Diddy Files to Dismiss Dawn Richard Lawsuit

This week former Danity Kane and Diddy Dirty Money singer Dawn Richard testified for the prosecution in Bad Boy Entertainment CEO, Sean 'Diddy' Combs', human trafficking and RICO trial [click here if you missed that]. 

The day of Dawn's testimony Diddy filed to dismiss her civil lawsuit against him...

From TMZ 

Diddy wants Dawn Richard's civil suit against him thrown out ... calling the allegations she's made against him totally false -- on the same day she took the witness stand against him in his criminal trial.

The rap mogul's legal team filed the documents Friday ... pointing out a series of reasons why Dawn's lawsuit shouldn't go any further -- statute of limitations, improper group pleads, and on and on.

It's mostly lawyer speak ... though Diddy's attorneys do say early on in the docs that she's essentially trying to ride the wave of negative press around Diddy to a payout -- writing Dawn "seeks to transform narratives of alleged injuries against others into a headline-grabbing six trafficking conspiracy as to her."

Richard filed a lawsuit against Diddy back in September ... claiming he groped, terrorized, and belittled her while working on the show "Making the Band."

Diddy's lawyers called BS at the time ... telling us, "In an attempt to rewrite history, Dawn Richard has now manufactured a series of false claims all in the hopes of trying to get a pay day" -- adding that if things were so bad on "Making the Band" then Dawn wouldn't have agreed to sign another contract with Diddy later on.