(NewsNation) — Sean “Diddy” Combs’ bodyguards would likely not be charged for failing to stop violence against the music producer’s ex-partner Casandra “Cassie” Ventura that they allegedly witnessed, but other charges may still be on the table.

During her testimony Monday, Combs’ former protégé Dawn Richard told jurors she witnessed several violent interactions along with his bodyguards, who she said did nothing to stop it.

“They wouldn’t react. They wouldn’t do anything,” Richard, who was a part of Combs’ Danity Kane music group, testified. 

Richard said that the beatings sometimes occurred when Cassie spoke up for herself, “if she had an opinion about something.”

Cassie’s friend testifies she told Diddy’s bodyguards to ‘do something’

Ventura’s former friend Kerry Morgan also took the stand Monday, testifying that Combs’ bodyguard refused to help when she told him to “do something” when the two saw him hitting Ventura.

Combs’ bodyguards have not been charged for failing to prevent violence, even though they may have been implicated in the allegations surrounding his alleged criminal enterprise. 

“The prosecution might argue that the bodyguards’ presence during assault and inaction shows their knowledge of criminal activity associated with the criminal enterprise, and so these facts can help prove the RICO charge, but don’t get it to the finish line,” Eric Faddis, trial attorney and former felony prosecutor, told NewsNation.

“As a general rule, there’s no legal duty to intervene in a crime someone else has committed, while it may look shady and problematic, the bodyguards probably could not be charged with a crime for their inaction during these alleged assaults.” 

But that doesn’t mean that it couldn’t happen in the future, he noted. 

Prosecution focused on Diddy’s alleged crimes, for now

At this point, federal prosecutors have kept the focus of their charges squarely on Combs, even though racketeering charges usually involve multiple co-conspirators. But they could bring charges further down the line, Faddis said. 

“If further evidence shows that the bodyguards had knowledge of Bad Boy Entertainment engaging in criminal activity in association with these assaults, and they also took some affirmative step in furtherance of that criminal activity, then they run the risk of their own criminal responsibility,” he said. 

Damian Williams, former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, referred to employees Combs “used to get his way,” which included “high-ranking supervisors in the business, personal assistance, security staff and household staff,” when announcing charges last year.

There is also a possibility that prosecutors may have struck a deal with bodyguards or other staff who were present to testify or cooperate with the investigation, which may give them some level of immunity, Faddis said.

Combs is facing federal charges of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion and transportation to engage in prostitution.

Ventura gave a four day long testimony last week where she told jurors that she endured a decade of abuse during their relationship. She testified to being beaten, kicked and punched by Combs.

Could Kristina Khorram face charges?

Khorram was Combs’ self-described “right hand” for more than a decade but hasn’t yet been charged by prosecutors.

As a close partner to the Bad Boy Records founder, several sources purport she had knowledge of Diddy’s alleged criminal acts.

She was named in a civil suit from producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones that alleges Diddy sexually assaulted him. In the suit, Jones alleges that Khorram would “instruct her staff to lace Champagne, DeLeon [tequila], and Ciroc liquor bottles with ecstasy and other [illicit] drugs” and “required all employees from the butler, the chef to the housekeepers, to walk around with a pouch or fanny pack filled with cocaine, GHB, ecstasy” and more drugs.

Combs’ federal indictment claims he used his “high-ranking supervisors” to “carry out, facilitate and cover up his abuse and commercial sex [ring].”

Khorram is not named in the indictment but prosecutors have said investigations are ongoing.