Model Crystal McKinney has accused rap mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs of drugging and raping her in 2003. It is the seventh in a string of lawsuits against the Bad Boy Records founder in recent months. McKinney’s lawsuit was filed in a federal court in New York CIty on Tuesday, just days after a video emerged of Combs beating his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura in 2016.
Ventura’s lawsuit was settled within a day of her filing, for an undisclosed amount. According to the complaint, McKinney was a 22-year-old model when she met Combs at a Manhattan fashion event. He said she was “going to make it big one day,” promised to help her career, and invited her to his studio, where one of his associates offered her marijuana.
“Plaintiff later came to understand that Combs had laced the joint with a narcotic or other intoxicating substance,” the complaint says. Once McKinney was “very intoxicated” by marijuana and alcohol, Combs allegedly took her to a bathroom and forced her to perform a sex act. McKinney said she passed out in Combs’ studio and woke up in a taxi.
Instead of breaking into modeling, McKinney’s opportunities dried up as Combs “blackballed” her, the lawsuit claims. She became “severely depressed” and blamed herself for sabotaging her career, while fearing retaliation from the rap mogul. McKinney has named Combs, Bad Boy Records, Bad Boy Entertainment, Sean John Clothing and Universal Music Group as the defendants, seeking damages for “pain and .
