Sean “Diddy” Combs’ former private assistant insisted Friday he was “absolutely not” a “drug mule” — at the same time as he revealed the kaleidoscope of ketamine, pink-dyed “tusi” and different narcotics he stocked up for his rapper boss.
Child-faced Brendan Paul, 26, recounted the shady duties he carried out for Combs — from stowing medication to cleansing up after wicked “freak-off” intercourse romps — as he took the stand within the Dangerous Boy Data mogul’s bombshell trial in Manhattan federal court docket.
However Paul apparently didn’t need to be labeled a “drug mule,” as he was described in a 2024 lawsuit in opposition to Combs.
“You were not some ‘drug mule,’ right?” Combs’ lawyer Brian Metal requested.
“Absolutely not,” Paul replied.
The denial got here after Paul, whereas being questioned by prosecutors, testified he made positive his rapper boss was stocked with cocaine, ecstasy and pot — together with two strains of marijuana referred to as “King Louis and Sunset Sherbet.”
He additionally advised jurors he obtained Combs ketamine, ketamine lollipops referred to as “K Pops” and the pink drug concoction referred to as “tusi” — which normally contained ecstasy and ketamine.
Paul started his testimony by recounting that he was arrested at a Florida airport in March 2024 whereas making an attempt to board Combs’ jet — and had forgot he put the rapper’s cocaine in his bag as a part of his “personal assistant duties.”
Testifying underneath an immunity settlement with prosecutors, Paul advised jurors he had “swept” the “I’ll Be Missing You” rhymer’s room and “put the coke in [his] bag, and forgot to remove it.”
Paul, a former Syracuse College basketball star, had labored for Combs from round late 2022 till the hoopster’s March 25, 2024, arrest.
When Paul was first employed, Combs’ chief of workers Kristina Khorram advised him to avoid their boss till she launched him — which wasn’t till just a few weeks later.
The introduction led to a tumultuous tenure underneath Combs, who fired Paul a number of instances — together with as soon as for forgetting to convey the rapper’s Lululemon fanny pack on a stroll, the previous assistant testified.
Combs additionally as soon as requested that Paul pattern tusi throughout a visit to the Coachella music pageant to “see if it’s good,” he testified.
Paul, an aspiring music producer, stated he adopted the order as a result of, “I wanted to prove my loyalty.”
The loyalty prolonged to serving to arrange a number of “freak-offs” — which Paul known as “wild king nights” — in lodge rooms, Combs’ Miami and Los Angeles mansions and the rapper’s girlfriend’s residence, the assistant testified.
Paul placed on gloves “for sanitary reasons” when he was cleansing up after the “wild king nights,” he testified.
The child oil-soaked and lubricant-drenched “freak-offs” lie on the coronary heart of the accusations in opposition to Combs.
A treasure trove of child oil and lube — together with medication, weapons and ammunition — allegedly discovered by the FBI in Combs’ Los Angeles residence might be seen in jaw-dropping new proof images launched from the trial.
Paul maintained he wasn’t peddling medication however moderately he was “just transporting Combs’ drugs for personal use.”
He testified he picked up medication for Combs “less than 10, more than five” instances.
“What you are doing is on a few occasions out of 18 months, you are talking about a minuscule amount of times getting drugs, right?” Metal, the protection lawyer, requested.
“Yes,” Paul answered.
Paul capped off testifying by saying his emotions at the moment towards Combs are “complicated.”
Combs, 55, has pleaded not responsible to prices, together with racketeering conspiracy and sex-trafficking, that might ship him to jail for all times, if he’s convicted.
Prosecutors hope to relaxation their case on Monday, after which Combs’ protection will name their witnesses.
