Sean “Diddy†Combs is facing new sexual-assault allegations. Per TMZ and Rolling Stone, former model Crystal McKinney has filed a lawsuit claiming that Combs drugged and sexually assaulted her at his recording studio in 2003 when she was 22. (Per the New York Times, the lawsuit is being brought under New York City’s Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Act, which allows complaints to be filed in a certain window after the statute of limitations has passed.) According to McKinney, an unnamed designer inviting her to dinner with Combs during Men’s Fashion Week in New York City. She recalls Combs asking her to go to his Manhattan studio that night, which she felt would be safe since it was a professional environment. However, once there, she claims that Combs gave her a joint that she believes was laced with a narcotic. Allegedly, he then led her to a bathroom where he kissed her without consent, pushed her head down, and forced her to perform oral sex on him. McKinney recalls passing out shortly after and waking up in a cab to realize that she had been sexually assaulted. Representatives for Combs did not immediately respond to Vulture’s request for comment.
Cassie Ventura, Combs’s ex-girlfriend and former signee to his label, filed a lawsuit against him last year. Though that case was settled after one day, it was followed by several other legal claims of sexual misconduct and illegal behavior against the music mogul. Combs has consistently denied the allegations against him and instead suggested that his accusers are looking to make money. However, he did recently release an apology after graphic footage showed him assaulting Ventura in a hotel in 2016.