A girl who states she felt “a ethical obligation to talk up” right after a collection of abuse allegations towards Sean “Diddy” Combs has submitted a match against the hip-hop mogul, accusing him of drugging and sexually assaulting her much more than 20 several years ago.
Crystal McKinney alleged in the lawsuit filed Tuesday in a Manhattan federal courtroom that she was attacked at the rapper’s New York City studio in 2003.
McKinney’s allegations arrive in the wake of a string of lawsuits from many others who have accused the star of sexual and actual physical abuse, gang rape and “serious illegal action.” Her fit was filed days after a movie was produced general public of Diddy beating ex-girlfriend Cassie in a 2016 assault she specific in a because-settled lawsuit.
Reps for Combs, 54, did not straight away react to requests for comment Tuesday.
Combs uploaded an apology to social media above the weekend, calling his actions in the online video “inexcusable” and indicating he was heading through a hard time in his existence when the attack happened. He stated he experienced sought therapy and entered rehab soon afterward, and was doing the job to “be a superior man.”
He has previously denied all allegations of abuse and wrongdoing and vowed to crystal clear his name.
McKinney, who was a 22-yr-previous design at the time of the alleged assault, achieved Combs at a Men’s Style Week occasion at Cipriani Downtown in Manhattan, and Combs reported she “was going to make it major one particular day” as a product and promised he’d support her vocation, she claimed in the fit.
Combs invited her to his studio, exactly where a single of his associates made available her a joint of cannabis and stated “you’ve never experienced weed like this right before,” the lawsuit states.
“Plaintiff later on arrived to comprehend that Combs had laced the joint with a narcotic or other intoxicating compound,” the lawsuit alleges.
Combs allegedly pressured McKinney to smoke far more and consume alcohol, though she was severely intoxicated, according to the fit.
“Seeing Plaintiff was incredibly intoxicated, Combs demanded Plaintiff adhere to him and he bodily led Plaintiff to the rest room,” the lawsuit suggests. Combs then pressured her to perform a sexual intercourse act, she alleges in the suit.
Attorneys for McKinney declined remark Tuesday.
McKinney in her lawsuit stated she was dazed just after the alleged sexual assault in the toilet and passed out in Diddy’s studio. She woke up in a taxi and recognized she’d been sexually assaulted, she alleges in the fit, which also stated that she saved the dresses she was carrying that evening in a plastic bag.
McKinney stated in the lawsuit that following the alleged sexual assault, her modeling prospects dried up and she believes Combs “blackballed” her.
McKinney “turned seriously frustrated as she commenced to blame herself for the assault and for sabotaging her very own job,” the lawsuit says. She even feared retaliation from Combs, in accordance to the go well with.
The match does not specify a greenback amount, but seeks damages for ache and suffering and punitive damages.
The match names Combs, as well as Negative Boy Data and Negative Boy Entertainment, Sean John Garments, and Universal Tunes Group.
Universal Music Team did not right away reply to a ask for for remark.
McKinney’s is the seventh lawsuit submitted in latest months towards Combs, acknowledged for his tunes profession and for founding Undesirable Boy Information, as well as Tv set shows like “Making the Band” and film appearances.
Ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura sued Combs in November and alleged rape and abuse, which include remaining punched, stomped and kicked throughout their marriage. A settlement was reached the next day.
The other lawsuits are pending.
Combs is a matter of a federal legal investigation, and agents searched his qualities this spring.
A supply common with the investigation informed NBC Information in March that a few girls and a gentleman experienced been interviewed by federal officials in Manhattan in relation to allegations of intercourse trafficking, sexual assault and the solicitation and distribution of illegal narcotics and firearms.
Federal brokers searched the rapper’s households in Los Angeles and Miami. Three resources familiar with the make a difference advised NBC News that firearms were discovered at his residences, but no additional particulars had been delivered.
Aaron Dyer, just one of Combs’ attorneys, issued a statement next the queries and mentioned that Combs “was in no way detained but spoke to and cooperated with authorities.” He described the searches as an ambush, stating there’s been a hurry to judgment centered on “meritless accusations made in civil lawsuits.”
“There has been no locating of prison or civil liability with any of these allegations,” Dyer stated. “Mr. Combs is harmless and will continue on to fight every single day to distinct his name.”
