Diddy’s former assistant has revealed what was involved in staging the rapper’s infamous freak-off parties–and what his boss kept in his toiletry bag. George Kaplan fronted a Manhattan federal court on Wednesday as Sean “Diddy” Combs’ trial for racketeering and sex trafficking continued. The assistant said he would regularly be given only a few hours notice to prep Combs’ preferred hotel rooms in cities including New York, Los Angeles or Miami. There were strict instructions on how the rooms needed to be staged. Kaplan told jurors he would arrive before Diddy with a bag containing “clothes, a speaker, candles, liquor, baby oil and Astroglide.” Kaplan said he often purchased Combs’ must-haves with a corporate credit card and the rapper would often request food, clothes and “sometimes drugs”. Advil and ketamine were also a fixture in Combs’ toiletry bag. Kaplan would clean the rooms, not hotel staff, noting “protecting him and protecting his public image were really important.” The hotel rooms were booked under the alias Frank Black, a play on Notorious B.I.G’s nickname Frank White. The late rapper was one of the first artists Combs released on his Bad Boy Records label.
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