The truly chilling threat Diddy uttered after allegedly hitting Cassie with a frying pan

‘I was shocked but also scared’


On day six of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ New York City federal trial, Danity Kane singer Dawn Richard recalled a harrowing experience from 2009 that saw Cassie Ventura being struck in the head with a skillet full of eggs.

Over four gruelling days last week, Cassie spoke to her 11-year relationship with Diddy and the alleged “freak off” parties that entailed drugs, male escorts, and a lot of baby oil. Following that, Diddy’s lawyer grilled her during cross-examination, which the rapper was reportedly “proud” of.

Thinking back to Diddy’s Los Angeles home in 2009, Dawn Richard remembered him throwing Cassie to the ground, striking her with a skillet of eggs, and looping his arm around her neck to drag her upstairs.

“He said you could go missing, that we could die,” she told jurors, according to NBC News. “I was shocked but also scared, I couldn’t believe this would be the beginning of a journey for us (with the group Dirty Money).”

Alongside Diddy and Kalenna Harper, Dawn Richard made up the R&B trio Dirty Money in 2009. They were signed to Diddy’s own label, Bad Boy Records, before breaking up in 2012.

Diddy’s defence pushed back on Dawn Richard’s claims

During Dawn Richard’s cross-examination, Diddy’s lawyer, Nicole Westmoreland, challenged a version of events while citing earlier statements she had made about the 2009 incident. According to the attorney, Dawn’s recollection of the events had changed over the years; on one occasion, she claimed he had just thrown eggs at her, and in another, she reportedly never saw the skillet but heard it.

“I said the best that I could recall,” she reportedly replied.

Nicole Westmoreland also challenged the “you could go missing” element of the testimony, bringing up interviews from October and March where Dawn recalled the very same incident. In the interview, Dawn allegedly claimed that Diddy said “this was a love thing,” with no mention of “people going missing.”

“That’s not true, I don’t recall not saying that,” Dawn responded, with the lawyer continuing, “You didn’t tell prosecutors that Sean Combs said, ‘People go missing.”

“I didn’t remember it,” Dawn added, later stating how she remembered “everything I am telling you now.”

Diddy has refuted the allegations and pleaded not guilty. The trial continues this week, and should the jury find him guilty on charges of sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to engage in prostitution, he could spend the rest of his life in prison.

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