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Sean Combs Trial: Dawn Richard Tells Jury She Witnessed Violent Assault on Cassie

Dawn Richard testified at Sean Combs' criminal trial Friday after Cassie Ventura finished four days on the witness stand.

Bad Boy Records artist Dawn Richard was called as the fifth witness at Sean Combs ’ sex-trafficking and racketeering trial on Friday, as prosecutors sought to corroborate claims the music mogul brutally beat his longtime ex-girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura. In a civil lawsuit filed last September, a week before Combs was arrested and indicted, Richard alleged that the billionaire businessman harassed and abused her during their working relationship, then threatened her life after she witnessed him savagely beat Ventura. According to his indictment, Combs commanded a criminal enterprise between 2004 and 2024 that carried out and concealed a litany of crimes including sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery, and obstruction of justice.

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