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Sean Combs gut-punched Cassie at Hollywood eatery with Usher, Ne-Yo present: trial witness
Danity Kane member Dawn Richard testified about witnessing Combs attack Ventura in the presence of other high-profile names multiple times.
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Sean âDiddyâ Combs didnât hide his brutal abuse of Casandra âCassieâ Ventura, once hurtling a skillet full of eggs at her head â and another time gut-punching her in a restaurant where stars like Usher and Ne-Yo were dining, jurors heard at the mogulâs Manhattan trial Monday.
Testifying as the fifth witness at Combsâ Manhattan Federal Court trial, Danity Kane member Dawn Richard, 42, of New Orleans, told jurors about witnessing the Bad Boy Records co-founder attack Ventura multiple times. Richard was selected for stardom as a member of Danity Kane by Combs in MTVâs âMaking the Band.â
In one particularly heinous 2009 incident, she recalled a âbelligerentâ Combs throwing a skillet Ventura was cooking eggs in toward her head.Â
âHe came downstairs angry and was saying where the fâk was his eggs. Excuse my language,â Richard said. And he was telling Cassie that she never gets anything right, where the fâk is his food, and he proceeded to come over to her and took the skillet with the eggs in it and tried to hit her over the head with it and she fell to the ground,â Richard said.
Ventura assumed a fetal position to defend herself, Richard testified.
âIt seemed as if she was doing it as if it was something that she did often,â Richard said.
Witness Dawn Richard testifies in Manhattan Federal Court during the sex trafficking and racketeering trial of Sean âDiddyâ Combs, Monday. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)Richard said Combs started to punch and kick Ventura in her body and head and then proceeded to grab her by the neck and drag her to a room on another floor. Richard then heard glass breaking and yelling.Â
The next day, Combs summoned Richard and another woman who witnessed the incident, Kaleena Harper, to come back to his place, locking them in his recording studio to deliver a thinly veiled threat, RIchard testified.Â
âHe said that what we saw was a passion and what lovers in relationships do. He said that she was okay and that it would be in our best interests if we didnât say anything,â Richard recalled.
âHe was trying to take us to the top, and that, where he comes from, people go missing if they say things like that, like, if people talk. And then he gave us flowers.â
Singer Dawn Richard of Danity Kane performs during the 2014 LA Gay Pride Festival on June 8, 2014 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Images)Richard, chosen for Danity Kane during the third season of the hit MTV show in 2005, shared the account Friday after jurors heard four days of bombshell testimony from Ventura about suffering for 11 years under Combs.
Richard told prosecutors about seeing Combs assault Ventura on other occasions, like when Ventura would try to stand up for herself. She testified Combs gut-punched Ventura at a West Hollywood restaurant where celebrities like Usher, Ne-Yo, and Beats co-founder Jimmy Iovine were present. She also told the jury about seeing firearms in the presence of Combs and his security guards and witnessing drug dealers drop off cocaine and marijuana.Â
Richard is one plaintiff among more than 70 who have sued âDiddyâ since sexual misconduct and violence allegations first surfaced against the once larger-than-life producer in 2023, alleging he assaulted, imprisoned, and threatened her life.Â
(L-R) Producer Sean âDiddyâ Combs, singers Aubrey OâDay, Dawn Richard, Wanita Woodgett, Shannon Bex and Andrea Fimbres from the music group Danity Kane in Brooklyn in 2006. (Photo by Peter Kramer/Getty Images)In her cross-examination Monday, Combsâ defense attorney Nicole Westmoreland attempted to highlight discrepancies in Richardâs testimony and her initial interviews with the feds. Westmoreland said Richard hadnât previously recounted Combs making the threat about people going missing.
Richard said sheâd remembered more over time and acknowledged contacting Combs about professional opportunities after Danity Kane disbanded.Â
When prosecutors resumed questioning Richard after her tense cross-examination with Westmoreland, she reiterated that she did not doubt her recollection of the kitchen attack and the threat that followed.
In addition to experiencing frequent savage beatings, Ventura, 17 years Combsâ junior, last week told the jury she was coerced into participating in âhundredsâ of degrading sexual performances with male commercial sex workers that he dubbed âfreak-offs.â
That activity began after she started dating him soon after being signed to his record label at 19. As she recovered from beatings, Combs in essence imprisoned her in hotel rooms and at his properties, refusing to let her leave until her injuries were no longer visible, she said. She also said he threatened to release videos of her participating in humiliating freak-off sessions as blackmail.Â
Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty to racketeering conspiracy, two counts of sex trafficking and two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. He could face life in prison if convicted.
Sean âDiddyâ Combsâ ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura arrives home after testifying at Manhattan Federal Court in Combsâ sex trafficking trial Friday. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)Now in his third week on trial, the hip-hop mogul has been incarcerated at Brooklynâs Metropolitan Detention Center since his September 2024 arrest. The scandal-plagued federal jail is also housing the alleged healthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione along with the multimillionaire Alexander brothers â Oren, Alon, and Tal Alexander â who are accused of trafficking young women and minors for sex.
The Manhattan U.S. attorneyâs office alleges that, from 2004 to 2024, the prolific hip-hop producer coerced Ventura and another woman into participating in dehumanizing âfreak-offsâ with assistance from a network of high-ranking employees, unlimited resources and immense influence. The jury is also expected to hear allegations from his former assistant, who will testify under the pseudonym Mia, that he sexually assaulted her.Â
Originally Published: May 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM EDT
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First, the âHeroâ version of the main poster contrasts the glorious past of the medalists standing tall on the podium with the gritty reality they now face as police officers. Boxing gold medalist Yoon Dong Joo, shooting gold medalist Ji Han Na, fencing silver medalist Kim Jong Hyun, wrestling bronze medalist Go Man Sik, and discus throw bronze medalist Shin Jae Hong all became heroes who received nationwide cheers after pushing themselves to the limitâscraping their knees, getting blisters on their hands and feet, and running until their mouths tasted of iron.
However, after the Olympic flame cooled and they were forced to end their athletic careers for various reasons, they were confronted with a harsh reality. Now, as special recruits in the police force, they are shown sitting exhausted on the floor below the podium, their bodies battered and bruised from sweat and toil. This image vividly conveys the weight of their difficult new reality, standing in stark contrast to the day when everyone was burning with passion.â
The âWinnerâ version of the main poster captures the Good Boy avengers as they boldly confront criminals of injustice and immorality by standing up to them with rules and principlesâseizing victory once again.
The production team remarked, âThe two versions of the main poster released this time visually encapsulate the narrative that âGood Boyâ will unfold. Both the glory of the days when they won medals and the tough battles they face now are all part of âGood Boy.â Youâll be able to experience this exhilarating story, full of energy, laughter, action, youth, and justice, on screen starting from May 31. We hope youâll join us for the first broadcast, which is now just ten days away.â
âGood Boyâ is set to premiere on May 31 at 10:40 p.m. KST.
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