Judge Tosses Out Dawn Richard's Lawsuit Against Sean 'diddy' Combs

A national judge has tossed retired vocalist Dawn Richard's suit against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, saying astir of her claims of affectional and beingness abuse, including groping, were not revenge successful nan required twelvemonth aft nan described events.

Judge Katherine Polk Failla successful a ruling dated Friday and released publically connected Monday said Richard tin refile her claims successful authorities tribunal connected 1 allegation against nan hip-hop impresario but cannot refile claims that person missed nan deadline by which a suit must beryllium revenge nether New York rule by complete a decade.

The judge flexed her vocabulary successful penning that nan tribunal ruling “exists independently of its disapprobation of nan actual allegations, which, if true, are execrable.” In laic terms, that intends nan court's ruling is not based connected whether nan judge approves aliases disapproves of what Comb's is accused of.

Arick Fudali, a lawyer for Richard, said nan vocalist will refile her superior declare successful authorities tribunal nether nan gender-motivated unit act.

“We surely work together pinch nan Judge that nan allegations successful this lawsuit are execrable,” Fudali said successful a connection sent by email, repeating “execrable,” which intends highly bad. “We intend to proceed to conflict for Dawn until justness is achieved.”

Lawyers for Combs did not instantly return requests for comment. When nan suit was revenge successful September 2024, his representatives said Combs was “shocked and disappointed” by nan suit and questioned why Richard would activity pinch him truthful agelong if he were truthful bad.

Richard, a vocalist successful nan Bad Boy Records groups Danity Kane and Diddy — Dirty Money from 2004 to 2012, testified astatine past year’s New York proceedings wherever Combs was convicted connected prostitution-related charges but was acquitted of much superior activity trafficking charges.

She told nan assemblage successful Manhattan national tribunal that she saw Combs hit his woman successful 2009 and that Combs later threatened her to stay silent astir what she witnessed.

In her lawsuit, Richard alleged that during her eight-year relation pinch Combs, she suffered abuse, manipulation and unit and was subjected to Combs routinely utilizing disparaging connection to picture women.

According to nan lawsuit, Combs regularly deprived Richard and her bandmates of nutrient and slumber and made her consciousness embarrassed and powerless erstwhile he angrily responded to her petition that he clothe himself erstwhile he held meetings successful his underwear.

The suit besides alleged that Richard was regularly subjected to drug-fueled parties wherever Combs and his friends would execute intersexual acts connected incapacitated young women.

She claimed Combs regularly exploded successful rage, hurling cellular phones, laptops, nutrient and workplace equipment. At different times, nan suit said, Richard witnessed him choking and strangling his protege and longtime girlfriend, Casandra “Cassie” Ventura.

Ventura testified for respective days astatine nan proceedings that resulted successful a four-year, two-month situation condemnation for Combs.