Working behind the scenes on Usher’s current tour is a familiar face from Sean “Diddy” Combs’ former inner circle. Kristina Khorram, who spent more than a decade working for the Bad Boy founder before eventually becoming his chief of staff, is now reportedly involved with Usher’s team as he tours alongside Chris Brown.
According to Rolling Stone, Khorram is working on the 56-date R&B Tour, though her specific role has not been revealed. Usher’s representative declined to comment on the arrangement, while Khorram’s representative did not respond to the outlet’s request for comment.
Khorram isn’t the only former Combs employee who has ended up working with Usher. Rolling Stone reports that a videographer who was previously working on a documentary about Diddy before his 2024 arrest has also joined the tour. Another former personal assistant briefly worked with Usher’s team before eventually parting ways with the singer.
Prosecutors repeatedly mentioned Khorram while building their racketeering case against Combs, referring to her as an “agent and co-conspirator.” They alleged that she helped arrange his sexual encounters with male escorts and played a role in efforts to obtain hotel surveillance footage showing Combs assaulting Cassie Ventura in 2016. Khorram was never charged with a crime and was not called to testify.
Khorram previously denied accusations that she enabled sexual abuse. “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,” she said in a statement cited by Rolling Stone. Combs was ultimately acquitted of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking, but was convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. He is currently serving a 50-month sentence.
Usher’s connection to Combs dates back to his teenage years, when the future R&B star spent time around Bad Boy while working on his 1994 debut album. Earlier this year, Usher told Forbes that he had nothing “negative” to say about his former mentor and continued to acknowledge Combs’ influence on music and Black entrepreneurship. Now, with Khorram working within Usher’s touring operation, that decades-old connection has resurfaced in a different way.
