Former Sean “Diddy” Combs Assistant Details “Wild King Nights” Parties in ‘Fall of Diddy’ Expanded Episode
Sean “Diddy” Combs’ former assistant Phil Pines is pulling back the curtain on the so-called “Wild King Nights” parties in an expanded episode for Investigation Discovery’s The Fall of Diddy docuseries.
Pines, in his pretaped interview that streams after the conclusion of the four-part doc on Tuesday night, discusses the debauched sex parties, often with young and impressionable women.
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Combs, who is currently in a Brooklyn federal jail cell awaiting a May trial for sexual trafficking and racketeering charges, allegedly often gave Pines a long list of red lighting, drugs, baby oil, sex toys and other products to assemble and stage before the intimate gatherings.
“We usually had a laundry list of items that included lights, alcohol, marijuana, ketamine, Molly. You have mushrooms on the top there … baby oil and astroglide [lubricant] are very important; candles, incense, Apple TVs, electronics, computers, iPads. Obviously there was, you know, male libido supplements, stuff like that,” Pines tells journalist Mara S. Campo during the 30-minute sit-down, which concludes the four-part docuseries on Combs and has been viewed by The Hollywood Reporter.
Pines worked as Combs’ senior executive assistant from 2019 to 2021, and said he never personally witnessed the so-called “freak-offs,” parties that are expected to be front and center at Combs’ upcoming criminal trial in New York City. But Pines did talk about the Wild King Nights events, which took place at hotels and included a host of young women who allegedly could be more easily manipulated.
“A lot of times, there were girls that were under the radar, didn’t have a lot of influence. I think that speaks to the type of situations people were put in. A lot of times, you have [Combs] with a young female, and there’s a power dynamic there. A more impressionable girl is easier to reel in, as opposed to somebody who might be a celebrity who’s not going to do too much of that, or give some pushback,” Pines explained.
Pines said the young women who he saw were mostly 20-somethings. When asked if Combs, as his lawyers have argued, was not breaking any laws and just partied like a rap star, he replied, “Look, there’s partying and then there’s a party.”
At the same time, Pines claimed he wasn’t in the room for the Wild King Nights parties enough to make a judgement about whether sufficient consent had been given by those taking part in the typically drug-fueled orgies. But he recalled one party where an apparently upset young woman had to be taken back to her own hotel.
“I remember a time when Diddy told me to come up and grab one of his guests’ bags, take it out to the car and drive her to her hotel. I don’t know what took place. All I can say is that when I had brought her down to the car, she was shaky. Physically shaken. Didn’t look like how she had looked the night before. She said something to the effect of, ‘I’ve never done like anything like this before,’” Pines claims in the ID series.
The former employee also recalled being asked to perform on many occasions an “emergency cleanup” after the Wild King Nights parties wrapped to avoid raising suspicions among the hotel cleaning staff. “That means [Combs] destroyed the hotel room. The longer he’s there, the more intense the cleanup is going to be,” Pines said.
He also recalled during his employment witnessing Combs allegedly getting violent with a young woman. “I remember a time I saw [Combs] assault one of his guests at his home in Florida. Things were getting a little heated. They were very argumentative. He cursed at her. ‘I told you I was crazy!’” Pines recalled.
He claims Combs kicked the young woman twice, and after she fell to the floor, he ordered him to take off his hoodie. “She was topless, and my thinking was, I had a little jacket on, took it [off] to cover her, got her into the Uber and she went home,” Pines added.
The former assistant also recounted Combs allegedly coercing him into sexual activity at one of his parties after being urged to consume some alcohol. “I remember hearing the words: ‘Prove your loyalty to me.’ He grabbed me by the shoulders, kind of gave me a quick massage, like a coach would give a player that’s about to enter the game, and handed me a condom, pushed me to a girl that was on the couch, a guest,” an emotional Pines claims, before having to catch his breath and compose himself.
He added that the young woman signaled her consent before Pines engaged in sexual activity with her, which he says he reluctantly agreed to in part to avoid retribution from Combs. Pines insisted the music and fashion mogul held a power over those in his orbit, including employees.
“He got me. It was a circus. He did whatever he wanted, and we were just at his disposal … He’s a predator. I mean that in a sexually charged way, in a manipulation way. He has an innate ability to make you feel comfortable and to make you do things for him that you would never do,” Pines explains.
In December 2024, attorneys for Pines brought a lawsuit against Combs over his employment, which included accounts of the Wild King Nights parties.
In a statement from Combs’ legal team, his attorneys said of the lawsuit: “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. 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.”
Combs’ attorneys also offered THR a second statement over ID’s The Fall of Diddy docuseries in general.
“These documentaries are rushing to cash in on the media circus surrounding Mr. Combs. The producers failed to provide sufficient time or details for his representatives to address unsubstantiated claims, many from unidentified participants whose allegations lack context. By withholding this information, they made it impossible for Mr. Combs to present facts to counter these fabricated accusations. This production is clearly intended to present a one-sided and prejudicial narrative. As we’ve said before, Mr. Combs cannot respond to every publicity stunt or facially ridiculous claim. He has full confidence in the facts and the judicial process, where the truth will prevail: the accusations against him are pure fiction,” the statement said.
The Fall of Diddy docuseries is produced for ID by Maxine Productions, makers of ID’s bombshell Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV series, and Rolling Stone Films.
“I do think the fear has been incredibly palpable for so many people — even those who came forward and those who came close to and are not yet ready — in a very, very tangible way and, at least from my experience, that I have not felt as acutely before,” Maxine Productions’ Emma Schwartz, a co-director on The Fall of Diddy, recalled in an earlier interview with THR about the uphill climb to find people from Combs’ inner circle and survivors to participate in the docuseries.
The Fall of Diddy airs Tuesday night at 9 p.m. on Investigation Discovery before streaming on Max.
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