A former mannequin filed a lawsuit Tuesday, accusing embattled music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs of sexually assaulting her in 2003.
Crystal McKinney, in keeping with a lawsuit obtained by Enterprise Insider, met Combs at a 2003 Males’s Vogue Week occasion in Manhattan when she was 22. In response to the lawsuit, McKinney was launched to Combs by a designer who believed Combs might “advance her modeling profession.”
The swimsuit, filed in New York’s Southern District Courtroom, alleged Combs had been “approaching to plaintiff in a sexually suggestive method” on the restaurant they have been eating at.
“Combs additionally plied plaintiff with alcohol all through the dinner as he repeatedly refilled her glass with wine,” the swimsuit stated.
In response to the lawsuit, McKinney was invited again to Combs’ recording studio and given what she believed to be laced marijuana. The swimsuit alleged that Combs started kissing her nonconsensually and pointed to his crotch, asking that she “suck it.” After she refused, Combs shoved her head right down to drive her to carry out oral intercourse on him, in keeping with the lawsuit.
In response to the lawsuit, she grew to become unconscious and later awoke in a cab.
McKinney is suing Combs below the NYC Victims Of Gender-Motivated Violence Safety Act, a metropolis legislation that enables for civil fits to be filed inside a two-year look-back interval, and she or he is asking for a jury trial. She is looking for an unspecified quantity of damages for “psychological and emotional damage, misery, ache and struggling and damage to her repute.”
Representatives for Combs didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Attorneys for McKinney declined to remark.
Combs faces lawsuits from 4 different individuals: a former worker and three girls have accused Combs of sexual assault, abuse, drugging, and different acts of sexual misconduct. One lady stated in her swimsuit filed in December that Combs “intercourse trafficked and gang raped” her as a 17-year-old in 2003.
Combs denied the earlier allegations on Instagram and declared he would “battle for my title, my household and for the reality.”
“For the final couple of weeks, I’ve sat silently and watched individuals attempt to assassinate my character, destroy my repute and my legacy,” he stated. “Sickening allegations have been made towards me by people searching for a fast payday.”
A sixth lawsuit, filed in November by Comb’s ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, accused the mogul of rape and abuse whereas they have been collectively for over a decade. The 2 events settled the lawsuit a day after it was filed, the Related Press reported.
On Friday, CNN revealed 2016 surveillance footage that appeared to indicate Combs assaulting Ventura in a Los Angeles Resort. Combs later launched an apology, calling his actions “inexcusable” — although he did not specify which actions he was apologizing for, nor did he point out Ventura’s title.
On March 25, the Division of Homeland Safety raided Combs’ Los Angeles and Miami properties. He has not been charged with any crime associated to that raid.
In a earlier assertion to Enterprise Insider, Aaron Dyer, a lawyer for Combs, referred to as the search a “gross overuse of military-level drive.”
“There was no discovering of legal or civil legal responsibility with any of those allegations,” Dyer stated. “Mr. Combs is harmless and can proceed to battle each single day to clear his title.”
