Kalenna Harper denied some of his former bandmate’s claims Dawn Richardclaim against Sean “Diddy” Combsbut the situation was not as black and white as it might seem.
Harper, 43, opened up about her relationship with Diddy, 56, and Richard, 42, in the new Netflix docuseries. Sean Combs: The Reckoningwhich premiered on Tuesday, December 2. While he acknowledged that Diddy could be an “a-hole,” he stood by his claim that he didn’t witness everything Richard claimed he did. Previously unseen footage from the series also shows Diddy on the phone with Harper asking her to make a statement on his behalf.
“I’ve never had a problem with that girl,” Diddy said of Richard while talking to Harper. “I’m asking the favor of a brother’s life. A statement, something. Whatever statement (you can give).”
Richard, who worked with the disgraced mogul on Danity Kane before joining him and Harper on Diddy – Dirty Money, filed a lawsuit against him in September 2024 accusing him of sexual assault. Diddy denied his claims and the lawsuit is still pending.
Danity Kane’s Dawn Richard filed a lawsuit accusing Sean “Diddy” Combs of manipulating, terrorizing and sexually abusing her. In court documents obtained by Us Weekly on Wednesday, Sept. 11, Richard, 41, also claimed he saw Diddy, 54, physically abusing his ex-girlfriend Cassie. After appearing on Diddy’s 2004 MTV show Making The Band, Richard accused (…)
Days later, Diddy was arrested on federal charges of sex trafficking, extortionist conspiracy and transportation to engage in prostitution. He pleaded not guilty and denied all the charges against him. In July, Diddy was found guilty of two counts of transportation, but was acquitted of extortion and trafficking.
In his lawsuit, Richard claimed that Harper was present during the incidents in which Diddy physically assaulted Cassie, who he dated from 2007 to 2018. Harper then issued a statement via social media noting that Richard mentioned her “33 times” in his court filing.
“While I fully respect Dawn’s right to recount her experiences, I want to emphasize that her account reflects her personal perspective and should not be interpreted as a universal truth applicable to all involved,” Harper wrote via her Instagram story in September 2024. “It’s important to understand that while I was present in some of the same professional settings mentioned, many of my allegations are not representative of this incident and are not representative of this incident and are not representative of this incident with my own truth”.
In the docuseries, that 50 Cent executive producer, Harper noted that he was dealing with his own issues when Richard filed his lawsuit. When Diddy called her for a statement, he had recently asked her for help with a child custody dispute. According to Harper, however, Diddy refused to help her.
“The only person I could call at first was Puff. I was just trying to get help,” he recalled, noting that he took out a $5,000 loan. “And at that point, he said, ‘I can’t help because I’m doing something else.’
When Diddy later came to Harper and asked her to make a statement, she said she reminded him that he had previously said no to helping her.
“I was like, ‘You know it’s fucked up, because I needed you, baby,'” she told the camera. “So, for me, it was like, ‘This is a prime opportunity to tell her I know you’re going through this, but I passed on this: I want my kids. I don’t know why Dawn is doing this, but I have to talk to my husband because anything she says can go down and I can’t get my kids back.’
Danity Kane’s Dawn Richard shared her reaction to Sean “Diddy” Combs’ verdict in a statement through her attorney Lisa Bloom. “Today’s split verdict is disappointing, but the criminal charges are different than the civil lawsuits we filed and have been fighting against Sean Combs,” Bloom told Us Weekly in a statement Wednesday (…)
She added: “I said, ‘Look, you can’t call me because you’re afraid of going to jail and rush me into saying anything. I need time to think about it.” Like, what am I going to say?”
Richard filed his lawsuit on September 10, 2024, and Harper issued his statement on September 13. Speaking now, Harper became emotional as she reiterated that she didn’t see what Richard claimed she did.
“I don’t want people to think I’m trying to wear a bulletproof vest for Puff, because I’m not,” she told the camera. “It’s like, I’m not a bad person and I wasn’t around that shit. I don’t know what they were doing, I don’t know.”
After Diddy’s partial conviction, he was sentenced to 50 months in prison, or just over four years, including time served. he reported FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey on October 30 following his transfer from the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center, where he had been incarcerated since his September 2024 arrest.
Diddy slammed the docuseries in a statement shared with Us Weekly through his spokesman on Monday, December 1.
“Netflix’s so-called ‘documentary’ is a piece of embarrassing success. Today’s GMA The teaser confirms that Netflix relied on stolen footage that was never authorized for release,” the statement said. “Like Netflix and CEO. Ted Sarandos I know, Mr. Combs has been accumulating images since she was 19 to tell her own story, her own way. It is fundamentally unfair and illegal for Netflix to misappropriate this work. Netflix is clearly desperate to sensationalize every minute of Mr. Combs, with no regard for the truth, to capitalize on an endless media frenzy. If Netflix cared about the truth or the legal rights of Mr. Combs, it wouldn’t be taking private footage out of context, including conversations with his lawyers that were never intended for public viewing. No rights in this material were ever transferred to Netflix or any third party.”
Former Danity Kane singer Dawn Richard took the stand at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ trial on Friday, May 16. Richard, 41, was sworn in on Friday afternoon shortly before the court adjourned for the day. Prosecutors asked him about an alleged incident in 2009 where he saw Diddy, 55, threatening Cassie in his Los Angeles (…)
The statement continued: “It is equally surprising that Netflix has handed over creative control to Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson, a longtime adversary with a personal vendetta who has spent too much time slandering Mr. Combs. Beyond the legal issues, this is a violation of personal trust. Mr. Combs has long respected Ted Sarandos and admired his life’s legacy at Netflix. For decades it feels like an unnecessary affront and deeply personal, at the very least, he expected justice from the people he respected.
director Alexandria Stapleton he previously said he had acquired the footage legally.
“It reached us, we obtained the footage legally and we have the necessary rights,” he stated The Netflix ones Tumdu last month “We moved heaven and earth to keep the identity of the filmmaker confidential. One thing about Sean Combs is that he always films himself, and it’s been an obsession over the decades.”
Sean Combs: The Reckoning it’s now streaming on Netflix.
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