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Variety reports:

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial escalated as Daniel Phillip, a 41-year-old male escort, was called to the witness stand.

In an extremely graphic testimony that lasted about an hour, Phillip was questioned by lead prosecutor Maurene Comey about his sexual encounters with Combs and his then-girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura from around 2012 to 2014.

According to Phillip, he was paid between $700 and $6,000 on several occasions to have sex with Ventura, as Combs watched and masturbated. On more than one occasion, he witnessed Combs physically abusing Ventura, and in one instance, he was given the drug MDMA.

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Daniel Phillip, 41, testified that he didn’t go to the police about the violence he witnessed because he saw Combs as someone with “unlimited power.” https://t.co/zCd9MjAc1b

— HuffPost (@HuffPost) May 13, 2025