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NEED TO KNOW
- Sean “Diddy” Combs and Harvey Weinstein have each been accused of sexual assault by mannequin Crystal McKinney
- An amended criticism filed on Could 30 towards Weinstein alleged that he raped McKinney and a pal in 2003
- The mannequin beforehand filed a lawsuit in 2024 accusing Combs of drugging and sexually assaulting her
Sean “Diddy” Combs and Harvey Weinstein have been accused of sexual assault by the identical lady.
Crystal McKinney — who filed a lawsuit against Combs in Could 2024, accusing him of drugging and sexually assaulting her — has now been named in an amended Could 30 criticism, which was initially filed in February 2025, towards disgraced movie producer Weinstein, 73.
The criticism, which is unrelated to Diddy’s lawsuit, alleged that Weinstein raped McKinney and a pal in a Manhattan resort room in 2003.
In response to the criticism obtained by PEOPLE, McKinney claims she obtained a name from an unnamed modeling firm government telling her that he had arrange a enterprise assembly between her and Weinstein at a well-liked West Village lounge within the night.
McKinney stated she introduced alongside a fellow modeling pal and roommate to see if he would “take into account her as effectively for an appearing position.”
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They arrived on the lounge and waited for the movie mogul to reach earlier than they have been ushered to his desk, per the criticism.
McKinney then claimed that Weinstein “repeatedly advised them that he needed to get to know each of them higher, so he may see their ‘actual selves’ ” and urged that they transfer the assembly to “focus on potential appearing roles” to his place because the lounge was “too loud and crowded.”
Nevertheless, as soon as they bought again to the resort room, McKinney alleges within the criticism that the movie producer “plied” them with alcohol, ordering a number of bottles of “Boulevardier and Dom Pérignon” and” vodka cocktails.”
She claimed within the lawsuit that at one level, Weinstein grabbed her breasts and “tore at her tank high,” which prompted drinks to slosh on her shirt and prompted her to flee to the lavatory.
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She additional alleged within the criticism that her pal joined her, and Weinstein additionally “barged” into the lavatory, “demanded the ladies strip and take a shower with him” earlier than continuing to show himself and enter the bathtub.
McKinney stated she and her pal “complied together with his request” as they felt “backed right into a nook and feared that he would retaliate towards them in the event that they refused his sexual advances.”
McKinney alleged within the criticism that he “directed” the ladies to interact in sexual acts with one another within the bathtub, earlier than he “dragged” them from the bathtub to the mattress. She claimed that he then raped her and her pal earlier than he “abruptly left the resort room.”
McKinney claimed that she was “disgusted however too frightened to voice her opposition” and had been closely “intoxicated” on the time.
She claimed within the submitting that Weinstein’s assistant then known as the resort room, and McKinney knowledgeable her of what passed off, however as an alternative of “addressing” her complaints, the assistant allegedly advised her to “depart the resort room instantly.”
Following the incident, McKinney stated she skilled “despair, anxiousness, anger, self-blame, suicidal ideation, physique picture points and demoralization.”
Attorneys for Weinstein and McKinney didn’t instantly reply to PEOPLE’s request for touch upon the criticism.
Weinstein was convicted in New York State for rape and sexual assault in 2020 and subsequently sentenced to 23 years in jail. Nevertheless, his convictions were overturned in April 2024 after the New York Court docket of Appeals dominated he did not obtain a good trial as a result of girls uninvolved within the expenses have been allowed to testify.
In January, Weinstein begged a New York decide to move up his retrial date, claiming that he was unwell and didn’t know “how for much longer” he may “maintain on.” He’s serving jail time on Rikers Island because of his 2022 convictions for sex crimes charges in California.
As for Combs, he’s on trial for intercourse trafficking and racketeering expenses, for which he has pleaded not responsible.