{"id":210729,"date":"2025-10-17T08:18:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T15:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/?p=210729"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:42:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:42:15","slug":"exclusive-jonathan-hay-reveals-self-as-john-doe-in-sean-diddy-combs-biggie-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2025\/10\/17\/exclusive-jonathan-hay-reveals-self-as-john-doe-in-sean-diddy-combs-biggie-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Jonathan Hay Reveals Self as &#8216;John Doe&#8217; in Sean &#8216;Diddy&#8217; Combs &amp; Biggie Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sean-Diddy-Combs-CJ-Wallace-Jonathan-Hay-Sarah-Rush-Willie-Mack.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sean-Diddy-Combs-CJ-Wallace-Jonathan-Hay-Sarah-Rush-Willie-Mack.jpeg\" alt=\"From left to right: Willie Mack, Sarah Rush, Jonathan Hay, CJ Wallace. Inset: convicted-felon Sean 'Diddy' Combs\" class=\"wp-image-210730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sean-Diddy-Combs-CJ-Wallace-Jonathan-Hay-Sarah-Rush-Willie-Mack.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sean-Diddy-Combs-CJ-Wallace-Jonathan-Hay-Sarah-Rush-Willie-Mack-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sean-Diddy-Combs-CJ-Wallace-Jonathan-Hay-Sarah-Rush-Willie-Mack-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>From left to right: Willie Mack, Sarah Rush, Jonathan Hay, CJ Wallace. Inset: convicted-felon Sean &#8216;Diddy&#8217; Combs<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Celebrity publicist and music producer Jonathan Hay<\/strong> has revealed himself as <strong>plaintiff &#8216;John Doe&#8217;<\/strong> in a <strong>Sean &#8216;Diddy&#8217; Combs lawsuit<\/strong> filed earlier this year in <strong>LA Superior Court<\/strong>. The lawsuit was originally filed on <strong>July 7, 2025<\/strong>, against <strong>Sean Combs and CJ Wallace<\/strong>, the son of <strong>murdered rapper Biggie Smalls<\/strong>, better known as <strong>Notorious B.I.G.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an <strong>exclusive interview<\/strong> with investigative reporter Paul Smith, <strong>Jonathan Hay reveals what led him to reveal his name<\/strong> in such a <strong>high profile lawsuit<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;It&#8217;s about pushing for criminal charges. I want all Diddy&#8217;s victims to have justice. For me, it was the right thing to do. Having a voice is important.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jonathan Hay<\/strong> has worked with famous names including <strong>Rihanna, Michael Jackson, and Whitney Houston<\/strong>. One of Hay&#8217;s big breaks into the music industry, was working with <strong>Rihanna <\/strong>and <strong>co-producing<\/strong> her first major hit, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oEauWw9ZGrA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Pon De Replay<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rihanna <\/strong>went on to be <a href=\"https:\/\/atlantablackstar.com\/2024\/09\/27\/jay-z-held-16-year-old-rihanna-in-his-office-until-she-signed-record-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">signed<\/a> by <strong>Jay-Z<\/strong> in <strong>2003<\/strong>, after <strong>Jay-Z<\/strong> &#8216;joked&#8217; about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eviemagazine.com\/post\/rihanna-jay-z-throwing-her-out-window-the-29th-floor-sign-deal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">&#8220;throwing her out the window&#8221;<\/a> from the 29th floor, if she didn&#8217;t sign the deal with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jonathan-Hay_Sean-Diddy-Combs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"588\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jonathan-Hay_Sean-Diddy-Combs-1024x588.jpg\" alt=\"Jonathan Hay. Inset: Biggie Smalls and convicted felon Sean 'Diddy' Combs.\" class=\"wp-image-210732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jonathan-Hay_Sean-Diddy-Combs-1024x588.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jonathan-Hay_Sean-Diddy-Combs-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jonathan-Hay_Sean-Diddy-Combs-768x441.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jonathan-Hay_Sean-Diddy-Combs.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Jonathan Hay. Inset: Biggie Smalls and convicted felon Sean &#8216;Diddy&#8217; Combs.<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Biggie Connection<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Biggie Smalls tragic murder in 1997<\/strong> has been long attributed to<strong> Sean &#8216;Diddy&#8217; Combs<\/strong>. Adding fuel to fire has been a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/01\/14\/entertainment\/ex-diddy-bodyguard-alleges-mogul-could-have-been-involved-in-biggies-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">verbal back and forth<\/a> with those close to Smalls prior to the <strong>L.A. murder.<\/strong> Former <strong>Roc-a-Fella producer Choke No Joke<\/strong> has accused <strong>Combs&#8217; former bodyguard Gene Deal<\/strong> of being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ib_mUKLTSJ4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">complicit<\/a> in his murder. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jonathan Hay<\/strong> has referred to <strong>Biggie Smalls as the &#8220;first bi-sexual rapper,&#8221;<\/strong> adding that <strong>CJ Wallace<\/strong> wanted the <strong>Biggie Remix album<\/strong> to be LGBTQ+ friendly. The album was recorded with <strong>Sean &#8216;Diddy&#8217; Combs, Johnny Depp and his nephew Billy Rassel, <\/strong>with <strong>Jay-Z having a direct role<\/strong> in its production. <strong>Hay <\/strong>was heading the music project from its inception. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;He Wanted Me to Do Ketamine.&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Hay recounts meeting at <strong>Sean &#8216;Diddy&#8217; Combs Mapleton mansion<\/strong> in <strong>Holmby Hills<\/strong> for the music project. Subsequent meetings with Combs took a darker turn. <strong>&#8220;He wanted me to do Ketamine to make the music sound better,&#8221; Hay stated.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ketamine<\/strong>, known as <strong>K<\/strong> or <strong>Special K<\/strong>, is also known as <strong>horse tranquilizer<\/strong>, and used for its effects of disassociation. In <strong>Combs federal trial<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1417549\/cassie-ventura-used-ketamine-at-sean-diddy-combs-freak-offs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Cassie Ventura testified<\/a> that she took <strong>Ketamine <\/strong>to disassociate from the freak offs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/jonathan-hay_diddy-mansion-texas_WM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"210738\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/jonathan-hay_diddy-mansion-texas_WM.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-210738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/jonathan-hay_diddy-mansion-texas_WM.jpg 854w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/jonathan-hay_diddy-mansion-texas_WM-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/jonathan-hay_diddy-mansion-texas_WM-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Exclusive footage inside the Bad Boy mansion in Dallas Texas. Video still from the upcoming untitled documentary.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br>The Bad Boy Mansion in Dallas: Four Suspicious Deaths in Six Months<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At a mansion rented by <strong>Bad Boy Entertainment <\/strong>in <strong>Dallas Texas<\/strong>, <strong>Hay <\/strong>describes the <strong>plethora of drugs<\/strong> that came through. <strong>&#8220;It must have been hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of drugs a month. Diddy supplied it all.&#8221; <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hay <\/strong>depicts an <strong>out of control mansion with wild parties<\/strong>: <strong>&#8220;They had strippers and sex workers coming over almost every day. It was crazy.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Worse yet, <strong>Hay <\/strong>states that in the roughly <strong>6 months <\/strong>that he lived there, <strong>four people passed away<\/strong>. <br><strong>&#8220;It was very suspicious. These were people that were healthy and had no reason to suddenly die.&#8221;<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/904fa6351429fa0cf3ae3d856964bbbal-m54706705rd-w2048_h1536.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" data-id=\"210745\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/904fa6351429fa0cf3ae3d856964bbbal-m54706705rd-w2048_h1536-1024x681.webp\" alt=\"The rented Bad Boy mansion in Dallas Texas.\" class=\"wp-image-210745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/904fa6351429fa0cf3ae3d856964bbbal-m54706705rd-w2048_h1536-1024x681.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/904fa6351429fa0cf3ae3d856964bbbal-m54706705rd-w2048_h1536-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/904fa6351429fa0cf3ae3d856964bbbal-m54706705rd-w2048_h1536-768x511.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/904fa6351429fa0cf3ae3d856964bbbal-m54706705rd-w2048_h1536-1536x1022.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/904fa6351429fa0cf3ae3d856964bbbal-m54706705rd-w2048_h1536.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The rented Bad Boy Entertainment mansion in Dallas Texas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/904fa6351429fa0cf3ae3d856964bbbal-m2326539183rd-w2048_h1536.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" data-id=\"210746\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/904fa6351429fa0cf3ae3d856964bbbal-m2326539183rd-w2048_h1536-1024x724.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-210746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/904fa6351429fa0cf3ae3d856964bbbal-m2326539183rd-w2048_h1536-1024x724.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/904fa6351429fa0cf3ae3d856964bbbal-m2326539183rd-w2048_h1536-300x212.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/904fa6351429fa0cf3ae3d856964bbbal-m2326539183rd-w2048_h1536-768x543.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/904fa6351429fa0cf3ae3d856964bbbal-m2326539183rd-w2048_h1536-1536x1085.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/904fa6351429fa0cf3ae3d856964bbbal-m2326539183rd-w2048_h1536.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/904fa6351429fa0cf3ae3d856964bbbal-m3508997672rd-w2048_h1536.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"742\" data-id=\"210747\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/904fa6351429fa0cf3ae3d856964bbbal-m3508997672rd-w2048_h1536-1024x742.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-210747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/904fa6351429fa0cf3ae3d856964bbbal-m3508997672rd-w2048_h1536-1024x742.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/904fa6351429fa0cf3ae3d856964bbbal-m3508997672rd-w2048_h1536-300x217.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/904fa6351429fa0cf3ae3d856964bbbal-m3508997672rd-w2048_h1536-768x556.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/904fa6351429fa0cf3ae3d856964bbbal-m3508997672rd-w2048_h1536-1536x1112.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/904fa6351429fa0cf3ae3d856964bbbal-m3508997672rd-w2048_h1536.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br>The Lawsuit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/COMPLAINT_John-Doe-vs-Sean-Combs-CJ-Wallace-et-al.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"PDF embed\"><\/object><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/COMPLAINT_John-Doe-vs-Sean-Combs-CJ-Wallace-et-al.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>23 page lawsuit<\/strong> alleges <strong>sexual battery, and false imprisonment,<\/strong> amongst a myriad of other charges against <strong>Sean &#8216;Diddy&#8217; Combs, his companies, Willie Mack, and CJ Wallace<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pushing for Criminal Charges<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sean Combs <\/strong>was recently sentenced to <strong>4 years in prison<\/strong> after facing one of the <strong>most publicized trials in celebrity history<\/strong>. <strong>Jonathan Hay <\/strong>remains steadfast that <strong>more criminal charges<\/strong> are going to be filed against Combs. <br><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;m pushing for criminal charges to be filed against Combs at a state and federal level,&#8221; Hay stated.  &#8220;He needs to be held accountable for everything he did.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;It&#8217;s all coming out, everything.&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jonathan Hay<\/strong> teased his<strong> upcoming book and documentary<\/strong>, stating, <strong>&#8220;It&#8217;s going to be epic. It&#8217;s all coming out, everything.<\/strong> <strong>The music industry is going to be rocked<\/strong>.&#8221; <br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrity publicist and music producer Jonathan Hay has revealed himself as plaintiff &#8216;John Doe&#8217; in a Sean &#8216;Diddy&#8217; Combs lawsuit filed earlier this year in LA Superior Court. The lawsuit was originally filed on July 7, 2025, against Sean Combs and CJ Wallace, the son of murdered rapper Biggie Smalls, better known as Notorious B.I.G. 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