Sean “Diddy” Combs is facing additional allegations of sexual abuse in a new lawsuit filed by Danity Kane alum Dawn Richard.
Richard also says she witnessed Combs beating ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura — whose own explosive lawsuit against the disgraced mogul kicked off similar allegations from other accusers.
Richard, 41, who joined the girl group that formed on Combs’ show “Making the Band,” says she suffered sexual, physical and verbal abuse at the hands of the 54-year-old Bad Boy Records founder, according to a new suit obtained Wednesday by TMZ.
The most troubling allegations detailed by the outlet pertain to Combs’ abuse of ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, which Richard says she witnessed firsthand beginning in 2009.
Richard claims she saw an allegedly high Combs throw the 38-year-old singer against a wall, choke her and drag her up the staircase in his L.A. residence. She also pointed to an alleged incident in which Combs threw a “scalding pan of eggs” at Ventura and others, then punched Ventura in the face and tried to choke her.
Regarding the abuse she personally suffered at Combs’ hands, Richard said Combs once burst into her dressing room when she was naked and groped her breasts and butt. She also says he once locked her in a car for two hours, prompting her to call her dad for help. Combs staved off her father’s threat to go to the police by saying, “Think about your daughter’s career,” according to the lawsuit.
Richard also said Combs would demean female contestants as “fat” and “ugly” and call them by misogynist expletives during auditions and once forced her to rehearse for 48 hours straight.
Elsewhere in the docs, Richard accused Combs of once ordering her to meet him at his Miami home where he wore only underwear and denied her request that he put on more clothing.
The newest suit comes just one day after Combs was hit with a $100 million default judgment for failing to respond to Michigan inmate Derrick Lee Cardello-Smith’s sexual assault lawsuit.
Ten months ago Ventura filed her explosive suit accusing Combs of rape, sex trafficking and physical abuse, which they settled the following day.
In May, CNN published 2016 surveillance footage showing Combs beating Ventura in the hallway of a since-closed Los Angeles hotel. Combs — whose L.A. and Miami homes Homeland Security raided in March as part of a sex trafficking investigation — admitted he was the abuser seen in the footage and said he was “truly sorry.”
Combs is at the center of at least eight lawsuits brought against him since late last year, many of which accuse him of sexual assault, sexual harassment or drugging.
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