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Diddy is some more legal trouble, this time in a new lawsuit filed by a former member of Danity Kane alleging sexual abuse.
According to documents obtained by Page Six, Dawn Richard, who was previously signed to Diddy's Bad Boy Records label and appeared on his 2004 show Making the Band, is accusing her former boss Sean "Diddy" Combs of sexual assault and inhumane treatment, claiming she was verbally abused by the mogul. The legal docs allege he would call contestants on the show "fat," "ugly," "hoes" and "b----es."
In the new documents, Richard alleges that she was sexually assaulted by Diddy multiple times between 2009 and 2011, claiming he would touch her breasts and butt while she undressed in a changing room.
"Mr. Combs frequently smacked Ms. Richard's bare buttocks and often commented on her body, noting that although she was 'too skinny,' she had an 'a--,'" the lawsuit states.
She was also reportedly forced to rehearse for 48 hours without sleep, causing her to lose weight, become dehydrated, and develop rashes on her body.
Richard also claims to have witnessed Combs physically abuse his ex Casandra "Cassie" Ventura several times, including one time in 2009 when he was allegedly "high on drugs" and threw her against a wall at his Los Angeles home, choking her and dragging her up a flight of stairs. He also reportedly punched Cassie and attempted to strangler her, according to the lawsuit.
When she and Dirty Money bandmate Kalenna Harper urged Cassie to leave Diddy, he reportedly told them, "Y'all b----es don't get in my relationship" and "You b----es want to die today?"
Richard also claims to have seen Diddy's ex Kim Porter leaving a music studio in 2005 crying and with her face covered in bruises.
According to Page Six, Richard is seeking monetary compensation for mental pain, anguish and emotional distress as well as punitive and exemplary damages and money to cover her attorneys' fees.
Reports of the new lawsuit come days after the rapper was hit with a $100 million default judgment granted to a Michigan inmate after he failed to attend a virtual hearing.