Former Danity Kane star D. Woods stated she fears potential retaliation from Sean “Diddy” Combs after collaborating in a brand new documentary, The Fall of Diddy, which delves into the music mogul’s alleged historical past of abuse, coercion, and management.
The documentary, set to air on January 27, 2025, on Investigation Discovery and stream on Max, examines disturbing claims in opposition to the Hip-Hop icon, together with allegations of sexual misconduct, emotional manipulation, and poisonous office circumstances.
For D. Woods, revisiting these years has been each cathartic and terrifying.
“I might say that this second now’s a time the place I really feel like my expertise, my fact will actually be heard and truly thought of and believed,” D. Woods stated throughout an interview about her time beneath Combs’ Dangerous Boy Data and dealing with Danity Kane from 2005 to 2008.
D. Woods mirrored on the facility imbalance she skilled whereas beneath his watch, describing a verbally abusive surroundings that left her fearful and disillusioned.
“From the surface, he was this mogul. He was this man who, , might make your goals come true. However someone, consistently treating you want a bit of meat, solely seeing, solely valuing you in your intercourse enchantment… in among the environments, , it was… scary to be by your self.”
The documentary sheds mild on allegations which have adopted Combs for years.
Federal prosecutors declare his abusive conduct stretches again to 2008, with accusations starting from coercing ladies into sexual actions to creating environments riddled with intimidation and substance use.
A number of former Danity Kane members, together with Daybreak Richard and Aubrey O’Day, have additionally made damning assertions about their time with Combs.
In September 2024, Richard filed a lawsuit accusing Combs of sexual assault, bodily violence, pressured labor, and withholding $3.5 million in earnings.
The lawsuit additionally alleged that Richard witnessed Combs bodily abuse his former girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, and reportedly noticed him and others interact in disturbing conduct, together with the usage of unlawful medicine and involvement with minors.
O’Day, in the meantime, has painted an unsettling image of Combs’ alleged makes an attempt to regulate and humiliate her.
She claimed he as soon as despatched her away from a studio session as a result of her toenails weren’t correctly polished and manipulated her look in music movies.
O’Day has stated Diddy “groomed” the members, alleging she was finally fired from Danity Kane for refusing to satisfy calls for past music.
Leaning into these accounts, D. Woods struggles with the emotional toll of coming ahead.
“Even doing this, it’s like possibly I shouldn’t say I ought to cease speaking, shut up, nevertheless it’s like, , effectively, not speaking hasn’t modified something both.”
Whereas she acknowledges the burden of her revelations, she stays decided to make sure her fact is understood.
Diddy, at the moment in federal custody following his September arrest on intercourse trafficking prices, has denied all allegations via his attorneys.
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