by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, May 30 – 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 October 22, a Jane Doe sued Combs for alleged sexual assault in New York City in 2022. The case was assigned to Judge Valerie E. Caproni.
On May 28, 2025 an amended complaint was filed, naming the plaintiff as Shante Kelly.
On May 30 Combs' lawyer doubled down on seeking dismissal, arguing that the "long winding driveway" cited in the Complaints does not exist in Manhattan and that the allegations are too vague. 10 page memo on Patreon here
Inner City Press is covering the Combs cases. These include McKinney v. Combs, et al., 1:24-cv-3931 (Buchwald) and this one, Kelly v. Combs, 1:24-cv-8024 (Caproni)
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