Sean “Diddy” Combs’ authorized workforce has responded to a latest lawsuit filed towards him by singer-songwriter Daybreak Richard, alleging bodily abuse and sexual assault. In an announcement to Complicated, Diddy is “shocked and upset” by the lawsuit, describing it as a “manufactured sequence of false claims all within the hopes of attempting to get a payday.”
The lawsuit, reported by TMZ, accuses Diddy of harassment and sexual abuse. Richard, a former member of Danity Kane and Diddy-Soiled Cash, alleges a sample of abusive habits between 2009 and 2011. She claims he as soon as pressured her to rehearse for 48 hours straight, leading to extreme weight reduction, fatigue, and dehydration. Richard additionally recalled an occasion when, throughout a go to to Diddy’s Miami residence, he greeted her carrying solely his underwear and refused to decorate.
The accusations lengthen additional. Richard alleged Diddy forcibly entered her dressing room and groped her. In one other incident, she claims he locked her in a automotive and was solely launched her after her father traveled from Baltimore to New York to confront Diddy. Throughout the confrontation, Richard says Diddy warned her father, “Take into consideration your daughter and take into consideration your daughter’s profession.”
The lawsuit additionally references an incident involving Cassie, during which Richard claims she witnessed Diddy violently throwing Cassie towards a wall, choking her, and dragging her upstairs at his Los Angeles residence whereas below the affect of medication. She additionally alleges an incident when Diddy threw a sizzling pan of eggs at Cassie.
Richard claims that when she and her Diddy – Soiled Cash bandmate Kalenna Harper suggested Cassie to depart Diddy, he retaliated. Allegedly, he informed them, “Y’all bitches don’t get in my relationship … Simply earn cash and shut the fuck up,” and threatened their lives, stating, “I shelve careers … You possibly can be lacking … You bitches wish to die at the moment.”
Diddy’s authorized workforce launched a full assertion to Complicated:
“Mr. Combs is shocked and upset by this lawsuit. In an try to rewrite historical past, Daybreak Richard has now manufactured a sequence of false claims all within the hopes of attempting to get a pay day — conveniently timed to coincide together with her album launch and press tour. If Ms. Richard had such a unfavorable expertise with Making the Band and Danity Kane, she wouldn’t have chosen to proceed working instantly with Mr. Combs for Soiled Cash, nor would she have returned for the Making the Band reboot in 2020 or agreed to be featured on The Love Album final yr. It’s unlucky that Ms. Richard has solid their 20-year friendship apart to attempt to get cash from him, however Mr. Combs is confidently standing on reality and appears ahead to proving that in courtroom.”
