Sean Diddy Combs accused of sexual assault by ex-model Crystal McKinney

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been accused of drugging and sexually assaulting former model Crystal McKinney in 2003, in the latest lawsuit accusing the rapper of sexual violence or physical abuse.

The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in New York’s U.S. District Court for the Southern District, accused the rapper of causing “lifelong harm” to McKinney by assaulting her in a bathroom.

McKinney, who won MTV’s 1998 Model Mission competition, was 22 at the time of the alleged assault, according to the lawsuit. The suit says the assault took place after a Men’s Fashion Week event in New York City.

The slew of lawsuits filed against Combs in recent months include accusations of sexual assault, violent behavior and sex trafficking, spanning decades. Combs has vehemently denied the allegations outlined in the lawsuits against him, and an attorney representing him previously said the rapper “views these lawsuits as a money grab.”

The latest lawsuit alleges that McKinney was introduced to Combs at a restaurant, and that Combs invited McKinney to his New York studio later that night, where she “felt reassured that she would be with others at the studio,” rather than “alone in a personal residence.”

Upon arrival, McKinney found Combs drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana with “several” men, and was allegedly offered a drag of the joint, which she later understood to be laced “with a narcotic or other intoxicating substance,” the lawsuit said.

The joint felt “very powerful,” according to McKinney, who said she was then pressured to consume more alcohol and marijuana by Diddy despite insisting that she had “had enough.” The lawsuit notes that McKinney felt as though she was “floating.”

Combs then “demanded” McKinney follow him to the bathroom, where she was “physically led,” the lawsuit alleges. Combs then “forced himself on Plaintiff and began kissing her without her consent,” the lawsuit said, and then “forced her to perform oral sex on him,” adding that, during the alleged assault, McKinney “felt panicked and physically sick.”

McKinney lost consciousness afterward, and “awakened in shock to find herself in a taxicab,” the lawsuit said, adding that “as her consciousness returned, Plaintiff realized that she had been sexually assaulted by Combs.”

Representatives for Combs did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Diddy’s company, “Bad Boy Records,” fashion line “Sean John Clothing LLC” and Universal Music Group Inc. are also listed as defendants in the suit, which claims they “knew or should have known that Combs posed a risk of sexual assault.” The three companies did not immediately return a request for comment.

McKinney’s lawsuit cites the NYC Gender Motivated Violence Act, which was recently amended to create a two-year look back window, running from March 1, 2023, to March 1, 2025, during which accusers can file claims over gender-motivated assaults from anytime in the past.

Attorneys for McKinney declined to comment further when approached for comment by The Washington Post on Wednesday.

The new lawsuit comes just days after footage was leaked showing Combs beating R&B singer Cassie Ventura inside a hotel hallway in 2016. The surveillance video, obtained by CNN, shows Combs throwing the singer to the floor and then kicking her repeatedly as she lies on the ground.

In an apology video posted to his Instagram on Sunday, Combs confirmed it was him in the footage and called his behavior “inexcusable.” The rapper said he was “truly sorry.”

In 2022, Combs — previously known as Puff Daddy, Puffy and P. Diddy — reportedly became a billionaire. For decades, the disgraced record mogul was hailed as one of the most influential people in the music industry, known for chart-topping hits and his famous white parties.

The viral video emerged six months after Cassie, whose legal name is Casandra Ventura, filed a lawsuit saying she endured more than a decade of “abuse, violence and sex trafficking” at the hands of Combs, whom she dated from 2007 to 2018. The lawsuit was settled a day after it was filed.

In March, armored trucks, helicopters, federal agents and police swarmed Diddy’s Los Angeles home — part of a bicoastal raid carried out by the Department of Homeland Security, which also involved a search of his Miami residence.

A law enforcement official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation, told The Post at the time that the searches were part of a sex-trafficking investigation. An attorney representing Combs called the DHS investigation “a witch hunt based on meritless accusations made in civil lawsuits.”

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