After testifying about his attendance at alleged “freak offs” during Sean “Diddy” Combs’ trial, exotic dancer Sharay “The Punisher” Hayes claims that he made direct eye contact with the disgraced music mogul.
“I felt confident leaving the courtroom. I did look at him directly,” Hayes said on the Wednesday, May 21, broadcast of Piers Morgan Uncensored. “There was no intense stare or whatever. He kind of acknowledged me [and] I acknowledged him, and that was it.”
He added, “That gave me relief because, again, testifying is something I don’t have a choice in, and I felt that I told the truth based on my involvement without any bias, without influence of opinion, ideology, and I’m at peace with that.”
Hayes took the stand on Tuesday, May 20, alleging that Diddy, now 55, hired him to participate in freak off parties with the rapper’s then-girlfriend, Cassie, over a dozen times.
“[During the trial] was literally the first time I had eye contact with him in such a powerful moment that is really life or death for him,” Hayes claimed on Wednesday.
Diddy was arrested in September 2024 on charges of sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to engage in prostitution. He has denied all allegations against him and pleaded not guilty.
“We are disappointed with the decision to pursue what we believe is an unjust prosecution of Mr. Combs by the U.S. Attorney’s Office,” Diddy’s lawyer Marc Agnifilo told Us Weekly in a statement at the time. “Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is a music icon, self-made entrepreneur, loving family man and proven philanthropist who has spent the last 30 years building an empire, adoring his children and working to uplift the Black community. He is an imperfect person, but he is not a criminal.”
When Hayes gave his witness testimony, he claimed that Cassie, now 38, revealed her partner would eventually join them for a so-called “sexy scene.” At the time, Hayes did not know he would be involved with the “Me & U” singer and Diddy. (Cassie and Diddy dated on and off for 11 years until they called it quits for good in 2018.)
“I was specifically told not to acknowledge her husband,” Hayes claimed on the stand, alleging that he was paid $800 in cash when he met Cassie (full name Casandra Ventura) in the hotel.
Hayes further alleged that a nude man wearing a veil, whom he later presumed to be Diddy, pleasured himself in the corner of the room while watching Hayes and Cassie together. He was paid an additional $1,200 at the end of the half-hour visit.
“His face was completely covered to the extent that you could only see his eyes,” Hayes further recalled to host Piers Morgan. “[Cassie] initially said they were married, I was searching [on Google] for married couples [to try and find out who they were]. … At some point, he took off the [face] covering anyway and started wearing a baseball cap.”
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