by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, Dec 5 – In May 2024 Crystal McKinney sued Sean Combs for sexual assault under the NYC Gender Motivated Violence in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
The suit recounts Combs inviting McKinney to Cipriani Downtown - in 2003 - then to his studio on West 44th Street where he drugged and assaulted her, according to the complaint.
On September 24, 2024, after Combs' arrest and detention in the MDC, Thalia Graves sued Combs and others alleging a 2001 rape, complaint on Patreon here.
On September 26 in Jane Doe v. Combs, plaintiff's counsel filed an affidavit by NYS Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal initially filed in a case against Leon Black, for the proposition that the state statute he sponsored, NYS CVA, was not intended to preempt the NYC law Doe is suing under.
On December 5, Judge Clarke ruled on "MOTION to Dismiss Amended Complaint. filed by Daddy's House Recordings, Inc., Sean Combs, Bad Boy Entertainment Holdings, Inc.. For the reasons stated herein, the motion to dismiss is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. The cause of action against Daddy's House and Bad Boy is DISMISSED. Plaintiff is also now directed to comply with the Court's earlier ruling (ECF No. 49) finding that she may no longer proceed anonymously."
Later on December 5, Dawn Richard dropped claims against Diageo / Ciroc: "NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(i) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the plaintiff(s) and or their counsel(s), hereby give notice that the above-captioned action is voluntarily dismissed, without prejudice against the defendant(s) Diageo Americas Supply Inc dba Ciroc Distilling Company dba Ciroc Canning Co. Document filed by Dawn Angelique Richard."
Inner City Press will be covering the Combs cases. These include McKinney v. Combs, et al., 1:24-cv-3931 (Buchwald) and this one, Doe v. Combs, 23-cv-10628 (Clarke)
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