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More puffing for P. Diddy
Puff Daddy, P. Diddy or things not to name, Sean Combs has “vicious temper” and violence toward women. In rage, he hurled phones, laptops, equipment, food. All alleged.
US District Court, Southern District, a 55-page jury trial demand was filed Sept. 10. The complaint alleges he “choked, strangled and beat his girlfriend Cassie Ventura striking her with objects” and made threats to other people like, “You want to die tonight?”
Plaintiff is singer/musician Dawn Richard of Danity Kane. The defendants are Combs, plus 20 of his businesses and business partners. Her attorneys, the Bloom Firm and IP Legal Studio LIC, allege she saw Diddy “choking, strangling, slapping, punching, throwing items at [his then-girlfriend Ventura] including a scalding hot pan.”
Threats thrown at Richard were then: “You want to die today. I end people . . . You could be missing.”
Also in the suit, damages for unpaid wages and unpaid salaries on sold albums at an estimated $1.5 million. And another $1.5 million for promoting Diddy’s vodka brand Ciroc.
Page 13, Richard claims at a party in Atlanta after the Soul Train Awards, there were illegal drugs, alcohol, women in little clothing passed out while sexual acts were performed on them. Item 74 alleges while in the recording studio, Richard was denied food with Combs saying “absolutely f - - king not.”
The lawsuit’s fourth cause of action is “Human Trafficking,” labor trafficking, unpaid and forced labor. Page 23 reports Richard being locked inside his Bad Boy Records Bentley which had “no interior door handles.” Pages 25 and 26 claim copyright infringement and nonpayment related to songs that she says have her creativity and involvement.
Ventura sued Diddy last year for rape and other abuse, before settling quickly out of court. His attorney says: “Dawn Richard has now manufactured a series of false claims all in the hopes of trying to get a pay day.”
Punched up
GOV. Kathy Hochul, while still keeping her appointments despite surgery on the tip of her nose: “I look like I lost a fight to Mike Tyson. It’s bruised and swollen.”
Nowhere to hide
CHRIS Rock: “Used to eat by myself all the time. Now I can’t. Some clown always sits near me and starts talking. It’s the chance to clear out everything bad in his life. Like eventually he’s going to snap. If he’s lucky this is the time to clean out everything in his life.
“Fame’s like the moon. A big, big thing. Affects everything. Everybody wants something. So, now, nobody respects my space.
“I sucked at everything until I got on the comedy thing years ago. It was, ‘Wow, I’m good at something.’ And I don’t want to lose the one thing I’m good at.”
Sun & fund
THE Hamptons — South, West, East and Bridge — are clearing out. Kaput. Including the no longer roving Range Rover of the no longer roving beachies.
Old Rover’s trying to sell us new models. Dubbed the “Beach Break” the newie’s said to be inspired by Montauk hangout Surf Lodge. Comes with a roof rack for your Gucci surfboard. Starts at over $70 grand. Maybe not many people stocking up because only 20 are being made.
So, listen, hurry.
In Havana some savvy inventor just developed a new AI computer. But the thing ran into a problem. It was so smart it defected to Miami.
Only in Cuba, kids, only in Cuba.