Sean “Diddy” Combs won the dismissal of a civil lawsuit filed by Dawn Richard of Danity Kane and MTV’s Making the Band, who claimed he assaulted her.

Sean “Diddy” Combs won the dismissal of a civil lawsuit filed by Dawn Richard of Danity Kane and MTV’s Making the Band, who claimed he assaulted her.

A federal judge has dismissed singer Dawn Richard's lawsuit against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs on the grounds that most of the allegations were not filed in time.

The judge said Richard cannot revive claims that exceeded New York’s statute of limitations by more than a decade

Dawn Richard’s claims of assault, groping, and imprisonment were filed after the statute of limitations had run out, the federal judge said in a ruling Friday.