Just as Sean “Diddy” Combs faces mounting legal troubles in federal court, the internet has pulled a receipt from the past—an old interview clip of singer Dawn Richard declaring unwavering loyalty to the embattled music mogul.
The timing of the resurfaced video is raising eyebrows across social media.
In the clip, Dawn candidly shares that although she hadn’t seen Diddy recently, she still considered him “the homie forever.”
She explained that her loyalty stemmed from Diddy buying her out of a prior contract before she joined his MTV reality group Danity Kane, describing the gesture as a major act of respect.
“When someone does that where I come from, you got to respect that on a large level,” Richard said in the clip.
“So, I gave loyalty to him. All his crazy—I look at things like that as loyalty. So, I was loyal to him…until he said, ‘Okay, your dues are paid.’ And then I left.”
But now, Richard’s loyalty appears to have shifted.
The singer recently took the stand in a federal trial involving Diddy, testifying that she allegedly witnessed him physically abusing singer Cassie on multiple occasions.
Her testimony adds to the growing list of serious allegations against Combs, who is being investigated for a range of criminal activities, including sexual assault and trafficking.
The contradiction between Richard’s past praise and present testimony has sparked debate online, with some fans defending her right to evolve and others questioning her motives.
Still, as one user wrote:
“The internet never forgets—but people grow.”
