Plies Says He’s Done 'Watching' Diddy Trial After Testimony of Exotic Dancer Known as ‘The Punisher’

The Florida rapper pointed out that his nickname is also "The Punisher."

May 21, 2025
Rapper Plies performs onstage during The Millennium Tour at State Farm Arena on April 4, 2025 in Atlanta, Sean Diddy Combs performing at Under the Bridge, the West London live music venue on July 09, 2022 in London, England.
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Plies doesn’t want to keep up with Diddy’s sex trafficking and racketeering trial anymore after exotic dancer Sharay “The Punisher” Hayes testified about his experiences with the disgraced music mogul.

“I don’t know if y’all keeping up with the trial shit… After yesterday, I said, ‘I ain’t watching it no motherfucking more,’” he said in a video shared on Instagram. “They called one of the witnesses… I guess one of the motherfucking male escorts that they called out to the motherfucking hall… He get on the stand yesterday, and they asked him his motherfucking name. … He said his nickname is the Punisher. He said his motherfucking nickname is the Punisher! And the reason this shit threw me off, that’s my motherfucking nickname.”

Plies launched into a laughing fit, frequently dodging out of the frame. “I said, ‘Goddamn, he trying steal my name,’” he continued. “I thought I was the only motherfucking Punisher out here. I thought that was my name. I’m thinking I done got caught up in [the trial]. I’m thinking they indicted me! Ain’t no motherfucking way he trying to steal my name … There’s only one motherfucking Punisher out here, man! And it ain’t you.”

During the trial of Diddy, exotic dancer Sharay "The Punisher" Hayes was called to the stand to testify about his experiences with Diddy and Cassie, who has accused the disgraced music mogul of years of abuse and sexual misconduct. He said that he was hired for multiple "freak-offs" with Diddy and Cassie, for which the Bad Boy Records founder demanded that he be "glistening" for.