Re: Sean 'Diddy' Combs took ecstasy shaped like homo Obama's face, jury hears

Planet of the apes wrote:
> NEW YORK, May 20 (Reuters) - Sean "Diddy" Combs once took an ecstasy pill
> shaped like President Barack Obama's face, the hip-hop mogul's former
> personal assistant testified on Tuesday at Combs' racketeering and sex
> trafficking trial.
> 
> David James, who worked for Combs from 2007 to 2009, told jurors during
> the second week of the trial in Manhattan federal court that he frequently
> saw Combs take drugs, including opiates during the day and ecstasy at
> night. James said he sometimes picked up drugs for Combs and his friends,
> and often brought narcotics and other personal items like lubricant and
> condoms to Combs' hotel rooms.
> 
> He said he once saw Combs take an ecstasy pill shaped like a "former
> president's face." When prosecutor Christy Slavik asked him which
> president, James responded, "President Obama."
> 
> Prosecutors say Combs, the founder of Bad Boy Records, forced women to
> take part in days-long, drug-fueled sexual performances known as "Freak
> Offs" from 2004 to 2024. They say his employees helped by buying drugs,
> booking and stocking hotel rooms, and giving Combs cash to pay male sex
> workers to take part in the parties.
> 
> Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty. His lawyers have acknowledged that
> Combs had substance abuse issues and was an abusive romantic partner, but
> say the sex acts described by prosecutors were consensual.
> 
> Last week, jurors heard testimony from prosecutors' star witness: Combs'
> former longtime girlfriend Casandra Ventura, a rhythm and blues singer
> known professionally as Cassie. Ventura said she took part in Combs' Freak
> Offs for about a decade, first to please him and later because he
> blackmailed her with videos of the encounters.
> 
> Ventura's mother, Regina Ventura, testified on Tuesday that Combs in
> December 2011 demanded $20,000 to recoup money he had spent on Ventura
> after discovering she had a relationship with another man.
> 
> Jurors saw photographs Regina Ventura took around that time of her
> daughter with bruises on her legs and back, as well as an email in which
> Casandra Ventura told her mother that Combs had threatened to release sex
> tapes of her and have someone hurt her.
> 
> "I was scared for my daughter's safety," Regina Ventura said.
> Regina Ventura said she took out a loan against her home to pay Combs, but
> that the money was returned days later. Combs' defense did not cross-
> examine her.
> 
> EXOTIC DANCER TESTIFIES
> Combs' legal team has sought to show jurors that his relationship with
> Ventura was complicated. Last week, the defense showed jurors emails and
> text messages in which Ventura said she was always ready for a Freak Off
> or sex.
> 
> On Tuesday, a male exotic dancer named Sharay Hayes testified that he
> engaged in sexual activity with Ventura while Combs watched in hotel rooms
> in Manhattan several times between 2012 and 2016. He said Ventura would
> pay him between $1,200 and $2,000 in cash.
> 
> Hayes, who performs under the stage name "The Punisher," said Ventura
> would sometimes sigh as Combs directed her what to do with her body. But
> he also said Ventura at times appeared to enjoy the encounters.
> 
> "It seemed like there was consent there as far as I was concerned," Hayes
> said under cross-examination by defense lawyer Xavier Donaldson.
> 
> Known also during his career as Puff Daddy and P. Diddy, Combs helped turn
> artists like Notorious B.I.G. and Usher into stars. In the process, he
> elevated the role of hip-hop in American culture, and became a
> billionaire.
> 
> He has been held in federal lockup in Brooklyn since his September 2024
> arrest.
> 
> https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/sean-diddy-combs-took-
> ecstasy-shaped-like-obamas-face-jury-hears-2025-05-20/
> 
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