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Sylvia Oken

Area director of sales and marketing at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

Appeared2025 Federal Trial
85 lines·2 proceedings

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Sylvia Oken, the Beverly Hills Hotel's area director of sales and marketing, testified on Day 18 about the hotel's OPERA reservation system and its guest-profile fields, including aliases and incognito names.

Oken identified a profile under Phillip Pines as identifying Sean Combs as the actual guest. She explained that later aliases could appear on printed records for earlier stays, then reviewed reservation history and two folios. The court admitted the profile, reservation records, and folios.

On cross-examination, defense counsel established that aliases were common for entertainment clients and reviewed a January 2012 reservation record listing Phillip Pines and accompanying guests, including Cassie Ventura.

Trial Record (2)

Federal2025 Federal TrialMay 5, 2025 – Jul 2, 2025Called by prosecution

Sylvia Oken explained the Beverly Hills Hotel's reservation records, including how alias and incognito-name fields appeared in guest profiles. She also reviewed records connected to a profile identifying Sean Combs as the actual guest.

Day 18

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Summary

Oken authenticated Beverly Hills Hotel records and testified that the Phillip Pines profile identified Sean Combs as the actual guest.

Highlights (4)

evidence eventThe court admitted Government Exhibit 7B-149, an OPERA guest-profile record, after Oken identified it and described it as maintained in the hotel's regular course of business.Open in transcript →
testimony highlightOken testified that the OPERA profile using the name Phillip Pines identified Sean Combs as the guest's real name in the incognito-name field.Open in transcript →
Quote“Sean Combs.”— Sylvia OkenOken identified the real name associated with the Phillip Pines hotel profile.Open in transcript →
Quote“But because we printed this after his last stay, in 2021, the name left was Philip Pines, so all folios, or all history, goes under the Phillip Pines.”— Sylvia OkenOken explained why older hotel records displayed the later alias when printed.Open in transcript →