June 23, 2025

Monday 6/23 Day 36. “Loyalty and Leverage” — Brendan Paul’s Bombshells and the Prosecution’s Final Push

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Week eight opens with a full recap of a short but explosive week in the Diddy trial. Nate Oliver breaks down every twist, from Brendan Paul’s stunning testimony about drug runs and baby oil-soaked hotel suites to the digital evidence tying Diddy’s empire to a web of sex, money, and control. With the prosecution nearly finished and the defense ready to take the stage, this episode sets the scene for the final showdown in America’s most-watched courtroom drama.

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Warning. This episode contains references to sexual situations that may

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be disturbing to some listeners. Please proceed with caution.

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Callaroga Shark Media. Welcome back to Did He Do It?

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The Daily podcast bringing you every raw, unfiltered detail from

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the Sean diddycomb sex trafficking and racketeering trial. I'm Nate

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Oliver and it's Monday, June twenty, third, Week eight of

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this historic trial. After a short but explosive week in court,

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let's recap everything that happened last week and set the

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stage for what's coming as the defense prepares to take

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its turn. It was a week that started with uncertainty

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and ended with fireworks. Monday, June sixteenth saw the jury

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return after a long weekend, only for court to be

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abruptly adjourned due to a sick juror. Testimony was paused

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and the trial was on hold until after the juneteenth holiday.

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But even in that brief session, the jury was exposed

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to more of the government's digital evidence, explicit videos, text

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messages and emails that prosecutors say showed ditty orchestrating and

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recording freak off parties, drug fueled multi partner sex events

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that have become the centerpiece of the government's racketeering case.

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Special Agent Delisa Penland walked jurors through a digital and

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financial web showing how Bad Boy entertainment funds, hotel bookings,

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and aliases like Janet Clark were used to facilitate and

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conceal these encounters. The defense cross examined Penland, arguing that

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the messages and payments could be interpreted as gifts or

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private arrangements between adults, not evidence of trafficking. Tuesday, June seventeenth,

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the jury returned to more of the same explicit video evidence,

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financial records, and a deep dive into the logistics behind

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Ditty's work world. Prosecutors showed how staff, including Ditty's chief

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of staff, Christina Korum, coordinated travel and hotel stays for

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male escorts, arranged payments, and kept everything running smoothly. The

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jury saw texts between Ditty and Cassie Ventura, as well

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as between Ditty and Jane that prosecutor say show not

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just participation, but leadership and control. The defense continued to

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push back, insisting that what the government called an enterprise

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was really just a wild, consensual lifestyle. Wednesday, June eighteenth

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was supposed to be another day of testimony, but court

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was once again adjourned, this time for the entire day

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due to the lingering illness of a juror. That left

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the prosecution with only two days to finish its case

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before the weekend, but they made those days count. Friday,

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June twentieth, the courtroom was electric as Brendan Paul, Ditty's

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former assistant, took the stand under an immunity deal. Paul,

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just twenty six, described the world behind the music, buying

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drugs for Ditty, arranging wild king knights, and cleaning up

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hotel rooms left in chaos after the parties. He recounted

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wearing gloves to clean up baby oil soaked towels and sheets,

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disposing of empty bottles, and finding what he believed to

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be cocaine residue. He told the jury about his arrest

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at a Miami airport in March twenty twenty four with

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cocaine in his bag, drugs he said belonged to Ditty.

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Paul never told law enforcement the drugs weren't his, explaining

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that loyalty kept him silent. He described a demanding job,

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working eighty to one hundred hours a week and being

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expected to anticipate Ditty's every need, from travel to fitness

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to covering up the aftermath of King Knights. Paul's testimony

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was backed by hotel records, photos and text messages showing

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thousands of dollars in damages, furniture, ruined linens and carpets

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soaked in baby oil, and cash withdrawals tied to sudden

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trips or entertainment expenses. Special Agent Joseph Certzielo of Homeland

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Security Investigations added more evidence, testifying about hotel bookings under

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aliases atm withdrawals, and damage reports that included bodily fluids

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and soaked towels and carpets. The prosecution argued that this

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was the machinery of a criminal enterprise, not just the

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excesses of a superstar. Throughout the week, the jury also

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heard more about the emotional and psychological control Ditty allegedly

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wielded over his staff and partners. Texts between Ditty and

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his chief of staff, Christina Korum, revealed cracks in their relationship,

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Korum telling Ditty, if you cannot be truthful with me,

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this won't function, and expressing fears about his dishonesty and

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decision making. Other messages showed Cassie Ventura and Jane reaching

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out for help after violent incidents, with Cassie texting no

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one should be dragged by their hair and describing being

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kicked out of her own home more in a moment.

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Looking back at the trial so far, it's been a

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relentless parade of witnesses, from Jane's harrowing account of coercion

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and violence to Cassie Ventura's testimony about years of abuse,

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to former staffers like Perez and Paul, who described a

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world where loyalty was currency and silence was expected. The

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prosecution has used digital evidence, financial records, and explicit videos

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to argue that Ditty didn't just participate in criminal acts,

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he orchestrated them using his business empires affront for trafficking, intimidation,

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and cover ups. The defense has countered with the argument

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that Ditty's world was wild but consensual, that his relationships

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were messy and sometimes violent, but not criminal, and that

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the government is overreaching by calling his lifestyle a criminal enterprise.

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As week eight begins, the prosecution is expected to rest

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its case early this week, finishing with Special Agent Cercello's testimony.

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The defense will then take the stage, with Ditty's lawyers

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indicating their case could take as little as two days

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or as many as five, depending on how many witnesses

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they call. They're expected to bring forward former bad Boy executives,

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security staff, and character witnesses who will testify about Ditty's generosity,

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the consensual nature of his relationships, and the pressures of fame.

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It's unlikely Ditty himself will take the stand, but in

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a trial full of surprises, anything as possible. Closing arguments

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could come as soon as Thursday, with jury deliberations to follow.

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That's where we stand. After a week of bombshell testimony,

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emotional confessions, and a prosecution determined to tie every thread together.

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The government's case is nearly done, but the defense is

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ready to fight back. I'll be back tomorrow with every

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new twist, every legal battle, and every rumor from inside

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and outside the courthouse. I'm Nate Oliver, and this is

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