• In a new lawsuit, fashion designer Bryana “Bana” Bongolan accuses Sean “Diddy” Combs of groping her and dangling her over the balcony of Casandra “Cassie” Ventura’s apartment in September 2016
• Bongolan also alleges that she observed signs of Combs’ abuse of Ventura and suffered “terror and abuse” at his hands herself throughout her professional relationship with the producer
• The fashion designer is seeking $10 million in damages from the disgraced music mogul

A woman has accused Sean “Diddy” Combs of dangling her over the 17th-floor balcony of his ex Casandra “Cassie” Ventura’s apartment.

Bryana “Bana” Bongolan filed a 17-page lawsuit against Combs — who is currently awaiting trial after pleading not guilty and being denied bail — this week in Los Angeles for sexual battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, false imprisonment and other claims, according to court documents obtained by PEOPLE.

The fashion designer is seeking $10 million in damages from the disgraced music mogul, 55, for the emotional distress that she claims she suffered, citing the balcony incident, among others.

A legal representative for Combs denied Bongolan’s allegations in a statement to Rolling Stone.

“Anyone has the right to file a lawsuit, regardless of the evidence they may or may not have. Since last year, Ms. Bongolan has expressed an intention to sue Mr. Combs and has sought legal representation to pursue her claims,” the rep said. “Mr. Combs firmly denies these serious allegations and remains confident they will ultimately be proven baseless.”

A representative for Combs did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

Bongolan — who first befriended Ventura, 38, while they worked together in 2014 — claims that, while she and her then-girlfriend were sleeping over at the singer’s apartment in September 2016, Combs approached her on the balcony after loudly entering the apartment in the early morning.

“He grabbed her, turned her back to his chest, and molested her by groping her breasts as she yelled to be left alone,” the lawsuit claims. After Bongolan began to struggle, Combs moved his hands from her breasts to her armpits and placed her on the banister of the 17-story balcony while repeatedly yelling, “Do you know what the fuck you did!”

Bongolan, who was 4 feet 11 inches tall and weighed about 100 lbs. at the time, “attempted to resist him, throwing her weight back in a struggle not to be thrown to the ground and what would likely be her death,” but Combs “easily overpowered her again,” the lawsuit claims.

After Ventura emerged, she allegedly screamed at Combs to stop and informed him that Bongolan’s then-girlfriend was also in the apartment.

Combs then pulled Bongolan back over the balcony but did not release her, and instead “slammed Ms. Bongolan onto the balcony’s patio furniture, including a table,” the lawsuit claims. Bongolan said that she did not and still does not know what Combs believed she did.

Also in the lawsuit, Bongolan claims she observed both “disturbing signs of an abusive relationship” and actual incidents of abuse between Ventura and Combs prior to the balcony incident — including one in which the music mogul threw a “large kitchen knife” at his then-girlfriend, “who, acting in self-defense, threw one back at him.”

Bongolan also alleges that she suffered “terror and abuse” at Combs’ hands throughout their professional relationship, which began after he approached the then-aspiring designer to collaborate on a series of design projects, including a clothing line and album cover art.

This “closer working relationship not only did not lead to the career jump off for which she had hoped, but instead forced Plaintiff to experience Mr. Combs’ violence and abuse firsthand in professional settings as well,” with the producer “directing his rage” at Bongolan, the lawsuit alleges.

The designer cited several instances, including a trip in which Combs “became aggressive” and “forcibly fed” her a drug she now believes was ecstasy and a photo shoot in which he cornered her to say, “I’m the motherf—— devil. You have no idea what I could do to you. I could kill you.”

Bongolan took Combs’ threat seriously, citing not only his treatment of Ventura but also her knowledge that rapper Kid Cudi’s car exploded after he dated the singer while she and Combs were separated. The designer also heard rumors that the Bad Boy Records founder “skinned a rival’s dog,” the lawsuit alleges.

The September 2016 balcony incident proved that Bongolan had been “correct to fear” Combs, she says, and led her to believe that he was finally “making good on his threats.”

Bongolan is entitled to damages, the lawsuit claims, because she “has suffered, and continues to suffer, injuries and damages including physical injury, and mental and emotional distress” as a result of Combs’ conduct.

Combs is currently jailed at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, where he is awaiting trial. Last month, he was denied bail for a third time since his September arrest.

In September, he was indicted on charges of sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution. The indictment primarily centers around “freak offs,” which authorities allege were elaborate sex performances involving male sex workers and women who were forced or coerced into participating.