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Posted: 2024-09-11T22:54:57Z | Updated: 2024-09-12T00:55:14Z

Former Danity Kane and Diddy Dirty Money member Dawn Richard has accused fallen billionaire media mogul Sean Diddy Combs of sexual assault, threats to her life, retaliation and not paying her for her work in a new lawsuit.

Richards 58-page complaint, filed Tuesday in New York, is at least the eighth lawsuit against Combs since November of last year that accuses the mogul of sexual violence and abuse.

The suit says that Combs flagrantly exploited Ms. Richards musical talent as a singer and writer while withholding her rightful earnings, stealing her copyrighted works, and subjecting her to years of inhumane working conditions which included groping, assault, and false imprisonment, among other violations.

According to the lawsuit, he also frequently used name-calling and hostile rhetoric to demean Richard and other women, frequently held meetings with Richard while he was wearing only underwear, and often forced Richard to strip down to only her underwear. Additionally, Richard said that she and the band members were often denied food and sleep and had been required to record and rehearse for stretches of 36 to 48 hours without breaks.

In the lawsuit, Richard claims she saw Combs abuse his ex-girlfriend, singer Casandra Cassie Ventura, including in 2009, when she says Combs threw a hot pan with eggs in it at Ventura and shouted: Ive been asking you for my shit; I cant stand you bitch, you never do it right!

Richard also alleges that she saw Kim Porter, Combs former girlfriend and the mother of three of his children, leaving his studio in tears with injuries to her face and lip in or around 2005.

On occasions when Richard stood up for herself, refused his sexual advances, didnt perform to Combs expectations, or encouraged Ventura to leave the relationship, Combs then moved to threaten or punish her, her lawsuit says.

Richard says that Combs frequently threatened to end her life by telling her, You want to die today, I make n***** go missing and I end people.

Richards lawsuit alleges that Combs retaliated by denying her singing parts in songs, removing her from songs, refusing to allow her to sing in performances, and turning her microphone off during 22 performances.

The more Ms. Richard rebuffed his advances, the more Mr. Combs retaliatory behavior increased, the lawsuit claims.