When former Danity Kane member Daybreak Richard took the stand this week towards Sean “Diddy” Combs, she didn’t maintain again within the descriptions of the horrors she says she witnessed. Based mostly on one alleged incident she cited, she recalled the celebrities who was allegedly current throughout an incident she says occurred between Combs and his then-girlfriend 15 years in the past. And she or he’s naming names.
Richard detailed an alleged incident from 2010 claiming Combs assaulted Casandra “Cassie” Ventura in a restaurant the place different Dangerous Boy associates had been current. She claimed Usher, Ne-Yo, Jimmy lovine and different celebrities she “couldn’t recall” had been all current. When Combs’ attorneys requested why she solely talked about their names now and never previous to federal prosecutors, Richard answered, “I’m unsure.”
That evening, Richard testified that Combs and Ventura had been arguing quietly when out of the blue, the rapper punched Ventura within the abdomen. Richard claims Ventura cowered over in ache earlier than Combs ordered her to go away. It’s unclear if any of the large wigs current witnessed what allegedly occurred on their facet of the desk, however Richard did say “nobody intervened.”
Richard mentioned she left with the 2 from the restaurant. Within the automotive, Ventura allegedly defined that she felt embarrassed and instructed Combs he ought to have acted higher in public, Richard mentioned. In response, the singer claimed Combs slapped Ventura within the mouth and instructed her to “shut the f**okay up.”
Usher and Ne-Yo are the most recent celebrities to be named within the ongoing trial. The general public beforehand speculated that Usher was both in on Combs’ alleged crimes or a sufferer of alleged grooming. His X account was additionally randomly erased, inflicting followers and spectators to enter a frenzy on whether or not the incident was associated to Combs’ trial approaching.
Usher and the opposite celebrities talked about in court docket, together with Michael B. Jordan, Britney Spears and Child Cudi haven’t been positioned beneath subpoena so far as we all know. Choose Arun Subramanian allowed prosecutors to maintain their hand near them with reference to disclosing who they’ll deliver to the stand subsequent.
Combs is charged with a number of counts of racketeering conspiracy, intercourse trafficking and interesting in interstate transportation for prostitution. He has pleaded not responsible, and was denied bail.