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Multiple witnesses in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sweeping federal sex-crimes trial testified Monday on years of alleged physical, sexual and emotional abuse as prosecutors try to build their case against the embattled hip-hop mogul.
Dawn Richard, a former member of Combs’ platinum-selling girl group Danity Kane, told the court on May 19 that she saw Combs beat his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura Fine in 2009 in his Los Angeles home, grabbing her hair and dragging her up a flight of stairs.
Prosecutors release photos in Diddy trial
During the Monday’s trial, prosecutors released photographs of baby oil and drugs found in the hotel room where Combs was staying before he was arrested on Sept. 16, 2024, and other photos of injuries to Ventura Fine.
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Kerry Morgan, a model and former friend of Ventura Fine, testified that Combs once attacked her in Cassie’s California home, choking her and hitting her in the head with a wooden hanger. She also told the court she saw Combs assault Ventura Fine several times, and she pleaded with her friend to leave the rapper.
Combs, 55, was arrested in September 2024 on charges of sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Dawn Richard describes violent assault on Cassie
Danity Kane alum and Combs’ former Diddy – Dirty Money collaborator Richard described witnessing Combs attack Ventura Fine as she was making eggs in a kitchen in Combs’ Los Angeles home.
Combs grabbed the skillet Ventura Fine was cooking in and tried to hit her with it, Richard said. The skillet didn’t seem to hit Ventura Fine “fully” because “she went into the fetal position,” according to Richard. Ventura Fine was “literally” trying to hide her face and her head.
Richard testified that the rapper then grabbed Ventura Fine’s hair and dragged her upstairs. She said she subsequently heard glass breaking and yelling.
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Contributing: Patrick Ryan, Aysha Bagchi, Edward Segarra, Anna Kaufman, KiMi Robinson, Brendan Morrow, Taijuan Mourman and Reuters
