NEW YORK (Reuters) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ former personal assistant testified on Friday at the hip-hop mogul’s sex trafficking trial that he often bought drugs for his boss and set up hotel rooms for sex parties known as “wild king nights.” Prosecutors hope the testimony by Brendan Paul, who worked for Combs from late 2022 through March 2024, will help them prove their racketeering conspiracy charge against Combs. Prosecutors say Combs used his businesses’ resources to coerce women into ecstasy-fueled sexual performances with male sex workers. Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty to all five criminal counts. His lawyers call the sexual activity consensual. The Bad Boy Records founder, a former billionaire who elevated hip-hop in American culture, could face life in prison if convicted. Prosecutors are winding down their case after six weeks, with defense witnesses expected to testify next week. Paul, testifying under immunity from prosecutors, said he bought Combs about $4,200 of marijuana and hundreds of dollars of ketamine during his employment. Jurors saw a text message in which Paul asked Combs’ security staff to be reimbursed for his drug purchases. They also saw a February 14, 2024, text message in which Combs wrote “You get me zans,” which Paul said was a request to procure Xanax without a prescription. Paul said Combs ultimately obtained Xanax elsewhere, and used cocaine and ecstasy in his presence. Under cross-examination by defense lawyer Brian Steel, Paul said procuring drugs was a minor part of his job, and he thought the drugs were solely for Combs’ personal use. “You were not some drug mule?” Steel asked. “Absolutely not,” Paul said. Paul also said that before three or four “wild king nights,” he stocked hotel rooms with lubricant, baby oil, liquor, and a Gucci pouch filled with hard drugs. When Combs was done, Paul said he would put on gloves and clean up to avoid being billed by hotels for damage. Paul said he was charged with cocaine possession after being arrested on March 25, 2024, at Miami-Opa Locka airport in Florida while traveling to the Bahamas with Combs and other staffers. He said he put the cocaine in his bag after finding it while cleaning Combs’ room that day, but forgot about it and did not tell law enforcement where it came from. Asked by prosecutor Christy Slavik why he kept silent, Paul said, “Loyalty.” Paul said the cocaine charge was dropped. (Reporting by Luc Cohen in New York; Editing by David Gregorio)

'Threatens to infuriate GOP senators'

Greasy Gavin...

'they want to dominate the market first'

Over 4,000 forced sex acts were alleged and the court filing included a trigger warning

Expert witnesses are called upon to play key roles during court cases. They help judges, lawyers, and juries to understand key issues better than would otherwise be the case. But one ethical challenge they face is the risk of being written off as hired guns — people retained to make the side that hired them […]

Fleet management today is nothing like it was even a decade ago. What used to rely on instinct and experience now thrives on data. Thankfully, you don’t need to be a data scientist to harness powerful insights from your fleet operation. You just need to know what to measure and how to apply that information […]

News Frozen Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical Sings Its Way Onto Disney+ Let it go… to streaming. By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on June 20, 2025 Credit: Disney+ Comment 0 Share New Share Credit: Disney+ The success of the original Frozen film has gone beyond its sequel, the third animated feature in production, and the numerous shorts that have occupied my child’s attention for three to seven blissful minutes at a time. The story of Anna and Elsa (and Olaf, and Sven, and I guess Kristoff) has also thrived onstage via a Broadway musical production. A taping of that show, Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical, is now available for all to see on Disney+. It’s a live filming of the play at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London’s West End, and features Samantha Barks as Elsa and Laura Dawkes as Anna. The stage production features twelve new songs written by Frozen composers Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. The original bangers—“For the First Time in Forever,” “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?” and “Let It Go”—are also unsurprisingly part of the show. In addition to Barks and Dawkes, the musical stars Craig Gallivan as Olaf, Jammy Kasongo as Kristoff, Oliver Ormson as Hans, Richard Frame as Weselton, Ashley Birchall as Sven, Mikayla Jade as Sven, Martha Bailey Vine as Young Anna, Elizabeth Lyons as Young Elsa, Ben Irish as Pabbie, Lizzy-Rose Esin-Kelly as Bulda, Jak Skelly as Oaken/Bishop, Jacqui Sanchez as Queen Iduna, and Ashley J Daniels as King Agnarr. Check out the trailer below to get a taste of the production. The full two-hour experience is now streaming on Disney+.[end-mark] The post <i>Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical</i> Sings Its Way Onto Disney+ appeared first on Reactor.

80's Phones We Dreamed Of! #80s #nostalgia

1970s Things Kids Don't Do!