Daybreak Richard testified that Sean “Diddy” Combs struck Cassie with a skillet throughout a 2009 incident over eggs at his Los Angeles house.
Daybreak Richard instructed a federal courtroom Friday (Could 16) that she witnessed Diddy strike Cassie Ventura within the head with a skillet throughout a 2009 altercation inside his Los Angeles house as a result of his breakfast wasn’t prepared.
The previous Danity Kane singer and Soiled Cash collaborator took the stand on Day 5 of Diddy’s ongoing federal trial, providing a quick however jarring account of alleged violence she mentioned she noticed firsthand whereas working below the Hip-Hop mogul from 2004 to 2011.
“He got here downstairs screaming, belligerent, asking the place his meals was and proceeded to hit her over the top in entrance of us,” Richard testified, referring to Cassie, who she mentioned was cooking eggs on the time.
Richard described the scene, which she mentioned unfolded throughout a recording session at Diddy’s mansion. When requested what occurred the next day,
Richard mentioned Diddy warned her: “That it might be higher if we didn’t discuss. The place he comes from, folks go lacking in the event that they discuss.”
Decide Arun Subramanian dismissed the jury shortly after Richard’s testimony started. She is predicted to return to the stand Monday (Could 19) to proceed her account.
Diddy has pleaded not responsible to a slate of federal expenses, together with intercourse trafficking, racketeering and transporting people for prostitution. The Division of Justice alleges Diddy used his music empire as a entrance for a legal enterprise that exploited girls and workers.
Richard’s testimony provides to a rising listing of accusations towards Diddy. She additionally has a $3 million civil lawsuit pending towards him, alleging years of sexual and bodily abuse.
In that go well with, Richard claims he groped her, slapped her, and held conferences in his underwear. She additionally alleges she was as soon as locked in a automobile for hours by his bodyguard after a heated studio confrontation forward of a “Saturday Evening Dwell” look in 2010.
In keeping with the grievance, Richard contacted her father through the incident, prompting him to drive from Baltimore to New York. She mentioned Diddy warned her father to “contemplate your daughter’s profession.”
Richard’s testimony resumes Monday (Could 19) within the Southern District of New York.
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