Music artist Sean “Diddy” Combs was hit this week with a lawsuit alleging he drugged and sexually assaulted a model in the early 2000s, marking the latest in a against him. The filed Tuesday in federal court in New York City, states that Crystal McKinney — then a 22-year-old rising model — met Combs through an unnamed fashion designer in 2003 and was later sexually assaulted at his music studio. The designer allegedly styled McKinney “to ensure Combs found her attractive” and brought her to meet the rapper at Cipriani Downtown, a restaurant in New York City.
During the dinner, McKinney alleged Combs outwardly made a number of flirtatious and sexually suggestive remarks towards McKinney and “plied” her with alcohol. The music artist then reportedly gave McKinney his number and, later in the evening, asked her to come to his studio in the city, per the suit. Upon her arrival, she met Combs and a group of men who were passing around alcohol and marijuana joints.
She was passed a joint under the impression it was marijuana, but “later came to understand” it was laced with a narcotic or intoxicating substance, the lawsuit stated. She soon became “very intoxicated,” and Combs allegedly forced himself on her in a bathroom, per the court filing. Combs led her back to the studio, where she “lost consciousness” and later woke up in a taxicab heading toward the fashion designer’s apartment, the lawsuit states.
McKinney also filed the suit against the rapper.
