Sharay "The Punisher" Haynes, the sex worker who participated in a string of 'freak-offs' with Diddy and Cassie, said he agrees with the sentencing the disgraced music mogul received.
Haynes testified about his encounters with the mogul and Cassie during Diddy's racketeering and sex trafficking trial over the summer. On Friday (October 3), Diddy (real name Sean Combs) was sentenced to fifty months, or four years and two months, and ordered to pay a $500,000 fine.
According to TMZ, Haynes shared that although he initially thought Diddy should be released on time served, he now concurs with Judge Arun Subramanian's sentencing.
The sex worker sided with Judge Subramanian's decision to protect victims of domestic violence, but believes that Diddy is remorseful for his actions. Additionally, Haynes claimed that he was not asked to write a letter in support or opposition of Diddy.
Haynes, who released a new book, In Search of Freezer Meat, separately spoke to The Shade Room and said he was "hoping for time served."
"But after hearing the judge pointing out that after apologizing from the hotel video with Cassie and then being under investigation, he had a freak-off with Jane, where he actually abused her — and the judge has to respect the victims and their experiences," he said. "I think the time he got was warranted."
In a previous interview with TMZ, Haynes called the verdict "the right one."
"I always saw it as more a domestic violence scenario," Haynes told TMZ, also that Diddy and Cassie were in a "long-term" and "loving" relationship where their "sexual lifestyle was consented."
"It was just hard for me to shift from this is just a domestic violence type of relationship to a criminal sex trafficking scenario," he continued.
Haynes went on to agree with the assertion that his testimony helped Diddy's case. "I feel like if the deciding factor of this scenario of the sex trafficking charges was gonna be based on consent or lack thereof, I definitely feel like my testimony could have possibly influenced the way it was viewed by jurors," he said.
"Because the coercion part of it was obviously the main factor if we're gonna prove that, right?" he continued, adding that his "experience would not lead you to believe that someone was sex trafficked."
The sex worker and author also called the domestic violence aspect of the case "undeniable," and claimed that the jury "made a mistake."
Haynes added that he feels "terrible" for Cassie and another woman who briefly dated Diddy and testified as 'Jane Doe.' "Women, in general, deal with a lot of shame associated with their sexuality. So to have two women have to pretty much broadcast their sex lives to the world and be under the scrutiny of that type of perception and judgment, it's ugly."
In a May interview on CNN, Haynes apologized to Cassie for any discomfort she may have felt during their encounters but claimed that the singer appeared to consent to sex. In his testimony, Haynes recalled being given directives by Diddy during sexual activity with Cassie, which would last for several hours.