This story contains photos and descriptions of drugs that some readers may find disturbing.
As Sean “Diddy” Combs’ criminal trial entered its third week, prosecutors are releasing images of the belongings found in his hotel room after the embattled music mogul was arrested at a New York hotel.
Photos from Combs’ hotel room at the Park Hyatt New York, where he was taken into custody on Sept. 16 on racketeering and sex-crimes charges, show an illuminating scene of the hip-hop billionaire’s life in the moments leading up to his arrest.
Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent Yasin Binda took the stand May 16 and described to jurors the items her team discovered, including baby oil, lubricant, prescription medication and a device that she described “as potentially mood lighting.”
The jury, comprising eight men and four women as well as a group of alternates, saw photos from the room as well as an exhibit bag with drugs found in his nightstand drawers, which tested positive for MDMA and ketamine.
Throughout testimony in Combs’ case so far, witnesses in the Manhattan courtroom have spoken about Combs’ alleged drug use, which his ex-girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura Fine described as “daily.” She also said his mood changed while using various substances such as ecstasy, cocaine, marijuana, ketamine and GHB.
Though U.S. attorneys have have proposed drugs were a means by which Combs would coerce and ensure participation in his alleged dayslong “freak offs,” Combs’ defense team has claimed the drugs were for “personal use” by Combs and “freak off” participants.
The photos were shared by prosecutors with media outlets May 19. See all the details – and images – of what investigators discovered.
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What was found in Diddy’s hotel room after his arrest? Baby oil, drugs and more
Among the items discovered in Combs’ hotel room on Sept. 16 were:
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A plastic bag filled with Johnson & Johnson baby oil
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Five bottles of baby oil and lubricant standing together on the floor of the bathtub (This was not all of the baby oil and lubricant they’d found, Binda confirmed.)
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A Louis Vuitton bag with a bottle of clonazepam – a benzodiazepine that is used for anxiety and seizures – which was prescribed to Combs’ alias, Frank Black
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Two bottles of lubricant in the right nightstand drawer
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A bottle of medication in the left nightstand with two clear plastic bags filled with a pink substance. One of the bags tested positive for ketamine, and the other had a mixture of MDMA and ketamine
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A fanny pack hanging off the bed with $9,000 in cash
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Cell phones belonging to Combs and Kristina “KK” Khorram, who has been described as Combs’ “right hand”
In past court filings, Combs’ lawyers have said he was staying at the Park Hyatt to make himself accessible to authorities and “surrender” to law enforcement. Combs has been jailed at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn since his arrest. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
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