Might 17, 2025
O’Day’s former co-star on ‘Making The Band,’ Daybreak Richard, has, nevertheless, testified within the trial.
Following the conclusion of Cassie Ventura’s testimony in Sean Combs’ trial on fees together with intercourse trafficking, racketeering, and transportation for prostitution, former Danity Kane member Aubrey O’Day introduced throughout a current podcast interview that she wouldn’t be taking the stand.
In keeping with Individuals Journal, earlier than her look on the podcast, she had doubtlessly teased her involvement within the trial through a Might 14 Instagram publish captioned “Hey New York!!! The place y’all assume I ought to head first?”
The publish was punctuated with a scale, much like the one that’s held aloft by Girl Justice, which led to some hypothesis that O’Day would testify within the case.
Including to the hypothesis had been earlier reviews from retailers that O’Day had been subpoenaed, however these reviews turned out to be false, neither the prosecution nor the protection had truly issued a subpoena for O’Day to testify in courtroom.
O’Day informed the hosts of “Amy Robach & T.J. Holmes Current: Aubrey O’Day, Overlaying the Diddy Trial” that she did, nevertheless, have a gathering with Homeland Safety. “No, I’m not right here to testify for the Diddy trial, that I do know of.” O’Day stated earlier than making a declare that she “was contacted by Homeland Safety” and “did have a gathering with Homeland Safety.”
O’Day continued, “I posted on my Instagram that I used to be right here in New York and having fun with myself as a result of I wished to make it clear to everybody that I’m not right here testifying.”
As of the time of writing, Homeland Safety has not confirmed or denied O’Day’s model of occasions, however the first days of the trial have been marked by Ventura’s testimony recounting the long-term relationship she shared with Combs, which she characterised as stuffed with emotional abuse and coercion.
In keeping with The Washington Publish, O’Day’s former co-star on “Making The Band,” Daybreak Richard, additionally testified within the trial, however there may be some debate on how a lot of her testimony goes to be admissible by the courtroom.
Richard’s testimony recounted the abuse allegations she levied in opposition to Combs in a 2024 lawsuit, which he stated was a “sequence of false claims” in his denial of Richard’s lawsuit.
Richard testified that in 2009, Combs turned violent with Ventura when she was at his Los Angeles residence to document music and witnessed Combs attacking Ventura within the kitchen of his residence.
“He got here downstairs offended and was saying, the place the f— was his eggs and he was telling Cassie she by no means will get something proper and the place the f— was his meals,” Richard informed the jury. “And he came to visit to the skillet with the eggs in it and tried to hit her over the pinnacle and she or he fell to the bottom.”
In keeping with Richard, Combs privately informed her and one other bandmate, Kaleena Harper, that the violence they witnessed was simply “ardour” and “the place he comes from, individuals who say one thing can find yourself lacking.”
Combs’ trial and Richard’s testimony will proceed on Might 19.
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