Diddy’s family document their every move as disgusting details of his freak-offs unfold in court
The emotional cost that Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s trial is having on his family is all being caught on camera, DailyMail.com can reveal exclusively.
One of the rap mogul’s trusted inner circle of film makers is shadowing his six children and his 85-year-old mother Janice to federal court in their large black minivan each day.
And Roodmy Poulard is nailing their every move and emotion when they are not actually inside the building, where cameras are not allowed.
Haitian-born Poulard established himself as one of the fallen rapper’s ‘personal cinematographers’ for his production team in Los Angeles, according to his IMDb biography.
He also brands himself in the blurb as a documentary director who has worked with streaming giants.
The 40-year-old is clearly seen in exclusive DailyMail.com photos and video inside the van on Tuesday, filming the family approaching it to leave the court amid a media melee following a day of horrific evidence.
A spokesperson for the family confirmed to DailyMail.com that the cinematographer was ‘capturing content’.
They did not reveal how this would be used or if it was planned for a future documentary, such as a streaming show.
Roodmy Poulard was in the mini-van with the Combs family to catch the emotional strain the trial is taking on the rap mogul’s children
Poulard describes himself as a ‘multi-faceted’ director who has worked with the late triple Emmy winner Cicely Tyson as well as with Diddy
Combs is on trial in Manhattan where he has pleaded not guilty to racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation for purposes of prostitution
Combs’s children and his mom have shown a united front for the first few days of the sex-trafficking and racketeering trial centered on the mogul’s ‘freak offs’ involving ex lover Cassie Ventura and male escorts.
Quincy Brown, 33, Justin Combs, 30, Christian Combs, 27, Chance Combs, 18, and 17-year-old twins D’Lila and Jessie Combs walked in line into the courthouse after being dropped off on day one of the case.
However, Chance, D’Lila and Jessie walked out twice during afternoon evidence and were missing from the start of the trial on Wednesday as Ventura resumed her harrowing testimony.
Burly Poulard, sporting a large gold watch on his left wrist and dressed all in black, was perched just inside the sliding door of the minivan as the family walked directly towards him on day two of the trail.
He has extensive experience helping to make films for streaming and has worked with Netflix, HBO, MTV, BET, Pandora and Velvet Film,. according to his IMDb profile.
The ‘multi-faceted’ director was born in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince and moved to the United States in 2014.
Within two years he began working with celebrities ‘ranging from Emmy award winner Cicely Tyson to becoming a part of hiphop musical legend Sean Diddy Combs’s production team and one of his current person cinematographers’, adds the profile.
It also reveals: ‘As an independent cinematographer, he is well respected for his impact and innovative approach to film and television work…
Poulard can be seen in the Combs family’s minivan filming the rap moguls children as they arrive for court
Combs’s offspring have been turning up for his hearings and they march into court together
Diddy’s 85-year-old mother Janice has also been a regular at his court hearings
‘Directing music videos, commercials TV segments, short films, independent feature films and documentaries has been paramount in the growth of his success.’
According to another profile, Poulard started out as a hip hop dancer and graduated to become a music video producer in home country.
He was then hired to film a documentary about Laurent Lamothe, then prime minister of the Caribbean country. This was followed by film making projects with politicians in South Africa.
He made it to New York and worked on a project with Combs’s eldest son Quincy before moving to LA and starting Poulard Films.
There is no suggestion that he was in any way involved in videoing Combs’s freak off sex marathons, which star witness Ventura said were usually filmed on cellphones or tablets.
DailyMail.com has reached out to Poulard about his filming with the Combs family but he did not immediately respond.
The filmmaker’s camera has a blue sticker that clearly reads Poulard Films. He did not respond for comment from DailyMail.com
A spokesperson for the Combs family confirmed to DailyMail.com that the cinematographer was ‘capturing content’. They did not reveal how this would be used or if it was planned for a future documentary, such as a streaming show
Poulard was born in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince and moved to the United States in 2014
Combs allegedly told ex Cassie Ventura that she had to participate in his freak-offs without taking ketamine, so she would remember what had happened
His involvement is revealed amid continued harrowing testimony from witnesses including heavily pregnant 38-year-old Ventura, who used the name Cassie in her singing career.
She has already told the court she was coerced into horrific sex sessions with male escorts that could last up to four days.
During her 10-year relationship with Combs – who denies all the charges – she alleged he orchestrated the drug-fueled sessions which dominated her life and ’stifled’ her music career.
Ventura told the court Wednesday that the horse tranquilizer ketamine was her preferred drug for the freak-offs because it allowed her to disassociate from the trauma of taking part.
The jury saw a text message exchange between her and Combs where he asked her not to take the drug for the freak off, which he called a FO.
He wrote: ‘You know we have to have a proper FO WITHOUT NO K. A successful FO is when we remember.’
Ventura replied: ‘That is all we do and I’m just getting back on track.’
She also revealed she hated to kiss the escorts Combs lined up for to have have sex with in luxury hotels in cities around the country, including Los Angeles, New York and Miami.
‘I tried to avoid kissing, it seems too intimate. But Sean told me to do it, to kiss the escorts,’ she told the jury – later adding freak offs gave her mouth ‘friction’ sores from so much oral sex and contact with oil and lubricants.
The previous day Ventura, who is expecting her third child with husband Alex Fine, alleged Combs made escorts urinate in her mouth while she was laying on her back. He also paid the escorts less if they ejaculated before he gave them permission.
Combs’s defense says he is guilty of domestic violence, not sex-trafficking or racketeering, and the government is targeting him for his sexual preferences.
