Sean “Diddy” Combs has been sued for sexual abuse by former Danity Kane singer Daybreak Richard. It is at the least the eighth particular person to sue the music mogul within the final 10 months.
Within the lawsuit obtained by Rolling Stone, Richard accused Diddy of groping her, claimed to have seen him assault ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura on a number of events and alleged she was invited to wicked, drug-fueled intercourse events.
Ventura sued Diddy in November 2023 for intercourse trafficking, rape and bodily abuse. (It was shortly settled out of court docket.) Six ladies and one man have since filed lawsuits in opposition to the Dangerous Boy Data founder and made comparable accusations. Diddy has denied all wrongdoing, however after a video leaked in Could of him showing to kick and drag Ventura throughout a Los Angeles lodge ground, he took “full duty” for the assault in an Instagram submit and referred to as his conduct “inexcusable.”
This is the place issues stand with Diddy.
Richard alleges years of disturbing conduct
The singer met Diddy on the 2005 actuality present Making the Band, and later claimed that he repeatedly insulted lots of the younger ladies who auditioned, calling them “fats,” “ugly,” “bitches” and “hoes.” Richard was chosen to be a member of the group Danity Kane on the MTV present, and she or he and Diddy continued their working relationship after the band broke up in 2009. Richard was a part of the trio Diddy-Soiled Cash with Kalenna Harper earlier than the group disbanded in 2012.
Diddy started to “take a look at” Richard early on by bringing her to his events, in line with the lawsuit. She alleged ladies — a few of whom gave the impression to be underage — have been handed out as males carried out sexual acts on them. “It is a buffet, take pleasure in yourselves,” Combs purportedly mentioned to invited company. “That is what we do, that is how we social gathering.”
Richard additionally supported Ventura’s allegations about Diddy’s violent conduct within the lawsuit.
On one event at his L.A. residence, Richard claimed Diddy threw a scalding scorching pan of eggs at his girlfriend earlier than dragging her up the steps. Ventura apparently did not cook dinner them the best way he appreciated.
When Diddy approached Richard about what she noticed, he allegedly brushed it off as a “lover’s argument” and threatened her: “When you say something, there will probably be penalties.” Richard claimed she inspired Ventura to depart the connection, however mentioned Diddy threatened that he makes “n*****s go lacking” and “I finish individuals.”
In one other occasion, Richard claimed Diddy punched Cassie within the abdomen at dinner in entrance of Usher, Ne-Yo and Jimmy Iovine, then-CEO of Interscope Data. Diddy supposedly warned Richard to “shut the f*** up” about it.
Richard accused Diddy of trying to hit her earlier than a bodyguard intervened, allegedly locking her in a freezing automobile for 2 hours as punishment and repeatedly threatening her. She’s looking for an unspecified quantity of restitution, plus compensatory and punitive damages.
A lawyer for Diddy didn’t reply to Yahoo Leisure’s request for remark.
Diddy ordered to pay $100 million in civil lawsuit
On Sept. 9, a Michigan decide ordered Diddy to make 10 month-to-month $10 million installments to inmate Derrick Lee Cardello-Smith, who accused Combs of drugging and sexually assaulting him at a 1997 social gathering in Detroit. A default judgment was triggered as Combs didn’t seem in court docket. The producer will enchantment the ruling.
“This man [Smith] is a convicted felon and sexual predator, who has been sentenced on 14 counts of sexual assault and kidnapping over the past 26 years,” legal professional Marc Agnifilo informed Reuters in an announcement. “His résumé now contains committing a fraud on the court docket from jail, as Mr. Combs has by no means heard of him not to mention been served with any lawsuit. Mr. Combs seems ahead to having this judgment swiftly dismissed.”
Diddy promoting L.A. mansion that was raided for $61.5 million
The “I will Be Lacking You” singer put his 10-bedroom, 17,000-square-foot mansion in Holmby Hills up on the market, six months after it was raided by Homeland Safety.
A supply informed Folks the choice was made as a result of the rapper spends extra time in Miami “and at all times deliberate to promote the house in L.A. as soon as his daughters grew up and moved out.” The daddy of seven shares daughter, Probability, 18, with ex Sarah Chapman, and 17-year-old twins, D’Lila and Jessie, with the late mannequin Kim Porter.
No replace on federal investigation
Rumors have swirled for months that Diddy’s properties have been raided as a result of he is the goal of a federal intercourse trafficking investigation, however thus far, no fees have been filed. Ventura and Diddy’s different accusers have reportedly cooperated with authorities.
The investigation is ongoing. TMZ reported on Aug. 31 that feds issued a brand new grand jury subpoena associated to a lodge in Florida.
