Diddy is facing a new lawsuit from a former bandmate who claims the music mogul subjected her to belittlement, terror, and sexual abuse, while she also witnessed him violently assault his ex, Cassie.
According to the lawsuit obtained by TMZ, Dawn Richard alleges she became entangled in Diddy’s control while participating in his 2004 MTV show “Making The Band.”
The suit claims that Diddy manipulated her with promises of advancing her singing career in exchange for complying with his alleged demands.
The former Danity Kane member said during on-set auditions, Diddy called female contestants “fat,” “ugly,” “bitches” and “hoes.”
She said Diddy had particular disdain for her because she was young and excited to work with such a famous person.
In 2005, the court docs say, Richard saw another of Diddy’s former girlfriends, Kim Porter, crying as she left a music studio with her face all banged up.
It was then Richard says she realized Diddy was capable of violence and her life could be in danger.
A year later, Richard was present when Diddy was first introduced to Cassie, invading her space while transfixed on her in a predatory fashion, according to the docs.
In 2009, she says she personally witnessed Diddy — high on drugs — throw Cassie against a wall, choke her and drag her up a flight of stairs in his L.A. home.
Richard says Diddy also hurled a scalding pan of eggs at Cassie while yelling, ”
I’ve been asking you for my s**t; I can’t stand you bitch, you never do it right!”
On other occasions, Richard says Diddy socked Cassie in the face and wrapped his hands around her throat, attempting to strangle her inside his L.A. mansion.
At some point, Richard says she and others — including her Diddy-Dirty Money bandmate Kalenna Harper — showed their support to Cassie and advised her to leave Diddy, who found out about the conversation and threatened …
“Y’all bitches don’t get in my relationship,” adding, “Don’t tell my bitch [Cassie] what she need to be doing … Just make money and shut the f**k up … I end artists … I shelve careers … You could be missing … You bitches want to die today.”
Meanwhile, Richard says she, too, became a victim of Diddy’s abuse, forcing her to rehearse 48 hours at a time without sleep.
As a result, she says she dropped a lot of weight and became dehydrated and fatigued while suffering awful rashes.
She says one time Diddy demanded she come to his Miami home, where he was only wearing underwear.
When she asked him to put on clothes, Diddy refused, screaming, “This is my f**king house!”
Diddy’s treatment of Richard got worse she says between 2009 and 2011. Richard says Diddy once barged into her dressing room while she was naked at his recording studio. She says Diddy inappropriately touched her breasts and butt.
Diddy, she says, also locked her in a car with heavily tinted windows for two hours as she screamed for help, even calling her dad for help.
Richard claims her dad traveled from Baltimore to New York to free his daughter and confront Diddy, threatening to report him to the police. But, she says, Diddy told her dad:
“Think about your daughter” and “think about your daughter’s career.”
I did not see Dawn Richards hitting Diddy with another lawsuit but honestly Aubrey called it
— A. Harvey (@AntonioAlex__) September 11, 2024
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Wait a minute not Dawn Richards coming out saying Diddy assaulted her. And I absolutely believe her, I don’t think she’s lying at all.
— Brookiee (@msbrookechanell) September 11, 2024
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I believe Dawn Richards.
— Shae (@MoodiesPoint) September 11, 2024
