Warning: This text comprises allegations of sexual harassment and home violence which some readers might discover distressing
An unique dancer often called ‘The Punisher’ has testified that Diddy wore a non secular face masking throughout his notorious ‘freak-offs’.
Sean Combs’ racketeering and sex-trafficking trial reached day seven in New York on Tuesday (20 Might), and Sharay Hayes is without doubt one of the 10 witnesses who has taken to the stand to this point.
Prosecutors allege that the rapper ‘directed’ ‘freak off’ intercourse occasions that have been ‘coercive, manipulative occasions designed to interrupt down victims and maintain them dependent’.
His ex-girlfriend Cassie, legally often called Casandra Ventura, testified to the court docket that she was typically bodily abused throughout the freak offs, which may last as long as 4 days.
The court docket yesterday heard from Hayes, who testified that he initially wasn’t conscious he was assembly Diddy as a result of he wore a face masking throughout freak-offs.
Hayes, who obtained his nickname from taking part in basketball in his teenagers, has been within the escort trade since 1995.
He testified that the primary time he met Diddy, with out figuring out it was really him, was when he was employed in 2012 by somebody who known as themselves ‘Janet’.
The writer of In Search of Freezer Meat claimed he was greeted on the door by Cassie at Trump Tower in Midtown, who ‘handed me’ $800.
“I used to be particularly informed to not acknowledge her husband, not to take a look at him, no communication between me and him,” he claimed.
The dancer testified that he and Cassie began placing oil on themselves when a unadorned man sporting a head masking walked in.
“I couldn’t see his face,” Hayes mentioned. “He had what the Muslim ladies put on, the place their face is totally coated and you might solely see his eyes.”
Hayes added that the masked man was carrying a bottle of lubricant and masturbated within the dimly lit room.
When Cassie left the room, she allegedly gave Hayes one other $1,200.
The dancer informed the court docket that he was employed by them one other eight to 12 instances.
“My understanding was we have been making a scene, an attractive scene, that was pleasant to her associate,” he mentioned.
Hayes says he solely found who the masked man was when he went to fulfill the couple on the Essex Home Resort in New York with a welcoming signal which learn ‘Mr. Sean Combs’, including that his final encounter with Diddy and Cassie was in 2015.
Combs has pleaded not responsible to at least one rely of racketeering conspiracy, two counts of intercourse trafficking by power, fraud or coercion, and two counts of transportation to interact in prostitution.
If discovered responsible on all prices, the 55-year-old faces life in jail.
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