Newly unearthed photos show Diddy at the peak of his debauched heyday, dirty dancing with a woman at a wild, boozy BET Awards afterparty, alongside one of his now accusers.
The jailed rapper, real name Sean Combs, can be seen celebrating in his typical ‘Bad Boy’ fashion after winning the ‘Best Group’ award at the June 26, 2011 ceremony for Diddy Dirty Money, the musical trio which included himself and female singers Kalenna Harper and Dawn Richard.
Photos obtained by DailyMail.com of the star-studded bash held by event planner and hip-hop socialite Jessica Rosenblum at Voyeur Nightclub in LA, show the music mogul holding court at the venue while dressed in an all white suit with a black tie.
He can be seen dancing in the VIP area, where he was flanked by his entourage, Kalenna, and Dawn – his one time protégé and now alleged victim – with other stars including Mary J. Blige and Taraji P. Henson are partying away in the background.
Also celebrating Diddy’s win at the time was his close friend Chris Brown, who himself won several awards that night, photos show.
At one point, as shown in these images, an unidentified woman wearing a sheer beige top exposing her black bra and a red cap, kneels down in front of Diddy in a suggestive fashion and appears to make a move towards his lower legs.
Newly unearthed photos from the 2011 BET Awards afterparty in LA show Diddy, at the peak of his heyday, engaged in a raunchy dance with an unidentified woman
The disgraced music mogul, dressed in a white suit, and flanked on one side by his former Diddy Dirty Money bandmate, Kalenna Harper (left) is seen lapping it up as a woman sinks below his waist in a suggestive dance at Voyeur Nightclub in LA
The musical trio consisting of Harper, Diddy, and Dawn Richard (far right) were seen dancing the night away at the venue’s VIP area after winning the ‘Best Group’ award at the June 26, 2011 BET Awards
Kalenna and Dawn, meanwhile, can be seen reacting and exchanging looks as the raunchy dance takes place between them.
‘While everyone looked in horror, Diddy laughed and asked her to get up,’ an eyewitness recalled.
The woman was later seen rising up to her feet again and putting her arm on Diddy as he laughs and grabs her waist.
The photos have resurfaced amid mounting legal complaints and serious allegations against the Bad Boy founder, who was accused of abuse by Richard, 41, in September.
The singer, who is pictured at the party in a strapless black and cream colored dress, filed a lawsuit against Diddy, accusing him of a litany of crimes including sexual assault, depriving her of food and sleep, and withholding adequate pay.
Richard also claims that she and fellow bandmate Kalenna Harper saw Diddy abuse his then girlfriend, Cassandra ‘Cassie’ Ventura.
The woman was later seen rising up to her feet again and putting her arm on Diddy as he laughs and grabs her waist, while Kalenna and Dawn look on
Diddy was seen holding up a shot glass in the VIP area, where he was flanked by his entourage and bandmates, while other stars, such as actress Taraji P. Henson (left, bottom) and Mary J. Blige (right) dance in the background
Also celebrating Diddy’s win at the time was his close friend Chris Brown, who himself won several awards that night, photos show
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However in an Instagram Story post that same month, Harper made a lengthy statement that distanced herself from her former colleague’s claims.
‘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 everyone involved,’ she said in a statement.
In her lawsuit, Richard, who first crossed paths with Combs while appearing on the MTV series, Making The Band, and became a member of the group Danity Kane while on the show, claims she was ‘manipulated’ by Combs on promises that he would help her music career.
Speaking on her behalf last month, Richard’s lawyer Lisa Bloom said Diddy ‘groped and grabbed her body parts, sexually assaulted her, that he not only failed to pay her money that was promised to her, but actually prevented her from eating and sleeping during those years – just treated her terribly.’
Bloom added that Richard claimed to have seen Diddy engaging in ‘some severe acts of violence’ against women including Ventura.
‘And when she spoke out, she says she was threatened with more physical violence,’ said Bloom, the daughter of famed feminist lawyer Gloria Allred. ‘She said Sean Combs had a vicious temper and she was absolutely terrified of him.’
In her lawsuit, obtained by DailyMail.com, Richard claimed that during the audition process for Making The Band, Combs had called female contestants various names, such as ‘fat’, ‘ugly,’ ‘b****es’ and also ‘h***.’
She described one incident in which she had allegedly been asked to go to the rapper’s home in Miami, and found him inside only wearing his underwear.
Photos obtained by DailyMail.com of the star-studded bash held by event planner and hip-hop socialite Jessica Rosenblum at Voyeur Nightclub in LA, show the music mogul holding court at the venue while dressed in an all white suit with a black tie
Singers Dawn Richard (left), Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs (center) and Kalenna Harper (right) of the band Diddy Dirty Money accept the Best Group award onstage during the BET Awards on June 26, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. Federal prosecutors have alleged Diddy has ‘tampered’ with witnesses, including Harper
Richard (second from left) first crossed paths with Combs while appearing on the MTV series, Making The Band, during which she became a member of the group Danity Kane (pictured left to right: Aubrey O’Day, Dawn Richard, Diddy, Aundrea Fimbres, Shannon Bex, and D. Woods
After asking that he put clothes on, she claimed that the star denied her request and said, ‘This is my f***ing house!’
His alleged treatment towards her got progressively got worse from 2009 through 2011, she claims.
According to her lawsuit, Richard suffered economic harm, physical injury, pain and suffering and serious psychological and emotional distress during her years working for the Bad Boy mogul.
Combs, who was indicted on charges including sex trafficking in September, has denied the allegations.
The producer’s representatives said Richard was ‘making and attempt to rewrite history’ and manufactured ‘a series of false claims all in the hoped to get a pay day — conveniently timed to coincide with her album release and press tour.’
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Combs’s push for perfection was highlighted in the MTV reality series Making the Band in 2005, where Richard became a member of Danity Kane along with Aubrey O’Day, D. Woods, Shannon Bex and Aundrea Fimbres.
Combs famously fired all the women from the band except for Richard. He then formed Diddy Dirty Money in 2009 with Richard and Kelenna Harper, but that group broke up two years later.
Last month, prosecutors in the case accused Diddy of obstructing his sex trafficking case from behind bars by paying off witnesses and enlisting his own children in a ‘public relations campaign’.
In their court filing they highlighted alleged examples of his ‘relentless efforts to contact potential witnesses, including victims of his abuse who could provide powerful testimony against him’ – one of whom was identified as ‘Witness 2’, or Kalenna Harper.
Prosecutors claimed that Diddy contacted her on September 11, a week before his arrest, and they spoke twice including discussing her drafting a statement in his support.
Over the next four days, Diddy and Harper exchanged multiple calls and texts, or 128 phone contacts.
Diddy ‘repeatedly asked’ Harper when she planned to post her statement, which she eventually did on September 13.
The post said that while she wanted to ‘acknowledge’ Richard’s claims, some of her points ‘do not align with my own truth’.