A second former Danity Kane member has spoken out in opposition to rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs upon his pending federal crime case. From her expertise, she mentioned she felt like handled like a “piece of meat.”
D. Woods, legally Wanita Denise Woodgett, sat down with ABC’s Good Morning America on Monday to speak about her expertise working with Combs on MTV’s “Making the Band.” Woods described her interactions with Combs as “troubling” and credited him for each the progress and downfall of her music profession. Finally, the working atmosphere was “verbally abusive,” she mentioned.
“He did it in several methods with all of us, , choosing and prodding and only a technique to chip and knock away, however then reward you,” she mentioned to GMA.
Woods additionally expanded on feedback she made in Discovery’s “The Fall of Diddy” docuseries, the place she described herself being in darkish, predatory areas being surrounded by derogatory feedback.
“Someone continuously treating you want a bit of meat, solely seeing, solely valuing you in your intercourse attraction. In among the environments, it was even scary to be by your self,” Woods informed GMA.
Former Danity Kane member Daybreak Richards made corroborated claims in her beforehand filed lawsuit the place she accused Combs of sexual abuse but additionally alleged the rapper would name feminine present contributors “fats, ugly bitches and hoes.”
When requested why she determined to talk out about her expertise now, Woods informed GMA now’s the second the place she felt her expertise could be heard, thought-about and “believed.”
“You already know, he’s checked out as a hero of our neighborhood, and myself included, I regarded as much as him too,” she mentioned. “So lots of people don’t need to consider that their hero could be this different individual.”
In response to the docu-series, Combs’ attorneys accused the producers of failing to offer ample time or particulars for them to handle the “unsubstantiated” claims.
“By withholding this info, they made it inconceivable for Mr. Combs to current information to counter these fabricated accusations. He has full confidence within the information and the judicial course of, the place the reality will prevail: the accusations in opposition to him are pure fiction,” the attorneys mentioned in a press release to GMA.
These allegations are the latest to return in opposition to the rapper, although, authorized filings proceed to pile up. Legal professional Tony Buzbee mentioned in an October press convention that he’s representing 120 people — women and men — who claimed to have been drugged, sexually assaulted, raped or threatened by Combs. Some alleged victims claimed to be minors on the time of the incidents.
Most of the fits, filed since 2023, have been civil. Nevertheless, Combs faces felony prices of racketeering conspiracy, intercourse trafficking and interesting in interstate transportation for prostitution in federal court docket. He has pleaded not responsible, and was denied bail.