Diddy's ‘phantom fixer' breaks her cover for 1st time in months just hours after rapper ex-boss cleared of racketeering
Exclusive photographs and video obtained by The U.S. Sun show Kristina Khorram, 38, chatting with pals in Los Angeles just hours after her former boss was found guilty of prostitution - but cleared of the other three more serious charges.
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Kristina Khorram, Sean 'Diddy' Combs' former chief of staff, is seen in LA on Thursday morning
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Khorram was all smiles as she headed to a pilates session after Diddy's trial in New York came to a close
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Khorram appeared to be having a debrief with her girlfriends for more than an hour after the class
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She was seen wearing black yoga pants, Hoka sneakers, and an orange bag, as she smiled while texting on her cell phone before joining pals for a pilates class.
Khorram, known as "KK" throughout the trial, did not take the stand during
Witnesses gave testimony claiming she helped to assist and cover up his crimes, but she has never been charged with anything.
She also previously publicly denied "aiding and abetting the sexual assault of anyone," in a statement to CNN.
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An eyewitness told The U.S. Sun that Khorram went to a late morning pilates class on Thursday for an hour before grabbing a smoothie with two friends at nearby SunLife Organics.
"The trio then headed back down to Sunset Plaza, and Kristina appeared very animated as they spoke for more than an hour, her friends seemed very supportive," they said.
Just 24 hours before, a jury decided to only convict Combs of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution - each has a maximum 10-year prison sentence and no minimum.
He has been acquitted of racketeering conspiracy, which carried a life sentence, and two counts of sex trafficking.
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Combs has been behind bars for ten months since his arrest in September 2024, and his
Khorram began working for Combs in 2013 as a senior executive, according to her now-deleted LinkedIn profile, and was promoted to her top role in 2020.
Diddy faces just two years in jail after overhyped prosecution but could still go BROKE, says lawyer
She has been named in at least three civil lawsuits filed against Combs, which accuse her of knowing about his violent and criminal behavior and enabling it.
"If anybody is gate-keeper, Kristina would know everything," a source previously told the
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Combs and Khorram were last seen together at the rapper's Star Island mansion in Miami as the scandal began to unfold, and his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura filed a lawsuit against him in November 2023.
Khorram was seen in a white robe sitting on a day bed with the stressed star while she was on her cell phone amid the drama.
She later stopped working for him, and he settled Ventura's suit.
"I have never condoned or aided and abetted the sexual assault of anyone."
Kristina Khorram in a statement
The U.S. Sun can confirm Khorram is now based in Los Angeles, but it is not known where she is now working.
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Despite being named by witnesses involved in the scandal, the prosecution decided not to call Khorram during the trial.
Her lawyer has declined interview requests on her behalf, stating that Khorram cannot "tell her story until the criminal trial is over and the civil cases are resolved," according to CNN.
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Sean Combs pictured with Kristina Khorram in an Instagram photo before his arrest
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Khorram's friends seemed supportive as they all spent time catching up at Sunset Plaza after the trial
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Combs' former right-hand woman was out enjoying a smoothie after the class with two friends
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Sean 'Diddy' Combs reacts to the verdicts of the five counts against him in this courtroom sketch
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Khorram also declined to comment this week on the judge's verdict in the criminal case when approached by The U.S. Sun.
However, she previously told CNN in a statement, "For months, horrific accusations have been made about me in various lawsuits regarding my former boss.
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"These false allegations of my involvement are causing irreparable and incalculable damage to my reputation and the emotional well-being of myself and my family.
"I have never condoned or aided and abetted the sexual assault of anyone. Nor have I ever drugged anyone," Khorram continued.
"The idea that I could be accused of playing a role in – or even being a bystander to – the rape of anyone is beyond upsetting, disturbing, and unthinkable. That is not who I am and my heart goes out to all victims of sexual assault."
Khorram was compared to Jeffrey Epstein's "madam" Ghislaine Maxwell by producer Lil' Rod Jones in his $30 million suit, in which he accused Combs of sexual assault and sexual harassment.
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Jones named Kristina Khorram as a defendant, who has denied any wrongdoing, while Combs'
attorney Erica Wolff branded the complaint "pure fiction."
Although a judge recently rejected many of Jones's claims, he did not dismiss the allegations against Combs or Khorram.
He said the lawsuit includes several specific examples of incidents Combs allegedly "recruited or enticed Jones to solicit and perform sex acts with commercial workers" and allegedly "transported Jones across state and international borders to do so."
Meanwhile,
Combs
on Wednesday when the verdict was read out in a
Manhattan
courtroom.
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The U.S. Sun obtained a letter from the prosecution sent to Judge Arun Subramanian regarding the star's sentence.
They say the guideline sentence for him is just 51 to 63 months [five and a half years maximum], and he has already been behind bars for nine months.
It reads, "The Government notes, however, that the Guidelines applicable at sentencing may be higher than this preliminary calculation.
"The Government has not had adequate time to carefully
consider all potentially applicable Guidelines provisions."
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Former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani, president of Los Angeles-based West Coast Trial Lawyers, spoke to The U.S. Sun about the verdict.
He described it as "nothing less than a complete and total failure by the prosecution in what will go down as the most expensive prostitution trial in American history."
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Kristina Khorram was seen wearing a white vest top and black yoga pants
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She beamed as she headed to a friend's car carrying a bottle of water, a smoothie, and her cell phone
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Supporters of Sean Combs rejoice after a jury acquitted Combs of racketeering and sex trafficking and found him guilty on lesser transportation charges in New York
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