Diddy
Files to Dismiss Dawn Richard’s Lawsuit on Same Day She Testifies
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Diddy wants Dawn Richard‘s civil suit against him thrown out … calling the allegations she’s made against him totally false — on the same day she took the witness stand against him in his criminal trial.
The rap mogul’s legal team filed the documents Friday … pointing out a series of reasons why Dawn’s lawsuit shouldn’t go any further — statute of limitations, improper group pleads, and on and on.
It’s mostly lawyer speak … though Diddy’s attorneys do say early on in the docs that she’s essentially trying to ride the wave of negative press around Diddy to a payout — writing Dawn “seeks to transform narratives of alleged injuries against others into a headline-grabbing sex trafficking conspiracy as to her.”
What’s more interesting than the actual words in the document is the timing of the dismissal … ’cause it was filed on the very same day Dawn took the stand in Diddy’s federal sex trafficking trial.
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As we told you … Dawn told the court she saw Diddy violently attack Cassie — specifically referring to an alleged 2009 incident where she says she watched Diddy attempt to hit Cassie with a frying pan.
She also alleged that Diddy told her and a bandmate to keep quiet on what she says went down.
Dawn’s also supposed to take the stand again Monday as the trial heads into Week 2 … though Diddy’s ex Cassie has officially finished her testimony in the case — and is now focusing on giving birth to her third child with Alex Fine.
Richard filed a lawsuit against Diddy back in September … claiming he groped, terrorized, and belittled her while working on the show “Making the Band.”
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Diddy’s lawyers called BS at the time … telling us, “In an attempt to rewrite history, Dawn Richard has now manufactured a series of false claims all in the hopes of trying to get a pay day” — adding that if things were so bad on “Making the Band” then Dawn wouldn’t have agreed to sign another contract with Diddy later on.
We’ve reached out to Dawn about the dismissal … so far, no word back.