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Sean Combs Trial
Dawn Richard Was
Grilled on Cross Now
She Files in Her
Civil Case
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon
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Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Jan 30 – At 4:30 pm on
September 16, 2024 Inner City
Press was told by its SDNY
source to expect "the big one"
- Sean Combs - the next day in
an SDNY courtroom.
[Inner City Press
published book / audio book
Diddy Do It? on Sept 20 on
Amazon here.
On Week 1 of trial, book.
On May 19, 2025
Dawn Richard was grilled by
Combs' lawyer Nichole
Westmoreland, then before
personal assistant David
Jones, Ventura's ex-friend
Kerry Morgan described
assaults and receiving a
settlement from Cassie - or
Combs? Thread here
more on
X for
Subscribers here
and Substack here
In Dawn
Richard's
civil case
against Combs,
on January 30,
2026 her
lawyer filed
to respond to
Combs citing
recent NYS
cases,
saying "Otis
involved a
single
instance of
sexual assault
and a threat
to the
plaintiff,
along with no
assertion of
equitable
estoppel,
while Ms.
Richard
alleges a
yearslong
pattern of
retaliation,
direct
threats, and
severe and
sustained
coercion
supporting
both equitable
estoppel and
equitable
tolling. Her
subsequent
self-protective
withdrawal did
not render
Combs’ threats
dormant; it
demonstrates
that they
remained
operative and
effective long
after the
working
relationship
ended. Ms.
Richard should
not be
penalized for
withdrawing
from someone
who made
repeated,
unrepudiated
threats of
serious harm,
leading her to
reasonably
believe they
remained in
effect. Nor
should
Defendant reap
the benefit of
silencing Ms.
Richard in
this manner,
which would
undermine the
purposes of
equitable
estoppel and
equitable
tolling.
Moreover,
whether
Defendants’
conduct
warrants
equitable
tolling is a
fact-intensive
issue that
requires
further
factual
development
and is not
suitable for
resolution on
a motion to
dismiss." Full
filing on
Patreon here
The
civil case is
Richard v.
Combs, et al.,
24-cv-6848
(Failla)
The criminal case
is USA v. Combs, 1:24-cr-542
(Subramanian)
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