Sean Combs’ PR team is reportedly paying homeless people and college students $20/hr to wear “FREE DIDDY” T-shirts outside the courthouse where his trial is ongoing.
Combs, 55, is charged with RICO sex trafficking and racketeering. His trial kicked off on May 5 at the federal courthouse in Manhattan. He has been in jail in Brooklyn since his arrest in September.
One woman who was interviewed outside the courthouse said she refused to wear the black T-shirt with the words “FREE DIDDY” on the front. She said she was told the money was for a Diddy Cryptocoin.
There are paid Diddy protesters outside the federal courthouse for Diddy’s trial, with people reportedly being paid $20 an hour to wear “Free Diddy” t-shirts — all in an effort to raise awareness about Diddy’s crypto token he launched mid-trial.
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So far, Combs’ PR team has paid homeless people and students to wear the shirts for $20 an hour. One man claimed he earned $100 to wear the shirt for 5 hours. Another person was paid $60 for wearing the shirt for 3 hours.
Anyone who lives in New York is invited to go down to the courthouse for the free shirt and the opportunity to raise awareness about the injustice done to a hip-hop pioneer.
During the first week of the trial, Combs’ ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura testified that he raped and assaulted her while coercing her to sleep with “hundreds” of male escorts.
Her testimony actually helped his case because text messages proved that she was eager to participate in the “freak-offs” with Combs and other men. She also continued to participate in freak-offs even when she wasn’t dating Combs.
Special agent Yasin Binda from the Department of Homeland Security, former Danity Kane members Dawn Richard and Aubrey O’Day are expected to testify this week.
