Music artist Sean “Diddy” Combs was sued this week for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting a model in the early 2000s, the latest in a series of accusations against him.
of lawsuit, Crystal McKinney, then a 22-year-old budding model, met Combs through an anonymous fashion designer in 2003 and was later sexually assaulted at his music studio, according to a ruling filed Tuesday in federal court in New York City. It is said that
The designer reportedly styled McKinney to “make Combs look glamorous” and took her to Cipriani Downtown restaurant in New York City to meet the rapper. Ms. McKinney alleged that during her dinner party, Mr. Combs made a number of flirtatious and sexually suggestive comments to her ostensibly and “offered” her drinks.
According to the lawsuit, the music artist gave McKinney his phone number and asked her to meet him at a studio in the city later in the evening. When she arrived, she was met by Combs and a group of men who were making the rounds at an alcohol and marijuana store.
According to the complaint, she was given a joint thinking it was marijuana, but it was later determined to have been laced with narcotics and an intoxicating substance. She soon became “very intoxicated” and Combs allegedly forced himself on her in the bathroom.
The lawsuit says Combs took her back to the studio, where she “lost consciousness” and later woke up in a taxi on the way to the fashion designer’s apartment.
McKinney also filed suit against the rapper’s record label, Bad Boy Entertainment, the label’s distributor, Universal Music Group, and his fashion brand, Sean John Clothing.
Neither Combs nor the other defendants listed immediately responded to The Hill’s requests for comment.
The lawsuit was filed days after CNN reported on a video it obtained of a man it said was Combs brutally assaulting a woman in 2016. CNN identified the woman as singer Cassie, whose real name is Cassandra Ventura.
Surveillance camera footage taken inside the InterContinental Hotel in Century City, Los Angeles, shows Combs grabbing, shoving and kicking Ventura from multiple angles.
He apologized on Sunday, calling his actions “inexcusable” and saying he was “truly sorry” for his actions.
Ventura filed a lawsuit against Combs late last year, and the lawsuit was settled the day after it was filed, according to both parties. Since that lawsuit, the hip-hop mogul has been accused of numerous other tortious acts by multiple people, including a New York music producer who accused Combs of sexually assaulting him and forcing him to have sex with prostitutes. facing allegations.
In a lawsuit filed last December, another woman Defendant Combs In 2003, when she was 17, she was sexually assaulted by two other men.
In a separate courtroom, another woman claimed Combs drugged and sexually assaulted her after a date, and another woman said rapper and R&B singer Aaron Hall assaulted and beat her and a friend. accused as. both women He claimed an incident that allegedly occurred in 1991.
Combs’ homes in Los Angeles and Miami were searched in March as part of a federal investigation into a sex trafficking investigation in New York.
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