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The lawyer for Dawn Richard revealed that the singer was “terrified”. Didi while working with the tycoon on an interview.
THE lawyer representing singer Dawn Richard, who was a former member of two groups formed by Diddy, spoke about her client's experience in an interview last week. Lisa Bloom spoke of Richard being 'absolutely terrified' of the tycoon and explained how 'he was biting and grabbing her body parts, sexually assaulting her, not only not paying her the money she was promised but actually preventing her from she ate and slept in those years – she was just treated terribly.”
Richard sued Diddy, also known as Sean Combs, in September, claiming he threatened to kill her and “subjected her to inhumane working conditions for years, including groping, assault and false imprisonment.” Her lawsuit joins that of two dozen other victims in the wake of Diddy's settlement last year with Cassie Ventura, another singer, and his ex-partner whom Richard claimed she witnessed being violently assaulted by him. “Dawn Richard, my client, says that when she did talk about it, she tried to get Cassie to talk…When she complained about it, she was also threatened with physical violence. So [it was] just a really violent, turbulent atmosphere,” Bloom said BBC. “And when she did speak, she says they threatened her with more physical violence. He said Sean Combs had a bad temper and he was absolutely terrified of him.”
Richard was a member of two girl groups, Danity Kane and Diddy – Dirty Money. The third member of that second group, Kalena Harper, is the star witness for prosecutors in the federal government's case against Diddy accusing him of sex trafficking and extortion. According to federal prosecutors, Didi called Harper 128 times after Richard's lawsuit was filed. Harper would later release a statement stating that her former bandmate's experiences “are not representative of my experiences and some of them don't align with my own truth.”
In the interview, Bloom referred to Harper's statement saying she “came out publicly and basically called my client a liar.” Bloom added: “The strong implication there is that he told her to make these statements, maybe he gave her money. We don't know. But that would be witness tampering. This was supported by the government. The judge agreed and he was refused bail as a result, which he should have been.'
