<p>NEW YORK (Reuters) — Sean &#8216;Diddy&#8217; Combs&#8217; former personal assistant testified on Friday at the hip-hop mogul&#8217;s sex trafficking trial that he often bought drugs for his boss and set up hotel rooms for sex parties known as &#8220;wild king nights.&#8221;</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Prosecutors say Combs used his businesses&#8217; resources to coerce women into ecstasy-fueled sexual performances with male sex workers.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Prosecutors are winding down their case after six weeks, with defense witnesses expected to testify next week.</p>
<p>Paul, testifying under immunity from prosecutors, said he bought Combs about $4,200 of marijuana and hundreds of dollars of ketamine during his employment.</p>
<p>Jurors saw a text message in which Paul asked Combs&#8217; security staff to be reimbursed for his drug purchases.</p>
<p>They also saw a February 14, 2024, text message in which Combs wrote &#8220;You get me zans,&#8221; which Paul said was a request to procure Xanax without a prescription.</p>
<p>Paul said Combs ultimately obtained Xanax elsewhere, and used cocaine and ecstasy in his presence.</p>
<p>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&#8217; personal use.</p>
<p>&#8220;You were not some drug mule?&#8221; Steel asked.</p>
<p>&#8220;Absolutely not,&#8221; Paul said.</p>
<p>Paul also said that before three or four &#8220;wild king nights,&#8221; he stocked hotel rooms with lubricant, baby oil, liquor, and a Gucci pouch filled with hard drugs.</p>
<p>When Combs was done, Paul said he would put on gloves and clean up to avoid being billed by hotels for damage.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>He said he put the cocaine in his bag after finding it while cleaning Combs&#8217; room that day, but forgot about it and did not tell law enforcement where it came from.</p>
<p>Asked by prosecutor Christy Slavik why he kept silent, Paul said, &#8220;Loyalty.&#8221; Paul said the cocaine charge was dropped.</p>
<p>(Reporting by Luc Cohen in New York; Editing by David Gregorio)</p>

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