Deonte' Nash, who formerly worked as a stylist for Sean "Diddy" Combs, has come forward to talk about his experience working with the disgraced Bad Boy Records founder ahead of his sentencing.
In a preview of his interview with Jericka Duncan for CBS Mornings, Nash alleged that he feared for his life during his employment under Diddy and was strangled on multiple occasions.
Duncan asked Nash if there was ever a time when he thought he could die, and he said he felt unsafe “the whole time” he worked for Diddy.
“I said he’s gonna kill us,” he recalled. “He is going to kill us.”
Nash, who filed a lawsuit against Diddy in which he accused the mogul of years of physical violence and sexual abuse, said that he had a go bag in case he ever had to go into hiding because of Diddy’s allegedly controlling behavior.
“It has some underwear, some shorts, a tank top, a hoodie,” Nash said. “This was normal, very normal behavior, and everybody pacified it. So, who are we gonna tell? Like, who exactly were we gonna tell? Who are we gonna call?Ghostbusters? Like, there was no one there to save us.”
The full interview with Nash is set to air on CBS Mornings on Friday, Oct. 3, the same day that Diddy is scheduled to be sentenced for two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, both of which carry a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
In his lawsuit filed against Diddy last year, Nash accused him of sexual battery, human trafficking, and a decade of abuse.
He described his 10 years working for Diddy as a “nightmare,” during which he said he endured “a decade of sexual and physical assault, sexual and verbal harassment, trafficking, degradation and humiliation, threats to his life and well-being, stalking, control, and psychological manipulation.”
He also alleged that Diddy exposed himself to Nash and made “unwanted, inappropriate, sexually charged” comments about him in front of others, which left him feeling objectified.
In the lead-up to Diddy's sentencing on Friday, several letters of support have been made public. Among some of the more notable letters of support are a letter from his ex-girlfriend, Yung Miami, who described him as "loving," and one from someone who was identified as "Victim 3" in Diddy's highly publicized trial.
Young Thug, who was also behind bars during a highly publicized trial, also recently expressed support for him.