Exotic dancer ‘The Punisher’ on how came upon Diddy’s identification

An unique dancer referred to as The Punisher found his shopper’s identification when he turned on a lodge suite tv earlier than an encounter and the display screen stated, “Welcome Sean Combs”.

Sharay Hayes testified on the hip-hop mogul’s sex-trafficking trial that he was employed to create what he referred to as “attractive, erotic scenes” with Combs’ then-girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura whereas a unadorned man watched from the nook.

But he didn’t realise at first that the person was Mr Combs. That modified when Mr Hayes was in a luxurious lodge suite in New York ready for his purchasers and he noticed his title on the tv’s welcome display screen.

Mr Combs, 55, has pleaded not responsible to racketeering, intercourse trafficking and transportation to interact in prostitution.

Mr Hayes testified in a New York courtroom on Tuesday about his first assembly with the couple. He was “particularly instructed to not acknowledge” the person within the room and he stated Mr Combs wore a veil over his face.

They had been in a lodge room in Trump Tower on Central Park West and Ms Ventura greeted him on the door carrying a shower gown, Mr Hayes stated.

Inside the room, the furnishings was coated in sheets and there have been “little bowls” on the ground with bottles of child oil.

Mr Hayes’ testimony comes after the court heard from Daniel Phillip, who final week claimed he was paid to have intercourse with Ms Ventura whereas Mr Combs watched.

Also on Tuesday, the court docket heard from Regina Ventura, the mom of R&B singer Cassie.

An electronic mail from Ms Ventura to her mom from 23 December, 2011 was proven as proof. In it, she wrote that Mr Combs had made threats in the direction of her, and that he would “launch 2 specific intercourse tapes of me”.

The electronic mail additionally stated Mr Combs had instructed Ms Ventura he could be “having somebody harm me” and “he made a degree that it would not be by his arms, he truly stated he’d be in another country when it occurred”.

After the e-mail was proven in court docket, Ms Ventura’s mom recognized a number of photos of her daughter taken in her household house in Connecticut across the similar time.

They present bruises throughout Ms Ventura’s higher and decrease again, and her leg.

Ms Ventura’s mom alleged the bruises had been from being her being “crushed by Sean Combs”.

She additionally testified that Mr Combs had demanded $20,000, as a result of “he was offended that he had spent cash” on Ms Ventura.

Ms Ventura’s mom testified that she took out a mortgage together with her husband and despatched the cash to an account as directed by Mr Combs’ “bookkeeper”.

“I used to be scared for my daughter’s security,” Ms Ventura instructed the court docket, including that she felt she needed to pay “as a result of he demanded it”.

The cash then reappeared of their account about 4 days later, Ms Ventura stated. There was no communication about its return.

Earlier on Tuesday, the defence vigourously cross-examined a former private assistant of Mr Combs and identified some inconsistencies within the variations of occasions he had beforehand instructed the federal government.

The trial is predicted to final a number of weeks and Mr Combs may face a life sentence if discovered responsible.