A former personal chef for Sean “Diddy” Combs has expressed concerns for her safety following the rapper’s acquittal on the most serious charges in a federal sex trafficking trial.
On Wednesday, the 55-year-old artist was convicted of two counts related to transporting individuals for prostitution, but he was found not guilty of two sex trafficking charges and one assault charge.
In the aftermath of the verdict, Jordan Atkinson, who claims to have experienced physical abuse during her time working for Combs, reached out to Judge Jordan Subramanian, asking that Combs be denied bail while awaiting sentencing. The judge eventually granted this request.
Atkinson took to social media to share her feelings, posting a series of videos that included a subpoena she had received from the Southern District of New York in 2024.
Although she was a witness for the government, she did not testify during the trial.
In her video, Atkinson alleged that Combs had physically abused her while she was employed by him. “This is a serious miscarriage of justice,” she stated in the video. “I’ll stand up to everything I’ve always said.”
She also mentioned witnessing Combs’s abuse of his former girlfriend, Cassandra “Cathy” Ventura.
Atkinson added in her social media post, “I’m not okay. I’m not okay. I’m not safe. I don’t know where to go from here. I’m standing with Cathy as usual. I don’t understand how this case was handled. We’re all at risk. What’s it for?”
In a letter addressed to the judge, she voiced her fears that Combs might retaliate against her and other individuals who were summoned before the trial.
Atkinson described the ordeal in her letter as “horrifying,” saying, “The past year and a half have been traumatic. This verdict is devastating. I’m afraid for my safety when he’s released.”
Combs’s acquittal on the more serious sex trafficking charge means he avoids a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years, which he would have faced if convicted of conspiracy to sex trafficking or assault. Currently, he could receive a maximum of 10 years for each of the two prostitution counts.
