Jonathan Perez, a former personal assistant to Sean “Diddy” Combs, was called to the stand on June 13, 2025. Perez said he worked for Combs between December 2021 and September 2024.
This is the fourth witness to testify under immunity at the trial. Another Combs assistant, George Kaplan, also testified under an immunity agreement, as well as Bryana Bongolan and former InterContinental Hotel security guard Eddy Garcia.
Jonathan Perez testified that his starting annual salary was $85,000 and that he later made $100,000.
Kristina Khorram, then Combs’ chief of staff, was Perez’s direct supervisor, he said. Khorram and Combs seemed to have a good working relationship, and “some days” it seemed they had a good personal relationship, too, Perez testified.
Perez’s typical hours were 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., and another personal assistant would work the night shift once he was finished, he said. Combs typically had three or four personal assistants, he said.
Khorram made him aware of “king Nights,” which Perez described as Combs “going to (a) hotel to have private time with a female.”
“Jane,” who testified in this trial under a pseudonym and dated Combs from 2021 to 2024, would accompany Combs at hotels for “king Nights” while Perez worked for Combs, Perez said.
When asked, Perez described Jane as Combs’ “female friend, companion, I’m not sure exactly.”
Combs’ staff would get anywhere from two hours to a full day’s notice to set up a “king night,” Perez said.
Whichever assistant was working in the evening would typically set up the “king night,” Perez said. Perez typically worked during the day, so he estimates he set up only about five “king nights” for Combs, he said.
“It was a lot of packing materials, making sure that he was going to have everything he would need for 12 to 24 hours without having to bother anybody,” Perez testified.
Perez brought food, liquor, music, red lights, condoms, lubricant, and sometimes honey, he said. Honey “enhances the man’s libido,” Perez testified.
Perez said he sometimes also went to sex stores to purchase adult outfits and high heels. He would pay for the items on his company card or with cash he got from security, he said.
The room would be “just bit of a mess and in disarray,” Perez testified.
“Just like lots of sheets and towels and oils,” he added.
Perez said his main purpose for cleaning up was to make sure no items were left behind.
The former assistant testified that Combs and his guest would be tired when he saw them after a “king night.”
Combs’ staff would typically arrange for a meal, a massage or an IV drip for him after a “king night,” Perez said.
The jury has now seen messages that Perez sent to Combs and “Jane” on August 12, 2023, involving information about a hotel room.
“Just left two candles and room phone in front of room door. I’m only 9 minutes away if y’all need anything,” Perez wrote.
The jury also saw messages between then-Combs chief of staff Kristina Khorram, Perez, and another assistant about setting up a hotel room. In the messages, Khorram asked if the room was done, and Perez said he was going to run to the store to get outfits for Jane.
In another conversation seen in court, from May 2023, Khorram asked another assistant how cleanup was going. “Slipped & fell twice,” the assistant responded.
Remember: “Jane,” who testified under a pseudonym in this trial and dated Combs from 2021 to 2024, testified extensively about going with Combs to what she called “hotel nights,” which she described as sexual encounters with a male “entertainer,” typically in a hotel room.
Cassie Ventura, who dated Combs from around 2007 to 2018, earlier testified about similar encounters, which she said Combs called “Freak Offs.”
