A ritzy Beverly Hills hotel always charged Sean “Diddy” Combs an extra $1,000 to repair damages after the fallen music mogul kept leaving his rooms covered in baby oil and candle wax, shocking testimony revealed Thursday.
Internal notes from the L’Ermitage hotel detailed that Combs’ rooms had to be placed “out of order” for a deep cleaning because he “always spills candle wax on everything and uses excessive amounts of oil,” jurors learned during the testimony of general manager Frédéric Zemmour.
“Please authorize an extra $1,000 when guest stays with us to cover any room damage,” the hotel’s profile of Combs read.
Testimony revealed that a Beverly Hills hotel always charged him an extra $1,000 to repair damages to the rooms. REUTERS
Internal notes from the L’Ermitage hotel detailed that Combs would “always spills candle wax on everything and uses excessive amounts of oil.” Department of Justice
Bottles of baby oil were taken by law enforcement when Diddy was arrested at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Midtown Manhattan in September 2024.
The messy aftermath of Combs’ hotel stays was revealed in Manhattan federal court, where the Bad Boy Records founder is facing a sex-trafficking and racketeering trial centered around his depraved, lavishly lubricated “freak-off” sex romps.
The hotel staff once “found large deposits of candle wax on carpets, in the living room area and on the night stands in bedroom area,” according to hotel notes dated Jan. 10, 2010, and shown to jurors.
Combs was charged $500 for the damage, the notes show.
Staff also whiffed undefined odors coming from Combs’ rooms, with one worker describing a “strong scent” in the notes.
“Pls monitor outside his rm / down the hall to spray air freshener,” the hotel’s profile reads.
Combs likes his room “HOT!” the notes said.
Celebrity makeup artist Mylah Morales, earlier on Thursday, testified about a 2010 fight in a hotel room between Combs and his longterm girlfriend Cassie Ventura that left the R&B singer with a “swollen eye” and “busted lip.”
Celebrity makeup artist Mylah Morales testified about a 2010 fight in a hotel room between Combs and his long-term girlfriend Cassie Ventura that left her with a “swollen eye” and “busted lip.” Jeff VespaAn irate Combs allegedly burst into the hotel room where the makeup artist and Ventura were, demanding, “Where the f–k is she?”
The couple then went into the bedroom, from which heard yelling and screaming, Morales testified.
Afterward, Combs stormed out and left and Ventura emerged from the room with “a swollen eye, busted lip and knocks on her head.”
Ventura with a busted lip. Department of Justice
An injury above Cassie Ventura’s left eye. Department of JusticeShe took a “distraught” and “upset” Ventura to her house and called over a doctor friend, who said Ventura didn’t have a concussion.
Morales, who plied her makeup talents for Rihanna and Jennifer Lopez, said she didn’t call the cops because she “feared for my life.”
The trial wrapped up with Judge Arun Subramanian reminding the jury to do anything but talk about the case — including watching the Knicks over the weekend.
U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian and the jury at Diddy’s sex trafficking trial on May 12. REUTERS“Watch the Knicks avenge their Game 1 loss,” the judge told jurors, referring to the team’s gut-wrenching 138-135 Game 1 loss to the Pacers at Madison Square Garden Wednesday.
Subramanian’s joke drew laughs before he excused the jurors for the four-day holiday weekend.
The trial will resume Tuesday, May 27, following Memorial Day.
As jurors left, prosecutors announced that their next witness will be Capricorn Clark, an assistant who worked for both Combs and rapper Kid Cudi, who also testified Thursday.
Subramanian said he hopes trial will be wrapped up by the Fourth of July after prosecutors said they still anticipate taking a total of six weeks to present their case against Combs.
Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking, racketeering and other criminal charges.
He faces up to life in prison, if convicted.
