The Breakfast Club - A Weight Has Been Lifted (Diddy's Assistant Takes the Stand)

Episode Date: May 20, 2025

Today on the show Loren, breaks down the 2nd week of the Diddy trial where she speaks on what Diddy's assistant endured working for him and teases that Cassie's mother will soon take the stand!YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BreakfastClubPower1051FMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to an I Heart podcast. I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything and everybody. You know, if you don't lie about that, Lauren came in. Hi. Hey, y'all, it's Lauren LaRosa. And this is the latest with Lauren LaRosa, your daily dig on all things pop culture and the conversations that shake the room, baby. Now, today we are back with another episode and y'all know I kick off the episodes

with a behind the scenes of the grind check-in. Back on the grind. Grinding. And if I'm being honest, and if I'm getting behind the scenes of the grind right now, y'all know I've been in court every day after the breakfast club. So my days look like I've come into breakfast club later

purposely because I be tired. So I get here, start the day around 6 a.m., go to court. Court normally ends around like 5 p.m., but it's been ending at 3 o'clock as of this week, which gives me a little bit of time to get home and think about the next day and prepare. But I am people exhausted. I've never ever, ever in my life understood when people be like, I to recharge my my social battery. I thought that that was just like, you know, people use buzzwords from TikTok, like gas lighting and toxic masculinity. I thought that my social battery and recharging was one of those things until

I started going into this courthouse every day where you're hearing all of this information that you have to download and remember and take notes on and in real time I'm figuring out how to organize it with what I'm gonna talk about on which show and oh my god my brain cannot handle it like there's not enough to kill it in the world that can prepare you to sit through all these testimonies and things of that nature so yesterday I told myself that I was gonna start doing an hour of just something that has nothing to do with nothing. That means I sit and I watch a show that is not being talked about, I'm not reporting on. I call a friend who don't care nothing about Diddy and none of the escorts or anything like that.

And I started that yesterday and it worked out really well for me. So it's been kind of like me learning the balance of all of the things that have been happening lately Grateful for it nonetheless, but it is definitely Definitely i'm in a space of like learning how to stay mentally balanced and physically healthy while on the grind So that's where i'm at right now I hope y'all are doing well, but y'all know I got to do it because the case is still going on We have a few weeks left gotta take y'all to court Cause you know, I love to take y'all to court. Coming up this week in court and what I'm preparing to go and do everything I

just told y'all about. Take notes, download mentally. All of those things. It's Cassie's mom taking the stand and we're going to finish testimony by a man named David who was a previous personal assistant of Diddy's. He was a personal assistant for two years and he took the stand following Dawn Rashard but he didn't really get to talk for too long because we were nearing the end of the day but already he is super emotional. I mean he he is, you could tell he's kind of nervous. Um, but he is very emotional.

It feels like, and he hasn't even said this out of his mouth yet, but it does feel like this man almost has been carrying a weight of some sort. And the reason why I say that is because number one, the minute he got on the stand, I told y told you he got emotional. He's been in tears since. But you could just tell by the way that they're setting up his testimony. So in the opening of his testimony, they established that he was a personal assistant, that he actually, you know, he graduated from college. He did all the things. And this is a white guy. He did all the things and he was a career personal assistant.

He had worked in corporate as a personal assistant for some time and then decided that he wanted to change lanes and go into the fashion genre of things. He says that there was an article in the New York Times that listed that the CEO of Bad Boy and Combs Enterprises, Sean Combs, was looking for a personal assistant in New York and he thought, you know, this would be perfect. This would be a perfect pivot. So he applied and he applied and he applied. He applied multiple times.

He really, really wanted this job and the prosecution is making sure they do a good job of letting us know he really, really wanted this job and it wasn't about, oh my God, I want to work for Diddy or, you know, I'm a huge fan. It was about, he is a career personal assistant who honestly thought that taking this job would elevate his career, his capabilities, and his resume. And then he got the job, and it only lasted for two years, and I'm sure we're gonna find out why.

But so they go into the fact that he had been applying for a while. He got the interview. He says that the interview process was very, very professional, but he remembers. And this is where he really got a little bit emotional. He hesitated when he talks about this. He says that although the interview process was really professional, there was one point in the interview process where he was in the office, there was a photo

of Diddy on the wall and the woman that he was speaking with looked up at the photo, had him look up at the photo and say, okay, welcome to Combs Enterprises and welcome to, you know, this corporate arena that is surrounded by, or that is built around Sean Combs. Look up at this photo, everything we do, and I'm putting my own words on this, but this is to the effect of what was said. Everything we do is to please him. He is our king. So that already alone tells you, and it sets the tone. They then go into, you know, and mind you,

this guy is like super white collar, like very much like, you know, he gives, you know, he could have also ended up on like a Wall Street or something of that nature. So imagine him in this setting where, you know, you have a personality as large as Sean Combs. And he said that it got to a point where Sean Combs' security, D-Rock, who's a man that they keep, they've been bringing up D-Rock since day one. He alleges that D-Rock at one point from the beginning told him, you know, listen,

stay in your lane, do your job, mind your business. And he said eventually he learned how to do that. And he also talked about, you know, there were two times where he had a conversation with Cassie and three times where he interacted with her. So Cassie detailed a trip to Miami, which was like her and Puff's first time actually getting together on like a romantic tip and like hanging out, even though she was a bad boy artist. And this assistant, this man named David, is actually the person who booked all of that travel, because that was his job, booking the travel, advancing locations for Puff, so going to hotels

and the Sherri Shepherd shows, or back then it would have been Wendy Williams or Ellen, or wherever he was going and making sure everything was set the way that it needed to be set. Hotel rooms, everything, right? So he says, you know, Diddy came to him and was like, you know, I really want to impress her. I'm bringing her to Miami.

So he rented this yacht. He did all the things. And Cassie talks about that experience and being on the yacht and that being their first time that like, you know, they were engaging in certain things together as far as certain drugs. And, you know, that was the first time that they actually had sex and all of that stuff.

So he's going into detail about this and he's like, after that, I've only ever had two conversations with her in my two years of working for Sean Combs. One of the conversations he recalls, she was super excited about some music she had put together. There was a whole track list, she planned to release this music and then it just never came out.

And I think what the prosecutors are doing by bringing that up is speaking to the fact of what Cassie brought up, where it was like, you know, she suffered. He controlled everything. And he used that control over her music, how she lived, where she lived, what she drove, you know, what opportunities she was able to say yes and no to, to control her. So he's speaking to that. He's like, yo, she was so excited. She had this track list. She was going down the music.

She had it all put together. She was, you know, it was already presented Sean Combs and they were like, well, what happened? And he said, it just never came out. And this would have been the second album on that 10 album deal that Cassie let us know that she had had with Bad Boy when she first signed. And then the second time that he said that they had a conversation, he says that they were at, he alleged they were at Sean Combs' house in Star Island, which is a very luxurious, exquisite part of Miami where a lot of the celebrities live,

and they were out smoking cigarettes, bottle water, just, you know, I guess kicking it in. She looked over to him and was like, yo, this life is so crazy. And at this point, she's in it. She's dealing with, you know, Diddy and all of the things. And he said they're simply like, if it's so crazy and at this point she's in it She's dealing with you know Diddy and all the things and he said they're simply like if it's so crazy Just get out of it. Like if this is not what you want to do, just don't do it because it is crazy I've been working in it and it is crazy and

He said that that was the first time that he ever heard her, you know say that She she can't everything is tied to Sean Combs at this point She cannot like her career where she lives what she drives her lifestyle. Everything is tied to Sean Combs at this point. She cannot. Like her career, where she lives, what she drives, her lifestyle, everything is tied to him. So she can't. And then they left off there. They also established, because I think people forget about this in the freak off, the freak off.

They forget about this in the Rico. Lord, I got a freak off on myself. I need to go to church this weekend. They forget about this in the Rico that a part of it is just, you know, the way that he dealt with employees as far as labor. And the prosecution so far has already established that this man was overworked and underpaid, okay?

He said that he was working six to seven days a week sometimes, 20 plus hours a day, making $70,000 a year at max, which is insane. He detailed his days. He said his day would start, you know, before 8 a.m. most of the time, because he had to be on go, set up,

and ready before Diddy woke up. So he would get to the house before Diddy woke up. He would make sure that, you know, Diddy's breakfast is being prepared. The TV or, you know, whatever he wanted entertainment-wise was ready for him to go so that when he came downstairs, he could just go right into a great vibe to start his day. So he could be the CEO he needed to be. He even detailed, like, you know,

there'd be certain folders. So like in the morning there'd be like, okay, here's a folder of all the business deals that are happening that we need you to sign off on. Then there would be a folder of all the press clippings where Diddy would go through when he would look at, okay, what are people saying about me right now? And they would have conversations about that then they would get us get him together He would you know, he's getting dressed. He's eating once all that is done security is then told okay We about to move around he run around he do his meetings by 5 6 o'clock They were in dinners whether it was a personal dinner. It was a business dinner

From then and there they would head to the studio. David says they'd be in the studio till like four o'clock in the morning, and David was not allowed to leave Puff for the day until he was given a call time for the morning. He would leave around four sometimes, he said, and his call time might be before 8 a.m. or 8 a.m. And then he'd have to do it all again.

And he did that for two years. Now what I thought was really interesting too, they set up so much in such a short period of time with him. I thought it was interesting that they talked about just Diddy and the women that he was dating and what David got to see as far as that. And Diddy named a list of women. He named two women that I'd never heard of before. He also named, of course, Ken Porter, and he named Cassie.

And he said that he'd overheard a conversation in a car He also named, of course, Kim Porter, and he named Cassie. And he said that he'd overheard a conversation in a car as they were headed somewhere. Diddy was talking to one of his friends in the car, and I guess the friend was asking him, not I guess, I know, because he said it. The friend was asking Diddy, you know, how's Kim doing? And allegedly Diddy says, yo, Kim is great.

She's in LA, everything's good. She with the babies. That's my queen She didn't care home and the kids and then he went into Cassie and he was like, yeah, you know I mean, she just she young and she moldable and you know what I mean? Like I got it right where I want her and I'm like, oh man. Oh Here we go. So David in the scene some things baby He up there understand trembling and crying I already knew he didn't see some things But so it is gonna be interesting to hear

the rest of his testimony and to also hear Cassie's mom, who's gonna be able to talk about, you know, just some of the things she witnessed from her side of it. Because Cassie talked about a lot of the times where her mom was trying to get her to leave Diddy, where Diddy will pull up to sit down and have conversations and apology conversations with her family because of some of the things that they had witnessed and you know, the way that they

had saw her physically abused. I saw him in the act, but you know, she would come home and have scars on her and just different things. So today is going to be an interesting day for sure as, as every day has been. And there's a lot more to come. Dang, I don't know if I should say to come. Okay, yeah. Y'all know what I mean.

There's a lot more that's gonna happen that is gonna go down. I'll be right there and we will be right there. So make sure you guys stay locked. And I don't know, predictions I'm assuming would be nice right now. I predict that by the end of this week, we will, I don't think,

because people are really questioning the prosecution right now and still asking, but I don't see the evidence, do they have a case? And I'm like, y'all don't see it? They are slowly but surely railroading Diddy. Like he is not coming home. I don't know what the sentencing is gonna look like. I don't think that it's gonna be as harsh

and egregious as people think, but he's not coming home, I don't know what the sentencing is going to look like. I don't think that it's going to be as harsh and egregious as people think, but he's not coming home for sure. Um, but the, if he comes home, it'll be like a technical miracle. Um, but they're setting up the case. And I think by the end of this week, people will feel like, Oh, okay. I see it now. I get what they're trying to do. I see the pieces to the puzzle.

It's going to be good. We got some more weeks left, but I see it. Y'all have been on me, because I did the Wendy Williams Mother's Day update here. Y'all have been on me to check in on Wendy and see how she's been doing, because it seems like that came and then it just went, which is not what happened.

She's gag ordered, so she can't talk to media the way that she was before. But I did reach out to check in on her. I know a lot of you guys are like, Lauren, you was giving us so much Wendy and then it just stopped. So I reached out trying to figure out what's going on with our girl.

So I had that and some other exclusives right back here on the latest with Lauren LaRose at the podcast. But you guys have been enjoying the Diddy conversations and me bringing y'all into court with me. So I'm gonna keep on doing that as well too. So make sure you tweet me, make sure you holla at me when you see me, but don't really holler though,

cause some of y'all be seeing me in person and it'd be like, like you be yelling and I'd be a little freaked out. Okay. Like just talk to me regularly. It's okay. But I love meeting y'all. I love seeing your tweets. I love seeing you guys engage on social,

telling me what you like, you don't like, and just responding to the content. So keep on going. I tell you guys every single episode because it is so true. At the end of the day, y'all could be anywhere with anybody talking about all of these things, but y'all choose to be right here with me

and I appreciate y'all for it. Lowriders, make sure you tell a friend to tell a friend that the latest with Lauren LaRosa is where they need to be if they wanna know what is going on. I'm Lauren LaRosa, this is the latest with Lauren LaRosa, and I will see you guys in my next episode.