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NewsMay, 20 Dawn Richard "feared for life" if she spoke against Sean 'Diddy' Combs
Pop singer Dawn Richard told a jury she feared for her life after Sean 'Diddy' Combs threatened her. She alleged the hip-hop mogul told her she could "go missing" if she reported seeing him beating his then-girlfriend, Casandra Ventura. Richard, a former member of pop group Danity Kane, testified during Combs's sex trafficking trial last week that he had made the threat a day after she and her bandmates saw him attack Ventura at his Los Angeles home in 2009. "I was shocked but also scared," Richard told jurors, saying she feared she and her bandmates "could die" if they spoke up. Richard testified that she saw Combs hit Ventura and drag her screaming upstairs after flying into a rage because she was taking too long to prepare his food - one of many alleged attacks Richard said she witnessed. Richard said Combs summoned her and her bandmates to the studio the next day, gave them flowers and said their careers would be harmed if they reported the incident. Combs has pleaded not guilty to five felony counts of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution. He has been held since September in a Brooklyn jail. If convicted on all counts, he could face 15 years to life in prison.
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