The Danity Kane singer took the stand following Cassie’s testimony, after Richard accused Diddy of sexual abuse in a latest lawsuit.
One other musician accusing Diddy of sexual abuse took the stand on Friday, with Danity Kane member Daybreak Richard testifying.
Richard — who was on Making the Band with Diddy as he fashioned her woman group, in addition to his trio Diddy – Soiled Cash — was known as to testify after Cassie Ventura wrapped up cross-examination and redirect. For a full breakdown of what Ventura stated on the stand over 4 days, click on right here.
As his trial started Monday, Might 12, Combs has maintained his innocence towards costs of intercourse trafficking, racketeering conspiracy, and transportation to interact in prostitution. He additionally beforehand denied claims made by Richard in a sexual abuse lawsuit.
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In her lawsuit, filed again in March, Richard claimed she noticed Diddy’s ex Kim Porter with a banged up face in 2005 — her first clue, she stated, that he was able to violence. She additionally claimed within the go well with that she witnessed him push Cassie towards a wall, choke her and drag her up a flight of stairs.
Of her personal alleged remedy, Richard claimed her well being suffered when he made her rehearse for 48 hours with out sleep. She additionally accuses hm of inappropriately touching her and locking her in a car for hours.
“Daybreak Richard has now manufactured a sequence of false claims all within the hopes of making an attempt to get a pay day — conveniently timed to coincide along with her album launch and press tour,” Diddy’s attorneys stated on the time.
Daybreak Richard Takes the Stand
Richard was known as to testify round 4:30pm ET on Friday, following each Ventura and a particular agent.
She was first requested how lengthy she labored for Combs, saying between 2004 and 2011 — earlier than claiming she Ventura “being attacked” by Combs at his residence in 2009, whereas recording with Diddy – Soiled Cash.
“He got here downstairs screaming, belligerent, asking the place his meals was, and proceeded to hit her over the top, kicked her and beat her to the bottom in entrance of us,” she claimed, including that Combs additionally tried to hit Cassie over the top with a skillet she was utilizing to cook dinner eggs, earlier than the singer “went into the fetal place.”
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Per Richard, Combs then dragged Cassie as he continued to yell. “I used to be scared for her, and for me, too,” stated Richard — who claimed she “usually” noticed violence towards Ventura from Combs.
She didn’t, nevertheless, name police — as a result of she was “scared to do something in worry of what that may imply for me, too.”
The decide then known as for the jury to be despatched residence, with the trial selecting again up once more on Monday.
If you’re experiencing home violence, name the Nationwide Home Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or go to thehotline.org. All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline is on the market 24/7 in additional than 170 languages.
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