During the high-profile Diddy trial, which concluded today with a surprising acquittal on the major charges, two individuals stood out as consistently mentioned by the accusers.

The musician was convicted on two counts related to the federal Mann Act, which involved the transportation of individuals, including both his partners and hired male companions, for the purpose of engaging in prostitution.

But the jury of eight men and four women acquitted him of the more serious racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking charges.

Nearly every witness emphasized the involvement of two individuals who were portrayed as Diddy’s ‘enforcers,’ supposedly aiding him in establishing a criminal operation that the jury ultimately did not find convincing.

The first is Khristina Khorram, Diddy’s right-hand woman who has previously been described in civil lawsuits as a Ghislaine Maxwell-esque fixer.

The second is his loyal bodyguard – D-Roc – who women testified helped Diddy arrange their freak-offs.

THE RIGHT-HAND WOMAN 

The mogul’s lead attorney Marc Agnifilo told the court in his closing arguments that ‘everyone should have a Kristina Khorram,’ Diddy nodded in agreement

The trial was told Khorram worked to lead a team of assistants who would provide Diddy with everything he needed for the freak offs – from drugs to baby oil

Diddy accuser, producer Lil Rod Jones, compared Khorram to Jeffrey Epstein’s Madame Ghislane Maxwell in a civil lawsuit he filed last year. 

The mogul’s lead attorney Marc Agnifilo told the court in his closing arguments ‘everyone should have a Kristina Khorram.’ Diddy nodded in agreement.

Khorram’s name – or her nickname ‘KK’ – was mentioned by nearly every witness on the stand as prosecutors tried to depict Diddy as the head of a criminal organization. 

She started working for Diddy in 2013 and became his chief of staff in 2020, leading the team of assistants that worked to keep the mogul happy at all times, making sure his Gucci pouch was filled with drugs and his hotel rooms stocked for the freak offs, according to trial testimony. 

Witnesses described Khorram arranging the hotel rooms and drugs for the freak offs. 

In one text message seen in court Khorram encouraged Jane to get on a commercial flight with drugs, telling her ‘It’s fine, I do it all the time.’

Khorram was also instrumental in convincing a security guard, Eddy Garcia, to take $50,000 in exchange of burying a security tape of Diddy assaulting Cassie in an LA hotel in 2016, the court heard.

Meanwhile Diddy’s ex-girlfriend, who testified under the pseudonym of Jane, told the court it was Khorram who made appointments for her to get dental veneers and nipple piercings – at Diddy’s request. 

After Cassie filed her lawsuit and Diddy’s image began collapsing, Khorram told Diddy to not go and do ‘something stupid’, according to testimony. They are pictured after the lawsuit was filed in November 2023

In one text message seen in court Khorram encourages Jane to get on a commercial flight with drugs, telling her ‘It’s fine, I do it all the time’

When Jane begged Khorram for help after Diddy allegedly threatened to release their sex tapes, Khorram replied: ‘Don’t worry. Nothing is going to happen with these tapes.’

After Cassie filed her civil lawsuit and Diddy’s image began collapsing, Khorram told Diddy to not go and do ‘something stupid’ like stopping payments of Jane’s rent.  

Cassie’s friend and stylist told the court Khorram saw Diddy being violent to Cassie, and responded by saying ‘she would talk to him.’ 

Khorram’s name rang so often in the witness stand that Diddy’s lawyers made sure to address her role in their closing arguments.

Defense attorney Alexandra Shapiro told the jury Diddy ‘actually took steps to conceal the nature of the sexual activity he was engaging in from his employees’ – including from Khorram. 

Shapiro pointed out that in some text messages, Diddy appear to lie to Khorram about his relationship with women. 

‘That’s not the way co-conspirators act with each other,’ the attorney told the jury, adding that Khorram is the ‘single most helpful person.’

Khorram, on her part, has denied any wrongdoing and issued a statement in March saying: ‘For months, horrific accusations have been made about me in various lawsuits regarding my former boss.

‘These false allegations of my involvement are causing irreparable and incalculable damage to my reputation and the emotional well-being of myself and my family.

‘I have never condoned or aided and abetted the sexual assault of anyone. Nor have I ever drugged anyone.’

THE BODYGUARD 

Several witnesses said on the stand Diddy’s friend Damion Butler, known as D-Roc, was one of the people making sure the mogul always got what he wanted. He is pictured between Cassie and Diddy in 2017

D-Roc gained notoriety as the right-hand man of the late rap legend Biggie Smalls

Several witnesses said on the stand that Diddy’s friend Damion Butler, known as D-Roc, was one of the people making sure the mogul always got what he wanted.

Cassie told the jury she once saw Diddy and his employees grab clothes and head to a famous LA diner after D-Roc informed the mogul that his nemesis Suge Knight was there. 

‘I was crying. I was screaming, like ‘Please don’t do anything stupid,” Cassie testified. ‘I was really nervous for them. I didn’t know what they were going to do.’

She said, ‘It’s like I wasn’t even there.’

Cassie said Combs later returned, but she didn’t say if he told her what happened. It’s unclear if he ended up encountering Knight at the diner.

The court heard that D-Roc and his wife were some of the people who usually got Cassie to come back to Diddy after incidents of violence.

D-Roc gained notoriety as the right-hand man of the late rap legend Biggie Smalls.

Diddy’s ex-assistant, who testified under the pseudonym Mia, said D-Roc called her at the end of November 2023 to discuss the violence between Cassie and Diddy after Cassie filed her civil lawsuit against Diddy.

After what Mia initially thought to be a normal phone call between her and D-Roc, he started to say ‘you know Puff and Cass they would fight like a normal couple.’

She explained: ‘My radar went off I was like that’s not how D-Roc talks and D-Roc was around that a lot.’

Mia testified she felt ‘terrified, threatened, scared, nervous’ that Combs was using an intermediary to reach her. She said she ‘wanted to play dumb’ and needed a game plan to protect herself. ‘I didn’t want my life to be in danger,’ Mia said.

After the phone call, Mia testified she ignored several more phone call attempts from both D-Roc and Diddy as she felt terrified, threatened and scared.

Cassie told the jury she once saw Diddy and his employees grab clothes and head to a famous LA diner after D-Roc informed the mogul that his nemesis Suge Knight was there

On February 4, 2024, Diddy consequently texted her: ‘Hey I don’t wanna be blowing up your phone. Just needed to talk to you for 10 minutes.

‘Just need my memory jogged on some things. You were my right hand for years so I just to speak to you to remember who was even around me.’

Mia’s testimony echoed concerns that prompted judges to deny Combs bail, keeping him jailed since his arrest last September.

Prosecutors said Combs and his allies were contacting potential victims or witnesses to prevent them from cooperating or to get them to alter their recollection of events.