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Diddy Faces New Lawsuit From ‘Making the Band’ Contestant Dawn Richard: ‘Abuse and Exploitation’

Sean “Diddy” Combs is facing yet another abuse lawsuit, this time filed by a participant on MTV’s “Making the Band” and longtime member of his band.

In a complaint filed Tuesday in Manhattan federal court, Dawn Richard says the embattled hip hop mogul “manipulated” her into thinking that “abuse and exploitation were required for female artists to succeed in the music industry.” While filming the TV show, she says Combs “deprived Ms. Richard and her Danity Kane bandmates of basic needs such as adequate food and sleep.” As a member of Dirty Money, he says the mogul repeatedly harassed and assaulted her, including groping her during fitting sessions. In one, she says she witnessed his ex-wife, Kim Porter, leaving his studio “in tears with visible facial injuries including a lacerated lip.” On “numerous” other occasions, Richard says she saw Combs abuse “brutally beat” Ventura.

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