Dawn Richard was called to testify against Sean “Diddy” Combs in his sex trafficking trial.
The Danity Kane/Diddy-Dirty Money alum told the jury that she witnessed Combs hit his then-girlfriend Cassie with a skillet full of eggs at his Los Angeles home in 2009.
During her Friday (May 16) testimony, Richard stated per NBC News, “He came downstairs, asking where his phone was and he threw her to the ground. He attempted to kick her. She fell to the ground and went into the fetal position, literally trying to hide her head.”
After reportedly striking her with the skillet, Richard claims that Combs put his arm around Cassie’s neck and took her upstairs. Richard also recalled hearing glass breaking.
“I was scared for her, I was scared to do anything,” Richard expressed.
Her testimony comes eight months after she filed a lawsuit against the Bad Boy Records mogul, accusing him of “years of inhumane working conditions which included groping, assault, and false imprisonment.”
In the September 2024 lawsuit, the singer alleged, “Mr. Combs frequently held meetings with Ms. Richard wearing only his underwear, despite Ms. Richard’s protests and repeated requests for him to put on clothing.”
Richard also accused Combs of ordering her to strip down to her underwear as he made disparaging remarks about her body. She also alleged he entered her dressing room unannounced while she was naked and touched her without permission “under the guise of showing the stylist what to do.”
She first spoke on the skillet incident in the filing and recalled Combs verbally attacking Cassie when saying, “I’ve been asking you for my s**t; I can’t stand you b**ch, you never do it right!”
Following her testimony, Combs is requesting that her lawsuit be dismissed. TMZ reported that his legal team described Richard’s suit of being an opportunistic attempt to “transform narratives of alleged injuries against others into a headline-grabbing sex trafficking conspiracy as to her.”
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