Context:

In the Sean 'Diddy' Combs sex trafficking trial, a male escort testified about being paid by Diddy's ex, Cassie, to engage in sexual acts in front of the music mogul. The witness, Daniel Phillip, detailed instances where Diddy directed the encounters, including role plays and specific sexual acts, while also alleging that Diddy offered him drugs. He recounted a violent incident where Diddy allegedly assaulted Cassie for not responding promptly to his call, describing how Diddy threw a liquor bottle and dragged Cassie by her hair. The defense questioned the witness's relationship with Cassie and whether she was under the influence during their encounters, with the escort denying any personal relationship or romantic feelings towards her. The witness also mentioned feeling threatened by Diddy, who took a picture of his driver's license as a form of intimidation to ensure silence about the events he witnessed.

Dive Deeper:

• Daniel Phillip, the second witness in the trial, testified that he was paid by Cassie to have sex in front of Diddy, who was charged in 2024 with serious crimes including sex trafficking and racketeering. He claimed the encounters were orchestrated by Diddy, who sometimes joined in and offered drugs during these sessions.

• The witness described a particular occasion when Diddy allegedly assaulted Cassie after she delayed responding to his call, throwing a liquor bottle and dragging her by her hair into a bedroom, where sounds of slapping were heard.

• Cassie, according to the witness, appeared to be under the influence during one of their encounters, although the defense questioned the credibility of this claim, suggesting it was an isolated incident.

• During cross-examination, the defense focused on the nature of the witness's interactions with Cassie, probing whether a personal bond was formed, which the witness denied, maintaining that his involvement was strictly professional.

• The witness recounted feeling intimidated by Diddy, who took a picture of his driver's license as a means of ensuring his silence about the events, implying a threat if the witness spoke out.

• He also addressed an incident at the Essex Hotel, where he observed signs of physical abuse towards Cassie, who later sought comfort in his lap, appearing shaken and terrified.

• Despite the defense's attempts to undermine his testimony by questioning his motives and recollections, the witness insisted that all encounters were paid jobs, and he had no romantic feelings or personal involvement with Cassie outside these events.

• Daniel Phillip is speaking out.

• The second witness called to the stand in the Sean “Diddy” Combs sex trafficking trial claimed to be paid by Diddy‘s ex Cassie to have sex with her in front of the music superstar.

• The 55-year-old music mogul was arrested in 2024 for alleged sex trafficking, prostitution, racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, as well as transportation to engage in prostitution.

• According to the witness on Day 1 of the trial, he said he received money from Cassie to have sex in around 2012 or 2013. He said he was paid “a few thousand dollars” to have sex with Cassie while Diddy watched.

• The witness was “expecting to do a strip tease and leave” with $200 and a tip.

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• “At that point she gave me a few thousand dollars and said she would tip me when I leave. We ended up having sex, rubbed baby oil on each other for a couple minutes. He (Combs) was sitting in a corner masturbating,” the witness said, via NBC News.

• After the act, he said Cassie gave him “a couple of thousand more.”

• “He started really directing us after the second time,” Daniel said, saying that included role play scenarios, when to orgasm, and what sex acts to perform.

• According to the witness, Diddy would occasionally stop him so he could have sex with Cassie.

• He also alleged that Diddy offered him drugs. He also said one time it seemed Cassie might have been under the influence of drugs.

• “Combs opened the door, he said I don’t think this is going to happen today. She looked like she was completely passed out, half on the couch and half off the couch,” he told the jury.

• Diddy allegedly urged the escort to keep quiet, and also claims he saw Diddy assault Cassie.

• “He asked for my driver’s license and took a picture of it and said, ‘It’s just for insurance,’ that if I spoke about it to anybody, I understood it to be that he was threatening me,” he said.

• He said he once saw Diddy assault Cassie because she didn’t come to the his side as soon as he called.

• “I heard him yell out, ‘Babe, come here,’” the witness said, adding that Cassie asked for more time as she finished working on her computer.

• “Combs came out of the room and I saw a liquor bottle fly past her and hit the wall. He grabbed her by her hair and dragged her by the hair into the bedroom. She was screaming and he pulled her into the bedroom. And what I heard sounded like him slapping her.”

• Cassie allegedly apologized, but Diddy said: “‘B—- when I tell you to come, you come now, not later.’”

• The witness said he was “shocked” and “terrified” but that he “didn’t know what to do.” He said he “did not intervene,” and that “there were four or five bodyguards in the other room.”

• He also addressed an alleged incident while the couple was in a bedroom at the Essex Hotel.

• “I heard her yelling, ‘I’m sorry, I’m sorry,’ someone was being slapped around and slammed around the room. And I looked around the corner and I saw Mr. Combs walk out of the hotel altogether without clothes, he might have had a towel on.”

• Cassie then ran out of the room and jumped into the escort’s lap, shaking and terrified, he claims.

• “She basically tried to convince me that ‘it’s OK’ and ‘I’ll be OK.’ And I said, ‘It is not OK and you need to get help.’”

• On Day 2, the defense cross-questioned the witness.

• Attorney Xavier Donaldson asked the witness if he thought he was establishing a bond with Cassie, to which he said “correct,” but when asked if he thought he was in a relationship with her, he said “incorrect.”

• He was also asked if he told federal prosecutors last year that he was jealous when the couple were having sex, to which he said he does not recall.

• The defense team also questioned whether Cassie was drunk or high in her sexual encounters with a male escort, seemingly to contradict the assertion that Diddy forced her to take drugs.

• The witness recalled only one instance out of several encounters with Cassie when she did appear to be under the influence.

• He said the encounters were all paid jobs, and recalled how he once wasn’t compensated because he couldn’t maintain an erection. He denied he ever saw Cassie outside these paid events or had developed any romantic feelings for her.

• Find out what Cassie said in Day 2 of the trial.