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For weekly updates on all the most pivotal and dramatic moments from Diddy\u2019s trial, sign up for our newsletter: Court Appearances: United States v. Diddy<\/strong><\/a>, and check out the rest of our trial coverage here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Shortly after Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs\u2019 former assistant Brendan Paul took the stand on Friday in the rapper\u2019s New York sex-trafficking trial, he revealed details about his ex-boss\u2019s heated temperament \u2014 including getting fired over a fanny pack. \u201cI forgot his Lulu fanny pack,\u201d Paul told jurors of one of his two or three terminations over his 18 months working for Diddy. He tried to fix the situation, explaining, \u201cI went to Lulu and brought a fanny pack.\u201d Paul said that Diddy was \u201cangry\u201d and instructed him to tell his chief of staff, \u00a0<\/strong>Kristina Khorram, that he was axed. Khorram effectively told Paul to hang tight and that everything would be OK. After Paul advanced a London trip \u2014 going before his arrival to make sure everything was set up \u2014 Diddy welcomed him back.<\/p>\n Paul had the air of an all-American boy on the stand. He wore a blue suit, no tie, and he had that non-descript short haircut seen on many guys. When Paul entered judge Arun Subramanian\u2019s courtroom just after 9 a.m., Diddy watched him walk to the stand. Paul, who testified under an immunity agreement, played college basketball and after graduating, built a music studio in his dad\u2019s basement. After learning about the Diddy assistant job not long after he graduated college in 2022, a contact told him \u201cget in to get out\u201d \u2014 which Paul understood to mean \u201cbuild a Rolodex\u201d of contacts he could use later. He wound up getting an interview; after meeting with Khorram and another Diddy staffer for about 20 minutes, he was asked: \u201cHow soon could you start?\u201d As an assistant, Paul fulfilled many of Diddy\u2019s day-to-day needs such as coordinating with his private chef and \u201cpacking a lot of joints\u201d which he explained meant \u201cpacking marijuana into cones.\u201d Because of his background as a college athlete, Paul said, his assistant work also focused a lot on Diddy\u2019s workouts and meal plans. Working for Diddy meant 80-100 hour weeks, ranging from four-to-six days, with a $75,000 starting salary. \u201cI was always on call,\u201d he said. The longest Paul ever went without sleep was three days. \u201cI was young, so I was able to handle it,\u201d he said. He stayed awake from\u00a0\u201cprescription Adderall and rare, rare use of cocaine.\u201d<\/p>\n As a boss, Diddy didn\u2019t \u201ctake no for an answer,\u201d Paul said. \u201cHe used to say, he wants us to move like SEAL Team 6,\u201d the U.S. Navy special operations unit that killed 9\/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden. Paul said he and the broader coterie of Diddy helpers prioritized making their boss happy. He bought drugs such as cocaine, ketamine, ecstasy, and marijuana for Diddy during his tenure; in total, a little over $5,000. Paul said he either gave the drugs directly to Diddy or put them in his boss\u2019 Gucci pouch. He said that Diddy used Cialis \u2014 he kept the erectile dysfunction prescription in Diddy\u2019s \u201cmed\u201d bag.\u00a0Once, Diddy asked Paul to test some 2-C, which is a hallucinogen. \u201cHe had 2-C with him and asked me to try it to see if it was good.\u201d Paul tried it. Did he want to? \u201cI wanted to prove my loyalty,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Paul said that he set up for \u201cwild king nights\u201d \u2014 another way alleged \u201cFreak Off\u201d parties were referred to \u2014 on a handful of occasions. He understood \u201cwild king nights\u201d involved partying, alcohol, sex, and drugs. Diddy has been accused of\u00a0coercing women, including ex-girlfriend Casandra \u201cCassie\u201d Ventura, into sexual encounters with male escorts during such events. He cleaned up hotel rooms after these nights several times, to avoid getting charged for damages. Paul said he put on gloves and asked why, he said it was \u201cfor sanitary reasons.\u201d Diddy stopped having \u201cwild king nights\u201d at hotels after Cassie sued him in late 2023 with allegations of sexual misconduct, he said.<\/p>\n His last day with Diddy was on March 25, 2024, the day he was arrested at a Miami airport for cocaine possession. Paul had been checking Diddy\u2019s room, found drugs, stuck them in his bag, and \u201cforgot.\u201d They were at the airport for a family trip. Prosecutor Christy Slavik asked: Was the cocaine yours? Paul said no. Did he tell the police it wasn\u2019t his? No. Asked to explain why he didn\u2019t, Paul replied: \u201cloyalty.\u201d \u201cWho\u2019s cocaine was it?\u201d Slavik pressed. \u201cMr. Combs,\u201d he answered.<\/p>\n Brian Steel, who repped Young Thug in the YSL RICO case, cross examined Paul. \u201cYou were not some drug mule, right?\u201d Steel asked. \u201cAbsolutely not,\u201d Paul said. Steel followed up: What was a drug mule? \u201cSomeone who trafficks kilos and kilos of drugs around the world,\u201d Paul said matter-of-factly.<\/p>\n Sign up for Court Appearances: United States v. Diddy<\/p>\n A newsletter covering the dramatic trial of a music mogul.<\/p>\n Vox Media, LLC Terms and Privacy Notice<\/p>\n