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Sean “Diddy Combs’ appetite for cheeseburgers has already been mentioned twice in testimony given at his ongoing sex-trafficking and racketeering trial.
During the Manhattan federal trial’s second week, one of Combs’ ex-personal assistants told the jury how Combs had a hankering for cheeseburgers from a popular Los Angeles diner shortly before a near-gunfight unfolded with longtime rival Suge Knight in 2008.
And in other testimony last week, another one of Combs’ former assistants revealed the unusual way the hip-hop mogul likes his cheeseburgers — with a slathering of applesauce.
Under cross-examination by Combs’ defense attorney Marc Agnifilo, the ex-personal assistant, George Kaplan, was asked about applesauce following a question about baby oil purchases.
“Tell the jury what you remember about applesauce,” Agnifilo said to Kaplan, who replied, “Mr. Combs loves applesauce. He eats it on the side or on top of a lot of things.”
“Cheeseburgers?” the defense attorney asked. “Cheeseburgers being one of them,” Kaplan then answered.
Unfortunately for Combs, he won’t be able to fulfill any cheeseburger with applesauce craving he may have this Memorial Day. The music tycoon remains behind bars at a notorious federal jail in Brooklyn.
Federal agents transport Combs from the Metropolitan Detention Center to the lower Manhattan courthouse and back on trial days.
A menu obtained by Business Insider through the Federal Bureau of Prisons shows that “BBQ” chicken, kidney beans, macaroni and cheese, mixed vegetables, whole wheat bread, fruit, and “holiday dessert” will be served for lunch on the Monday holiday at the Brooklyn lock-up.
Combs and the more than 1,000 other people housed at the facility — who include accused CEO killer Luigi Manigone — will be offered a Memorial Day dinner of chicken and rice or tofu and rice, pinto beans, corn, and whole wheat bread, according to the menu.
Applesauce, Combs’ apparent favorite, is not on the menu or among the items sold at the jail’s commissary.
Barbecue sauce and soy sauce, however, can be bought for $2.85 and $1.20, respectively.
Combs’ criminal trial is expected to run several more weeks. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges and denied all allegations of sexual abuse. If the “I’ll Be Missing You” rapper — a one-time near-billionaire — is convicted of the sex-trafficking and racketeering charges against him, he could face up to life in prison.
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