NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n\n\n- A male escort allegedly hired by Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs for his \u201cfreak offs\u201d with Cassie Ventura is offering Ventura an apology<\/li>\n
- Identified as “Don,” the escort exclusively spoke to PEOPLE after Combs’ verdict was announced, revealing the gripping message he would share with Ventura if they were to speak again<\/li>\n
- Combs was found guilty of two prostitution related-charges but acquitted of more serious charges of sex trafficking and racketeering<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Following the verdict in\u00a0Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs<\/a>\u2019 trial, one of the male escorts allegedly hired for his \u201cfreak offs\u201d is offering an apology to\u00a0Cassie Ventura<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nIdentified during the trial as \u201cDon,\u201d\u00a0the escort and model<\/a>\u00a0spoke exclusively with PEOPLE shortly after a Manhattan jury\u00a0acquitted Combs<\/a>, 55, of the most serious charges he faced \u2014 sex trafficking and racketeering \u2014 but convicted him on lesser prostitution-related charges.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nDon tells PEOPLE that while he and Ventura haven’t spoken since the two or three times they were together at freak offs in 2016, if they spoke today, he would express remorse for being part of “one of the worst times” of someone’s life.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n\u201cI would do everything in my power to explain how sorry I was that I was a part of a situation that she’s going to view as a nightmare for the rest of her life and that I wish I had some type of inkling of what was actually going on so that I could not be a participant,\u201d Don says.<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>“Don” was identified during Diddy’s trial as one of the escorts the music mogul hired for “freak offs”.<\/span>Southern District of New York<\/p>\nHe also tells PEOPLE that he would apologize to another of Combs\u2019 ex-girlfriends \u2014 a woman who identified him during the trial and\u00a0testified under the pseudonym \u201cJane.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0Don claims he was hired by Combs for several sex parties with Jane between 2021 and 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\u201cAs far as a message I would give to Cassie and [Jane], I would say, \u2018I apologize, I’m a son and I’m a brother, and I have lots of women in my life, [and] that this whole case has made me take a second look at my part and causing hurt to somebody without knowing that I was doing so,’\u201d Don shares.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n\u201cSo I’d like to apologize and just say that I wish that if there was any communication to be had, that it could have happened, and I maybe could have been somebody to help them by just getting up and saying that I’m not wanting to do this.\u201d<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nDon, one of the male escorts hired by Diddy for his “freak offs”.<\/span>Courtesy “Don”<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nBoth Ventura and Jane claimed Combs coerced them with threats of violence and blackmail to participate in drug-fueled sex sessions with male escorts that he called freak offs or “hotel nights.” Combs has said that all the sexual acts were consensual.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nDon tells PEOPLE that he did not personally witness Combs abuse either Cassie or Jane, but he does not question their accounts.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n\u201cThere’s no way to discredit what those women went through and the issues that they had outside of the bedroom,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n\u201cI’m never going to take that away from the victims,\u201d Don continues. \u201cEven though in my experience they seemed as willing participants, I know that there’s a difference between going through what you went through in private and then putting on a good face for your partner because this is what your partner is enjoying \u2014 and you want to bring that type of joy to [your] partner, but it may not be something that you’re necessarily comfortable with.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n\u201cI do feel that they feel they were victimized, and they were made to do things against their will,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nAs for Combs, Don says the music mogul should make \u201csome type of public proclamation\u201d and apologize to Ventura and Jane.<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>Sean “Diddy” Combs during Combs’ sex trafficking trial on June 30, 2025 in New York City.<\/span>REUTERS\/Jane Rosenberg<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nOn Wednesday, July 2, Combs was convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution but was acquitted of the more serious charges he faced \u2014 sex trafficking and racketeering.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nWant to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for\u00a0PEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletter<\/a>\u00a0for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\nSentencing is scheduled for October 3. Combs could receive a maximum of ten years in prison for each of his two prostitution-related convictions, though his lawyers expect him to be sentenced\u00a0to about two years in prison<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nAside from his criminal convictions, Combs faces dozens of civil lawsuits from plaintiffs who have accused him of sexual misconduct. He has denied all the accusations laid forth in the filings.<\/p>\n
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- A male escort allegedly hired by Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs for his \u201cfreak offs\u201d with Cassie Ventura is offering Ventura an apology<\/li>\n
- Identified as “Don,” the escort exclusively spoke to PEOPLE after Combs’ verdict was announced, revealing the gripping message he would share with Ventura if they were to speak again<\/li>\n
- Combs was found guilty of two prostitution related-charges but acquitted of more serious charges of sex trafficking and racketeering<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Following the verdict in\u00a0Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs<\/a>\u2019 trial, one of the male escorts allegedly hired for his \u201cfreak offs\u201d is offering an apology to\u00a0Cassie Ventura<\/a>.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nIdentified during the trial as \u201cDon,\u201d\u00a0the escort and model<\/a>\u00a0spoke exclusively with PEOPLE shortly after a Manhattan jury\u00a0acquitted Combs<\/a>, 55, of the most serious charges he faced \u2014 sex trafficking and racketeering \u2014 but convicted him on lesser prostitution-related charges.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nDon tells PEOPLE that while he and Ventura haven’t spoken since the two or three times they were together at freak offs in 2016, if they spoke today, he would express remorse for being part of “one of the worst times” of someone’s life.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n\u201cI would do everything in my power to explain how sorry I was that I was a part of a situation that she’s going to view as a nightmare for the rest of her life and that I wish I had some type of inkling of what was actually going on so that I could not be a participant,\u201d Don says.<\/p>\n
\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n \n<\/div>\n<\/div>“Don” was identified during Diddy’s trial as one of the escorts the music mogul hired for “freak offs”.<\/span>Southern District of New York<\/p>\n He also tells PEOPLE that he would apologize to another of Combs\u2019 ex-girlfriends \u2014 a woman who identified him during the trial and\u00a0testified under the pseudonym \u201cJane.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0Don claims he was hired by Combs for several sex parties with Jane between 2021 and 2024.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n\u201cAs far as a message I would give to Cassie and [Jane], I would say, \u2018I apologize, I’m a son and I’m a brother, and I have lots of women in my life, [and] that this whole case has made me take a second look at my part and causing hurt to somebody without knowing that I was doing so,’\u201d Don shares.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n\u201cSo I’d like to apologize and just say that I wish that if there was any communication to be had, that it could have happened, and I maybe could have been somebody to help them by just getting up and saying that I’m not wanting to do this.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/p>\nDon, one of the male escorts hired by Diddy for his “freak offs”.<\/span>Courtesy “Don”<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Both Ventura and Jane claimed Combs coerced them with threats of violence and blackmail to participate in drug-fueled sex sessions with male escorts that he called freak offs or “hotel nights.” Combs has said that all the sexual acts were consensual.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nDon tells PEOPLE that he did not personally witness Combs abuse either Cassie or Jane, but he does not question their accounts.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n\u201cThere’s no way to discredit what those women went through and the issues that they had outside of the bedroom,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n\u201cI’m never going to take that away from the victims,\u201d Don continues. \u201cEven though in my experience they seemed as willing participants, I know that there’s a difference between going through what you went through in private and then putting on a good face for your partner because this is what your partner is enjoying \u2014 and you want to bring that type of joy to [your] partner, but it may not be something that you’re necessarily comfortable with.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n\u201cI do feel that they feel they were victimized, and they were made to do things against their will,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nAs for Combs, Don says the music mogul should make \u201csome type of public proclamation\u201d and apologize to Ventura and Jane.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n\n \n\n \n<\/div>\n<\/div>Sean “Diddy” Combs during Combs’ sex trafficking trial on June 30, 2025 in New York City.<\/span>REUTERS\/Jane Rosenberg<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n On Wednesday, July 2, Combs was convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution but was acquitted of the more serious charges he faced \u2014 sex trafficking and racketeering.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nWant to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for\u00a0PEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletter<\/a>\u00a0for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/div>\nSentencing is scheduled for October 3. Combs could receive a maximum of ten years in prison for each of his two prostitution-related convictions, though his lawyers expect him to be sentenced\u00a0to about two years in prison<\/a>.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nAside from his criminal convictions, Combs faces dozens of civil lawsuits from plaintiffs who have accused him of sexual misconduct. He has denied all the accusations laid forth in the filings.<\/p>\n