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The Guardian - US
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Adrian Horton

Danity Kane singer Dawn Richard sues Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs for sexual assault

Sean Combs, wearing sunglasses and a black bedazzled jacket, smiles
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was also found liable for $100m on Tuesday in a default judgment over a sexual assault allegation by Derrick Lee Cardello-Smith. Photograph: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

A day after a judge ruled Sean “Diddy” Combs liable for $100m in a default judgment for a sexual assault case, Dawn Richard, a singer in the former girl group Danity Kane, has sued the rapper and music mogul for sexual assault and inhumane treatment.

Richard, who was formerly signed to Combs’s Bad Boy Records label, also alleges that she witnessed Combs physically and sexually abuse his ex-girlfriend Cassandra “Cassie” Ventura on multiple occasions.

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