Sean 'Diddy' Combs accused of sexual assault in a new lawsuit

A new lawsuit has been filed against Sean Diddy Combs on Tuesday, accusing him of sexual assault. Crystal McKinney, a former model and winner of MTV 1998 Model Mission competition, has filed the lawsuit.

According to the complaint, filed in New York, McKinney claims that she was “drugged and sexually assaulted” in 2003 by Combs following a Men’s Fashion Week event in New York City. McKinney was 22 years old at the time.

The model claims she first met Combs at a dinner, where he came on to her “in a sexually suggestive manner” and told her to call him later.

McKinney “felt confused but hopeful that Combs would fulfil his promises to help her career," said the lawsuit.

Combs reportedly invited her to his recording studio later that night.

At the studio, Combs offered McKinney marijuana, which she claims was “laced” with “a narcotic or other intoxicating substance.”

The model alleged that, when Combs saw McKinney was “very intoxicated”, he demanded her to follow him and subsequently “physically led” her to the bathroom.

In the bathroom, Combs “began kissing her without her consent” and later “forced her to perform oral sex on him,” according to the complaint.

After the assault, McKinney claims she felt “more and more woozy and then lost consciousness,” later waking up in a taxicab heading back to the apartment belonging to the designer she was working with at the time.

“As her consciousness returned, plaintiff realised that she had been sexually assaulted by Combs,” the complaint reads.

So far, Combs or his representative have not responded to the lawsuit.

The lawsuit comes days after dated surveillance footage of Combs physically assaulting his then-girlfriend Cassie Venturawent viral.

The attack was first referenced in a November 2023 lawsuit that Ventura brought against the rap mogul, whom she dated from 2007 to 2018.