A man who says he worked for Sean Combs from 2019 through 2021 has sued the disgraced music mogul with claims he was ordered to coordinate drug-fueled evenings called “Wild King Nights” and forced to perform a sex act in front of Combs to “prove his loyalty.”
In a new 32-page lawsuit filed Monday and obtained by Rolling Stone, plaintiff Phillip Pines alleges Combs instructed him to supply a range of drugs and sex toys during days-long “sexual escapades,” and clean the trashed rooms afterward. Pines claims that when he traveled with Combs, he was in charge of a black Gucci bag known as the “MVP” bag that allegedly contained the often illicit party provisions.
“Plaintiff was instructed by Sean Combs on multiple occasions to ensure his personal bedroom and/or various hotel rooms were set up with red lights, ice buckets, alcohol, marijuana joints, honey packs for male libido, baby oil, Astroglide, towels, illegal drugs, and power banger sex machines. These were called ‘Wild King Nights,’” the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court alleges. Pines claims the drugs he supplied also included Plan B, known as the “morning after pill,” and the erectile dysfunction drug Cialis. “Plaintiff would remove any evidence of drugs, condoms, sex toys, remove bodily stains like blood, urine, fluids from any sheets, furniture and pack away all the items used during Wild King Nights,” the lawsuit claims.
Combs’ lawyers denied the allegations in a statement sent to Rolling Stone. “No matter how many lawsuits are filed, it won’t change the fact that Mr. Combs has never sexually assaulted or sex trafficked anyone — man or woman, adult or minor,” his attorneys stated. “We live in a world where anyone can file a lawsuit for any reason. Fortunately, a fair and impartial judicial process exists to find the truth, and Mr. Combs is confident he will prevail in court.”
Pines, who says he worked as an executive assistant for Combs between December 2019 and December 2021, claims he was prohibited from leaving requested party supplies in hotel hallways. Instead, he had to wait to be let in, meaning he was “unwillingly” exposed “to the events in the room,” the lawsuit alleges. Pines claims he regularly left “very large” tips for housecleaning crews to prevent them from “reporting anything” and that his cleaning responsibilities extended to intimate video as well.
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“Plaintiff was further instructed to ‘scrub’ Sean Combs’ personal devices, including but not limited to personal phones, laptops, or tablets, of any compromising videos. In order to accomplish this unreasonable task, plaintiff would have to again unwillingly see the video and then erase it. Plaintiff was instructed that if any [of] Sean Combs’ family sees the videos – either on the personal device or cloud-based storage – plaintiff would be terminated with negative comments so that he could never be in the entertainment industry,” the lawsuit alleges.
Pines also claims that he was sexually battered on one occasion when Combs allegedly began massaging him and then demanded he take a shot of tequila before he “pushed” Pines onto a female guest. “Combs was sexually rubbing the shoulder of plaintiff Pines, informing him to show loyalty to the King and insert his penis in the female guest,” the lawsuit claims. “Plaintiff undid his pants and exposed himself to Mr. Combs and the female guest who put a condom on his penis.”
According to the complaint, Pines “was very uncomfortable and unsure what to do but followed Mr. Combs’ instructions out of fear that plaintiff would be fired and blackballed.” The filing further claims that after engaging in a sex act “for a few moments,” Pines stopped and “left the room upset.”
Pines alleges that during his employment, he witnessed Combs kick a guest in the buttocks and stomach. He also claims Combs infected an unidentified celebrity with Covid during his 51st birthday trip to Turks and Caicos.
The new lawsuit names Combs along with his companies, Combs Enterprises and Bad Boy Entertainment, and Kristina Khorram, a longtime senior employee.
The new lawsuit comes after more than three dozen other plaintiffs have sued Combs since his ex-partner Casandra “Cassie” Ventura filed her initial bombshell complaint in November 2023. (Combs and Cassie reached a settlement a day after the singer filed her suit.) Ventura’s lawsuit sparked a criminal investigation that led to Combs’ indictment on racketeering and sex trafficking charges in September. He has pleaded not guilty. His trial is set for May 2025.
