 55, of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking charges. 8 8 8 8 Throughout seven grueling weeks, the prosecution laid out their expansive case that consisted of testimony from 34 witnesses, including law enforcement officials, former employees of Combs, as well as two former girlfriends. Cassandra Ventura, the singer who goes by Cassie, disclosed to jurors how Combs allegedly proposed a "freak-off" to her months into the start of their relationship in 2007, when she was 22. An emotional Ventura told the court that the alleged drug-fueled sex marathons with paid male escorts became a weekly occurrence, describing how her music career took a backseat while her participation in the "freak-offs" became "her job." Ventura testified how she soon began organizing "freak-offs" at Combs' direction and "because it was what was expected of her." She told the court she would at times hire the male escorts, book the hotel rooms, and ensure the rooms were set up with red lighting, towels, drugs, candles, and baby oil. "I just felt pretty horrible about myself. I felt disgusting. I felt humiliated," Ventura said on the stand. Sharay Hayes, a male escort who goes by the nickname " The Punisher," was among the dozens of escorts who participated in the sex marathons with Combs and Ventura. Hayes described the "freak-offs" as choreographed encounters where Combs would always be hovering around him and Ventura. "We started every interaction the same. It was a routine and there was a specific procedure to use baby oil," Hayes told The U.S. Sun days before the jury delivered its verdicts in the trial. "Me putting baby oil on myself, or her doing it to herself. "That was the visual type of desire for the moment. So, it was very consistent every single time, every situation I interacted and involved in." 'DAMAGE CONTROL' Hayes was the ninth witness called to the stand by the prosecution and since his testimony on May 20, the former escort turned author has been trying to navigate the "storm of negativity" that emerged from Combs' federal trial. "Honestly, my mindset now is all damage control," Hayes, who authored the men's self-help book In Search of FREEZER MEATS, said. "When you're thrust into this type of trial, especially under the umbrella as a male escort, you get a storm of negativity, negative perceptions. "Listen, I'm not trying to sidestep. It's a decision that I made in terms of a proposition, but doing these interviews and trying to at least control the narrative of who I am as a man, how I represent myself, what I'm trying to do to the best of my ability. "If there's going to be an opinion, at least let it be formulated off of someone actually seeing me speak and tell my side and put it out to the public to at least form whatever opinion you're going. "This stuff happened over a decade ago. So, the first thing from my mind is that it's going to be in a public forum. "And just the idea of these intimate details about yourself being basically broadcasted to the world that everybody can just form an opinion, embellish on that opinion. "Then you being judged on these very intimate moments. It's an unfortunate thing. I don't I don't wish it on anybody. "It's a tough thing to have your name synonymous with those type of acts and that type of atmosphere for the rest of your days. "So, I don't know what it's going to look like in the future, but I'm just trying my best to manage it." 8 8 8 COMBS STILL IN JAIL Combs and his family's post-verdict celebration was short-lived after the judge presiding over his case denied the music mogul bail. Marc Agnifilo, Combs' lead defense attorney, proposed a sprawling $1 million bail package to Judge Arun Subramanian that would have allowed his client to be on house arrest at his Star Island estate in Miami while he awaited sentencing. Agnifilo said Combs would have willingly surrendered his passport and restrict his travels to New York, New Jersey, Miami, and Los Angeles. Throughout the trial and during closing arguments, Combs and his defense team admitted to his violence behavior towards his staff and former girlfriends. However, the strategy ended up backfiring and in his ruling, Judge Subramanian used the defense's own admission against them in their effort to release Combs on bail. "Even if the defendant was solely required to show that he is not a danger to the community, he could not meet that burden," the judge told Agnifilo. "The defense conceded the defendant's violence. You full-throatedly in your closing arguments told the jury that there was violence here." The judge underscored the disturbing 2016 surveillance footage from the Inter-Continental hotel of Combs' brutal assault on Ventura. "There was the London Hotel incident. There was violence after the searches in this case," Judge Subramanian added, referring to the raids on Combs' properties in Beverly Hills and Miami. "As to Jane, there was June 2024 after the searches of Combs' residences. This evidences a disregard for the law and a propensity for violence." Agnifilo pushed back on the judge's ruling, arguing that his client has been a "model prisoner" since his arrest in September 2024. "I just think we should trust him. He's not going to flee," the defense attorney said. At one point, Agnifilo brazenly told Judge Subramanian that Combs wished to speak with him, but the offer seemingly went unnoticed as the judge reaffirmed his position. Combs hung his head as he was escorted out of the courtroom by US Marshals, who transported him back to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. The defense conceded the defendant's violence. You full-throatedly in your closing arguments told the jury that there was violence here. Judge Subramanian to Combs' lead defense attorney Before he left the courtroom, Combs faced his family and told them, "We're gonna make it through this. I'll see you when I get out," according to CNN. "I love you all. Be strong." The judge tentatively set sentencing for October 3, but scheduled a July 8 hearing where he will rule on whether to push the date up per the defense's request. Hayes, the former male escort, said that despite all the alleged sex marathons he participated in with Combs and Ventura, he holds no ill will towards the music executive. "I'm trying to steer strongly away from judgment. Certain things are undeniable to domestic violence and stuff like that," Hayes told The U.S. Sun. "But we do understand people have low moments, so I don't want to categorize a man in his 50s solely based on his low moments and a lot of misinformation that's being spread. "I just would hope that whatever his issues are that are unfavorable, he's en route to strong correction and bettering himself. "People deserve that, a way to try to improve. In this terrible storm of judgment and negativity, I just want to hope for the best for everybody involved." 8
Yahoo
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Diddy Poll: Will He Return to Freak-Offs if Acquitted In Federal Trial?
There's absolutely no denying Diddy's insatiable appetite for freak-offs, which has been on full display throughout his federal racketeering and sex trafficking trial. After 7 weeks of witness testimony -- much of it centered around Diddy's freak-off obsession -- the case will be handed to the 12-person jury on Monday, and they will start deliberating on whether to acquit or convict Diddy on five felony charges. Here's the thing ... If Diddy walks on all of the charges and strolls out of court a free man, one question immediately comes to mind -- will the music mogul go right back to freaking-off with girlfriends, male escorts and, of course, baby oil? God knows Diddy can't control his freak-off impulses. Remember, Diddy continued to freak off while under federal investigation for freak offs and other alleged crimes. And, when Diddy was arrested in 2024, the feds found freak-off paraphernalia in his NYC hotel room, appearing to show that Diddy was about to hold another one of his ... well, you guessed it. So, we've now created a poll to see what you think about what Diddy might do on the freak-off front if he's actually exonerated -- cast your vote! If Acquitted, Does He Do More Freak-Offs? Hell No | Hell Yeah | Fine Tune Freak-Offs (Avoid Breaking Laws) Click here to vote
BBC News
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Sean 'Diddy' Combs: Secret world revealed in voice notes and videos
Warning: Explicit content"Can y'all come straighten it up over here? It's not looking luxurious," Sean "Diddy" Combs says in a voice note to his personal assistants as R&B music mellows in the before, a so-called "freak-off" - a drug-fuelled orgy also known as a "Wild King Night" - had been in full swing. Now, staff were being called in to clean up."PD said he's going to need emergency clean up at hotel," his chief of staff texts after another of these events. "Bring him stain remover (for a chair and couch) and black trash bags. And baking soda too, he said." The BBC has seen messages and recordings from former staff in Combs' household. The staff members have also given detailed accounts of what it was like to work on the multi-millionaire music mogul's glamorous yacht rentals and inside his sprawling estates across the US - in the Hamptons, Beverly Hills and on Star Island in experiences span the past five to 10 years, a period that was under scrutiny during Combs' criminal trial in New the trial's conclusion on Wednesday, the 55-year-old was cleared of the most serious charges - racketeering, and two counts of sex trafficking related to ex-partner Casandra Ventura and another woman referred to as "Jane". But jurors found he was guilty of two other counts related to the transportation to engage in prostitution of both women. He will be sentenced at a later date. We have been shown material which paints a picture of a "scary" and unpredictable boss, who would administer shocking "loyalty tests", and whose demands grew more and more extreme. Staff have described how his sometimes-days-long "freak-offs" were held at locations around the world, with the rapper expecting staff to prepare a bag containing "baby oil, lubricant and red lights" - to create the red-tinted ambience Combs preferred - alongside class-A drugs wherever he travelled. 'Wild King Nights' Inside his waterfront Miami mansion, a $48m (£36m) compound located on an exclusive man-made island, we have been told that Combs kept tight control of his inner circle. "I'm not about to be transparent with y'all," a groggy Combs warns staff one day in a rambling voice note posted in an employee WhatsApp group in 2020. "There's some dark places y'all [EXPLETIVE] don't want to go. Stay where you're at."Staff say he was intense, demanding and volatile, with some attributing his unpredictability to a lifestyle of drug-fuelled parties. The turnover of staff was high and Combs had more than 20 different house managers join and leave in just two years across his properties, one former estates manager told us. Phil Pines, 40, who worked for Combs as a senior executive assistant from 2019-2021, has told the BBC the mogul didn't say a word to him when he first started his job."It was like an initiation," he explains. "We didn't speak to each other for 30 days."Another recent assistant, Ethan (not his real name), recalls: "He was a very ill man with different behaviours, sometimes very aggressive, sometimes very sweet."We have changed Ethan's name because, like many former staff members, he still works in the high-net-worth hospitality industry and fears speaking out about Combs will hurt his shows us a small scar on his forehead. He says this was the result of Combs smashing a glass against a wall in a fit of rage, and the shards cutting Ethan's Pines and Ethan were part of Combs' small group of trusted assistants and say he often played mind games with staff. Ethan recalls one of Combs' loyalty tests - when the star took off one of his rings and threw it into the Atlantic Ocean. He then turned to Ethan and told him he had to go into the water to get were at a formal event and Ethan, like his boss, was wearing a smart suit. He says this didn't stop him jumping in right away to rescue another incident, Pines says Combs called him to his residence after midnight, just so he could fetch the TV remote from under the bed he was in with a female guest."See? He is loyal and now he can go back home," he recalls Combs telling her. Pines says he felt like an animal. But the Wild King Nights - as the rapper's chief of staff, Kristina Khorram, referred to them - revealed an even darker side to working for Combs."I was asked to set up a laundry list of items for him," says Pines. "And I thought to myself, why didn't anybody explain this to me before?"In one exchange seen by the BBC, Khorram texted him to warn a bag needs to be prepared for a Wild King Night in two hours. In another, she asked for a "drop off" of seven bottles of baby oil and seven bottles of Astroglide lubricant alongside iced vanilla lattes. "Rounding up a shelf of baby oil and Astroglide at a store is very, very humiliating. I would always pretend like I was on the phone," Pines tells Combs' trial the prosecution presented evidence of supplies they said were procured for "freak-offs". A police raid on Combs' Los Angeles mansion found drugs and more than 1,000 bottles of baby three months into his role, Pines began having concerns about the frequency of these requests. "It became daily, sometimes twice a day, every day, and every week."Pines says there was a constant stream of young women who frequented Combs' homes - apparently for sex. Young men were also called to the parties, says of these young people would appear to be friends of the star's sons, Pines tells us, with some of the women later seen "hanging" with says he also had concerns that some of these guests - who looked like they were in their early 20s - were "too young" and "impressionable" for his then 50-year-old boss."I would see some women feel uncomfortable or at least look like they'd had a wild night," says Pines.A woman with an IV drip would usually visit the next day, he says, to help guests recover after sometimes "partying" for 24 hours non-stop without recalls one young guest uttering to him in distress: "I've never done anything like that before."He was instructed to drive her home from Combs' Miami residence: "She was kind of shaking and shivering, like she was coming down off the drugs." The drug-fuelled nature of these nights has repeatedly been brought during Combs' trial. Casandra Ventura, his ex-partner of more than a decade, testified that she endured years of coerced sex with male escorts under the threat of beatings and blackmail, while Combs filmed the encounters. She said these events would sometimes go on for days and require her to take countless drugs to stay woman, who dated Combs on-and-off from 2021 until his arrest last September, gave evidence that she felt pressured to fulfil his desires partly because he was paying her rent, and said the encounters left her feeling "disgusted" and in physical his defence at trial, Combs' lawyer said he admitted to domestic violence, but argued that all the sexual encounters were consensual, and that Combs had a "swingers lifestyle". The BBC understands at least one staff member was asked to search online for escorts to participate in the Wild King nights. Screenshots of the escorts were then sent to Combs for says he doesn't know what happened at these events, but he was asked to deal with the was "just complete wreckage", he says. "Oil all over the floor. Marijuana joints everywhere… I would wear gloves. I would wear a mask.""He [Combs] would get up, put his hoodie on and walk out the door," Pines says, leaving staff to clean the room. On one occasion, Pines says he witnessed Combs push and kick a female guest during an argument at his house, which continued swore at her and said "give me my hoodie", Pines remembers. "She takes off the hoodie, she's topless, no bra, nothing, no t-shirt on. So, I take off my jacket and I wrap it around her to kind of shield her."The guest left in an Uber crying, says Pines, but within a week she was back at the house again with Combs."She came back shortly after that. Dinner, gifts... she was brought back into the fold."When Pines told his supervisor Khorram about the incident, he says she knew exactly what to say to him: "I kind of give her a play-by-play of what happened. Her words to me: 'Never speak about this again.'"Kristina Khorram has not responded to the BBC's request for comment but has previously denied any wrongdoing. In a statement to CNN last March, she described allegations against her as "false" and "causing irreparable and incalculable damage to my reputation and the emotional well-being of myself and my family"."I have never condoned or aided and abetted the sexual assault of anyone. Nor have I ever drugged anyone," she said. Staff would be required to erase any evidence of "freak-offs" - removing bodily stains from sheets, disposing of drugs and, Pines tells us, scrubbing any "compromising" recorded footage of the sexual encounters off his boss's personal phones and staff also describe feeling disturbed by Combs' sexual encounters."[There are] things I saw with my own eyes, memories that will stay forever," says Ethan. He says Combs would sometimes ask him to enter the room and "bring him water or male enhancement pills" while sex was taking has filed his own civil lawsuit against Combs. The BBC approached Combs' lawyers for comment in respect of Pines' allegations, and they made this statement in response: "No matter how many lawsuits are filed, it won't change the fact that Mr. Combs has never sexually assaulted or sex trafficked anyone - man or woman, adult or minor. We live in a world where anyone can file a lawsuit for any reason."Pines recalls a particularly horrifying incident around November 2020, when he says he was asked to stay behind after work and set up an after-party at the Miami says that Combs and his guests had been "in the sun partying, taking mushrooms, smoking, drinking all day - so they were completely gone by this time". During the party, Pines says Combs invited him to take a shot, before asking him to "prove his loyalty".He handed Pines a condom and pushed him towards a female guest who was lying on a nearby couch."At that moment, I'm like, what is going on?" Pines says. "I froze. I was just shocked by what was happening. I felt cold… but I also felt so much pressure."Pines says the woman consented and they had sex until Combs began "drifting off into another part of the suite"."I didn't want any of that," he says. "Once I kind of saw him out of my peripheral, that he was gone, I pulled out my pants and just got out of there quickly."It was a power move. I felt like I was coerced. It was manipulation." The Gucci bag When they travelled internationally, staff say Combs' drugs came with him, concealed in a safe onboard his $60m (£45m) private jet."Even if it was for a day trip, if he was going on the yacht for four hours, take all that stuff with you because he may use it." Pines recalls being claims mushrooms, ketamine and ecstasy were kept in a small black Gucci bag alongside baby oil, lubricant and red lawyers admitted during trial that he had procured drugs, but said they were for personal use only. In one nerve-wracking incident in Venice in summer 2021, Pines says Italian authorities questioned Combs' staff for an hour. He feared that if they had found the drugs hidden in the luggage, he would have "taken the fall" for his boss.A former personal assistant, Brendan Paul, was arrested on charges of drug possession while with Combs at a Miami airport in March 2024, on the same day police raided the rapper's homes. The charges were later dropped after Paul completed a pre-trial diversion Combs' trial, Paul, 26, testified that he had found cocaine after "sweeping" his boss's room and had forgotten it was in his bag while they prepared for a vacation in the Bahamas. He told the court that he did not tell law enforcement that they were Combs' drugs out of "loyalty". By December 2021, Pines says he had had enough. "The money wasn't worth it... because of the experiences I was having with him. It was just too much to bear."When asked why staff had not spoken out sooner, Pines does not hesitate. They were, he says, afraid of Combs."He is a very scary person. Whether you're his employee, you're a contractor, you're a girlfriend, guest, you know what he's capable of," he says he used to believe that Combs had "people a couple of steps in front" who "caught everything". But after his former boss's arrest, his view shifted. Staff simply were not able to stop what was coming, he says. "Obviously being a celebrity, he could cut many corners," he reflects, but "he couldn't avoid the law".Pines says he was approached by the FBI as part of its criminal investigation last summer and was later legally summoned to give evidence ahead of Combs' trial. Other ex-assistants, who worked for Combs back in 2014 and as recently as 2024, testified in court during the trial."I have to nod to Cassie Ventura for being so courageous to stand up to him," Pines says. Ventura's civil lawsuit, filed in November 2023, alleged Combs had trapped her in a cycle of violence and sexual abuse. The lawsuit was settled in a $20m (£15m) pay-out, one day after the filing. But dozens more followed in quick succession - there are now more than 60 civil cases against Combs, which remain to be resolved."She opened the door for people like me to come forward, and for other people who are going through similar things who feel silenced, who feel powerless going up against a giant." If you would like to speak to Rianna or Larissa about this story you can get in touch here.
Daily Mail
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Why 'The Punisher' who took part in hours-long 'Freak Off' sessions with Cassie and 'terrible' Diddy says the jury got it right
An exotic dancer nicknamed 'The Punisher' who took part in Diddy 's notorious 'freak off' parties has sensationally claimed jurors were right to clear the rapper of sex trafficking and racketeering. Sharay Hayes said the mogul's federal trial made plain he was a 'terrible partner' who mistreated women and committed 'undeniably egregious' acts. But he doesn't think prosecutors did enough to prove beyond doubt that Diddy, 55, was guilty of the gravest charges that might have sent him to prison for life. 'Honestly, I think today was the proper verdict. I think the jury's decision was the right one based on the law,' Hayes told in an exclusive post-verdict interview. 'Was he a terrible partner, yes, absolutely. He did a lot of things that I'm sure everyone would agree was heinous behavior. 'But that doesn't mean they proved the case that he was guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering. You can't convict someone just for being a bad person.' Diddy - real name Sean Combs – was found guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. He faces up to a decade behind bars on each count, but experts agree a sentence of that length is extremely unlikely. In his testimony, Hayes said he had met with Diddy and Ventura around 12 times for the sessions and that his book uses 'real life funny stories to kind of make light of the struggle's men go through' Diddy - real name Sean Combs - was found guilty of two counts of transportation for the purpose of prostitution. But according to Hayes, the prosecution failed to make a strong enough case for a life sentence, adding that 'you can't convict someone just for being a bad person' Hayes, 51, previously told the trial he was hired for up to a dozen 'freak off' sessions with the producer and his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, 38. He didn't recognize the Bad Boy Records founder at first because he covered his face with a veil when the hook ups began in 2012. But he eventually let slip his identity when the words 'Essex House would like to welcome Mr. Sean Combs' flashed up on a hotel TV. Singer Cassie was one of two exes who claimed they were abused and coerced into taking part in alleged sex marathons for Diddy's pleasure. But Hayes told 'Some of the behavior was undeniably egregious, I don't want to minimize that. But I can't overlook the fact these were his girlfriends, he was with them for long periods of time. 'There were moments he treated them badly and went too far. But does that mean these women were sex trafficked? It doesn't align with the charges, for me.' Hayes, a stripper, entrepreneur and author, wrote about his experiences with Cassie and Diddy in the book 'In Search of Freezer Meat.' A self-help guidebook about erectile dysfunction, it shot to number one in Amazon's 'Male Impotence' category after the title was mentioned in court testimony. He maintains he never saw any evidence Cassie was being coerced into their hours-long trysts as Diddy silently masturbated. 'They were in a ten-year relationship, albeit a toxic and dysfunctional one,' said Hayes, who was allegedly paid up to $2,000 per session. 'I did not get any sense that she was under the influence of alcohol or drugs. She would end each session in a good mood saying, "see you next time". 'Nobody ever said directly to me, you have to have sex or we're giving you this money to have sex. Perhaps that was done purposefully. ' Amazingly, Hayes thinks Diddy can make a comeback after he serves out whatever sentence Manhattan federal judge Arun Subramanian chooses to dish out. 'We live in a society now where people can recover from everything,' reflected Hayes, who runs a company called Hunk-o-Mania, providing ripped male strippers for raunchy bachelorette parties. 'One of the most amazing things I've seen recently is how there was such a resurgence and positivity for O.J. Simpson before he died. 'Young people have an especially short attention span. If Diddy can attach himself to another hit record, I think he can get past this.' Hayes added: 'There was also a lot of misinformation ahead of the trial. People were expecting crazy, crazy details and all that we actually heard about was racy sexual activity. 'I know he's facing a lot of civil suits, and the burden of proof is much lower in civil cases. He'll welcome those over life in prison, any day.'
New York Times
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Live Updates: Jurors Will Hear Sean Combs's Defense for Final Time
An InterContinental hotel in Times Square is one of the locations Sean Combs was said to have hosted a 'freak-off' at trial. The term first came to public awareness in November 2023, when the singer Cassie filed a lawsuit accusing Sean Combs, her onetime boyfriend and record label boss, of years of sexual and physical abuse: 'freak-off.' According to the suit by Cassie, who was born Casandra Ventura, a freak-off was what Mr. Combs called the highly choreographed sexual encounters that he directed 'to engage in a fantasy of his called 'voyeurism.'' They involved costumes, like masks and lingerie. 'Copious amounts of drugs,' including Ecstasy and ketamine. The hiring of male prostitutes. Mr. Combs watched and recorded the events on a phone while he masturbated. Freak-offs have become a central part of the government's case, which charges Mr. Combs with sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to engage in prostitution. (Other witnesses have referred to the events as 'hotel nights,' 'debauchery' or 'wild king nights.') Mr. Combs pleaded not guilty, and his lawyers have strongly denied that any of his sexual encounters with women were not consensual. In testimony last month, Ms. Ventura described the freak-offs in sometimes excruciating detail. The first one happened when she was 22, she said, when Mr. Combs hired a male stripper from Las Vegas to come to a home that Mr. Combs was renting in Los Angeles. Ms. Ventura said she wore a masquerade-style mask and provocative clothing from a 'sex store' She and the man took Ecstasy and drank alcohol before they had sex while Mr. Combs watched, she said. Freak-offs soon became nearly weekly occurrences, Ms. Ventura testified. They took place in homes and hotels across the United States and in international locales like the Spanish island of Ibiza. Mr. Combs had his employees make travel arrangements for the men to come to him and Ms. Ventura — a key point in the government's case for sex trafficking. The events also became more elaborately staged, with candles and studio-style lighting, and Ms. Ventura said she would sometimes take an entire day to prepare herself for them. Mr. Combs controlled that process too, she said, down to the color of her nails. She testified that she took part in the sex partly because she wanted to make Mr. Combs happy. 'When you're in love with someone you don't want to disappoint them,' she said. But she also said she feared he would beat her if she refused and recounted episodes of him assaulting her. When Mr. Combs became angry, she said, his eyes would 'go black' and 'the version of him that I was in love with was no longer there.' The sexual marathons drained her, she said, and it sometimes took days to recover: 'The freak-offs became a job where there was no space to do anything else but to recover and just try to feel normal again.' The videos Mr. Combs made, she said, became 'blackmail materials' that were used to pressure her to agree to continue participating, she testified. She feared the videos might be released on the internet. Fueled by drugs, the freak-offs could last from 36 hours to four days, Ms. Ventura testified. They also became more 'humiliating,' she said: Mr. Combs would direct her and the men on sexual positions, and he would order them to continually apply baby oil to keep themselves 'glistening.' Blood was sometimes left on bedding because Ms. Ventura was compelled to perform while menstruating, she said. There was also urine, as Mr. Combs sometimes ordered the men to urinate into her mouth while she lay on the floor. In her testimony, Ms. Ventura said that a freak-off was underway in March 2016 at the InterContinental Century City hotel in Los Angeles, where a hallway security camera captured her trying to take the elevator before Mr. Combs assaulted her and dragged her away. The freak-offs, she said, continued until she finally left Mr. Combs in 2018. When Jane, another former girlfriend who dated Mr. Combs from 2021 until his arrest last year, took the stand, she described similar events and said her love affair with the music mogul turned into a pattern of unwanted sex with male prostitutes that she struggled to end: 'It was a door that I was unable to shut for the remainder of the relationship.' Describing herself as a single mother who made her living as a social media influencer, Jane said she became financially dependent on Mr. Combs after he began sending her thousands of dollars and paying her rent. She described one night when she had sex with two men, then retreated to a bathroom and vomited. Mr. Combs said the vomiting would make her feel better, Jane testified, and then he told her a third prostitute was ready for her. 'Let's go,' he said. She complied and had sex with the third man. Jane also read aloud a private note from her phone that she wrote about Mr. Combs in 2022: 'I don't want to do drugs for days and days and have you use me to fulfill your freaky, wild desires in hotel rooms.' She said she suffered from urinary tract and yeast infections as a result of frequent sex with other men. After news about Ms. Ventura's lawsuit broke, Jane said she recognized that Ms. Ventura's account mirrored her own 'sexual trauma.' 'I almost fainted,' Jane testified. 'In fact I think I did.' 'There was a whole other woman feeling the same thing,' she added.
