The ex porn star who shot up Trump’s hotel and made wild Diddy claims breaks silence
His tales weren’t so tall, after all.
Jonathan Oddi, who made some wild allegations after being arrested in May 2018 for storming the Trump National Doral hotel and engaging in a shootout with cops, had his day in court Wednesday, even though he wasn’t there.
The former porn star’s name was brought up during the NYC sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs. A picture of him was shown to the rapper’s ex girlfriend Cassie Ventura, who identified him during her testimony, The New York Post reports.
Ventura testified that Oddi was one of the dozen or so male escorts Combs allegedly hired for sexual encounters, including “freak-offs,” aka baby oil-fueled orgies.
That’s what Oddi revealed after his 2018 arrest during an interrogation with law enforcement officers, who reportedly did not investigate the claims.
“He would masturbate and tell me what to do to Cassie,” said the South Africa native seven years ago. “I was like a sex slave, OK? For them, that’s what I was.”
In a new interview with NewsNation, Oddi — who is still incarcerated in Miami — revealed more sordid details about the liaisons with Combs and Ventura.
“It was like $800 each time,” Oddi claimed of his payment. “Sometimes he’d call me twice. Even three hours later, he’d call me to come back.”
The 49-year-old recounted that Combs would often request Oddi wear a police officer costume and that the atmosphere included dim lights and candles.
Oddi said he feels badly for Ventura, whom he called “a decent person,” and admitted he had a feeling something was amiss back then.
The R&B singer, who is expecting baby No. 3 with husband Alex Fine, testified she settled with Diddy for $20 million after suing him for years of abuse. Prosecutors played the now infamous surveillance video of Combs kicking her in a hotel hallway in Los Angeles in 2016.
Oddi also claimed to NewsNation that he settled with Combs two years before the L.A. incident. As part of the $5 million deal, the ex stripper said he had to turn over videos of their X-rated sessions.
“Now I understand what was going on in her life and what was happening,” he said. “And him beating her up in the hotel shows me the type of individual he is and confirmed that everything happened to me was true and correct and in line with his personality.”
Oddi remains in custody in Miami-Dade County awaiting trial on attempted murder of law enforcement officers, armed burglary and armed grand theft charges over the showdown at the Trump hotel.
He told News Nation that he “may” have been experiencing a bipolar episode the day of the bullet-riddled chaos, but says he is on medication and “stable” now.
“I had no issues in jail,” he said, “I’m feel I’m ready to come out [and] be a productive member of society.”
This story was originally published May 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM.
