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Sean “Diddy” Combs’ troubles continued Tuesday as a lawsuit filed in New York federal court accused the hip-hop mogul of drugging and sexually assaulting a model in 2003.
The suit was filed by Crystal McKinney under New York Gender-Based Violence Law, which allows victims of gender-based violence in the city to sue their attackers, regardless of when the abuse took place. The window for filing lawsuits under this law expires in 2025.
McKinney is also suing Combs’ label, Bad Boy Entertainment, his label’s distributor, Universal Music Group, and Combs’ fashion brand, Sean John Clothing.
According to the lawsuit, McKinney, then 22, who was a rising model, was introduced to Combs by an anonymous fashion designer in 2003. The lawsuit alleges that the designer dressed and styled McKinney “to ensure that Combs found her attractive” before taking her to meet Combs at Cipriani Downtown, a restaurant in New York.
According to the lawsuit, Combs made a number of flirtatious and sexually suggestive remarks about McKinney’s appearance in front of other diners, including the designer. Later that night, Combs allegedly invited McKinney to his recording studio, where he drank alcohol and smoked marijuana with several male companions, according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit says Comb gave McKinney a joint while saying, “You’ve never had weed like this before,” which McKinney interpreted to mean the marijuana was mixed with another drug.
“Although plaintiff insisted she had enough afterward, Combs pressured her to drink more alcohol and marijuana by telling her she was acting too tense,” can we read in the trial.
After McKinney became “very intoxicated,” according to the lawsuit, Combs led her into the bathroom and forced her to perform oral sex on him. Subsequently, she claims to have lost consciousness and woke up in a taxi.
CBS News has reached out to Combs’ representatives for comment. Universal Music Group declined to comment “pending attorneys’ review of the lawsuit.”
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McKinney claims her modeling opportunities disappeared after the alleged incident because Combs had “‘blackballed’ her from the industry and used his significant influence to hinder (her) career growth.” According to the suit, in the years following the alleged incident, McKinney became anxious, depressed and addicted to drugs and alcohol, and she attempted suicide around 2004.
The lawsuit follows a security video released Friday by CNN that allegedly shows Combs attacking singer Cassie in a Los Angeles hotel hallway in 2016. Sunday Combs publicly apologized for the incident, saying his behavior was “inexcusable” and that he took “full responsibility” for his actions.
Earlier this month, Combs asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that he and two co-defendants raped a 17-year-old girl in a New York recording studio in 2003claiming it was a “false and hideous statement” filed too late under the law.
In March, Combs’ homes in Los Angeles and Miami were raided by Homeland Security Investigations agents and other law enforcement officers because of a possible ongoing sex trafficking investigation, U.S. officials said at the time.
Other accusations against the music mogul include those made by two women in November last year, a week after it was installed a separate trial with singer Cassie which contained allegations of rape and physical violence. The women’s lawsuits were filed on the eve of the expiration of the the Adult Survivors Acta New York law that gives victims of sexual abuse a one-year window to file a civil lawsuit, regardless of the statute of limitations.
In February, a music producer also filed a federal complaint against Combs, accusing him of sexual misconduct.
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