Sean Combs Hired Former FBI Agent to Polygraph Staff, Ex-Assistant Says

May 20, 2025
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David James claims mogul issued lie detector tests to staff after his possessions went missing. “It was very intimidating,” he said

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Sean Combs hired a former FBI agent to give lie-detector tests to his staff after some of his possessions went missing, his former assistant testified in the mogul’s sex-trafficking trial on Tuesday.

In his second day of testimony, David James alleged that he took a polygraph test multiple times by a man who claimed to have worked for the FBI, per media reports. “It was very intimidating,” he said. He said the results showed that he did not lie. He testified that a member of Combs’ security also told him that Combs’ former employee, Capricorn Clark, also took a lie detector test.

James worked for Combs from 2007 to 2009. On Monday, he became emotional when recalling his introduction to the working environment that Combs fostered during the interview process. A senior human resource official pointed to a photo of Combs on the wall; James testified and said, “This is Mr. Combs’ kingdom. We’re all here to serve in it.”

A few months into James’ employment, Combs began his relationship with a 21-year-old Ventura, whom Combs allegedly referred to as “young” and “moldable.” James said he had only had a few direct conversations with Ventura, but the ones he did stick out to him more than 15 years later.  

James said Ventura once remarked that Combs’ lifestyle was “crazy,” so he questioned why she didn’t leave. “She was, like, ‘I can’t get out,” James said. “‘Mr. Combs oversees so much of my life. He controls my music career, he pays for my apartment, he gives me an allowance,’ essentially a salary. I just didn’t think that she could easily leave.” 

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Other government witnesses scheduled for this week include Ventura’s mother, Regina, Sharay Hayes, a male escort hired for freak-offs known as “The Punisher,” and a law enforcement official.

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