IN yet another legal blow for Sean Combs, a former model claimed in a lawsuit that she was promised career advancement in exchange for sexual favors. Crystal McKinney claimed she met Combs, also known as Diddy, at a 2003 Men's Fashion Week event in New York City when he invited her back to his studio. McKinney, who was 22 years old at the time, said Combs and several of his colleagues were drinking alcohol and smoking weed at the studio.
She took a hit, which she described as "very powerful," and claimed that the joint may have been laced with some other drug. Combs allegedly ordered McKinney to follow him into the bathroom, according to the lawsuit. McKinney claimed that Combs allegedly forced himself on her, kissing her, and shoving her head to his crotch before telling her to "suck it," according to the lawsuit.
The woman said she refused, but claims that Combs pushed her head down and forced her to perform oral sex on him. McKinney said she later lost consciousness and woke up in a taxi, where she realized she had been sexually assaulted, read the lawsuit. However, it's unclear from the lawsuit if she was referring to the alleged oral sex or another act that may have happened while she was unconscious.
After this, McKinney claimed she was blacklisted from the modeling industry and blamed herself for "sabotaging her own career," read the lawsuit. She attempted suicide in 2004 and was hospitalized, according to the lawsuit. McKinney was inspired to speak out after seeing th.
