Exotic Dancer Testifies He Was Paid to Do Something for Diddy at Trump Tower — with One Unusual Request

Sharay Hayes testified at the trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs on Tuesday, May 20

Sean “Diddy” Combs courtroom sketch.

Sharay Hayes, a male exotic dancer, testified Tuesday, May 20, that he was paid $800 to stage a “s*xy scene” for Sean “Diddy” Combs and his then-girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura back in 2012.

Hayes claimed Ventura told him to avoid eye contact with Combs.

Ventura previously testified that Combs forced her to perform degrading acts.

A male exotic dancer testified at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ high-profile federal s*x crimes trial that he was paid $800 to stage a “s*xy scene” for Combs and his then-girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura — while avoiding eye contact with the music mogul.

Sharay Hayes, also known as “The Punisher,” told jurors in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday, May 20, that he was called to a Trump Tower hotel suite in the fall of 2012, where Ventura greeted him wearing a wig as well as a “bathrobe and nothing underneath.”

Hayes, 51, testified that Ventura handed him a “sack of money” with $800 inside and told him to “create a s*xy scene of me and her applying baby oil on each other and create a s*xy environment that her husband would come upon.”

“She said do not acknowledge her husband, try not to look at him and no communication,” Hayes added.

Last week, Ventura gave four days of emotional testimony alleging she was physically, s*xually, and verbally abused by Combs during their relationship that began in 2006 and ended in 2018.

She previously testified that Combs enjoyed watching her have s*x with other men and being forced to perform degrading acts, she said the experiences left her feeling “nervousness and confusion.”

Combs often recorded these humiliating moments and referred to the footage as “blackmail materials,” Ventura told the jury.

For years Ventura said she lived in fear that he would release them.

“He had many resources to do that,” she said.

Arrested in September 2024, Combs pleaded not guilty to five counts of s*x trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution.

Combs, whose trial began with opening statements on May 12, could face up to life in prison if he is convicted on all counts.

If you or someone you know has been s*xually assaulted, please contact the National s*xual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go to rainn.org.