Mannequin’s Lawsuit In opposition to Diddy Claiming He Assaulted Her And Ruined Her Marriage Might Be Dismissed

Sean “Diddy” Combs is trying to have a lawsuit dismissed that accuses him of sexually assaulting a former mannequin in 2003, arguing that the case is each outdated and legally inadequate, in line with courtroom filings.

The swimsuit, introduced by Crystal McKinney, claims that the outstanding Hip-Hop mogul assaulted her following a New York Vogue Week occasion over twenty years in the past and ruined her marriage.  

However Diddy’s authorized group contends that the statute of limitations has lengthy expired.

McKinney’s lawsuit, filed earlier this yr, seeks to make the most of a two-year revival provision launched in 2022 underneath New York Metropolis’s Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Safety Regulation (VGM).

This provision permits some people whose claims had been in any other case time-barred to file lawsuits for alleged misconduct.

McKinney argues the modification offers her authorized standing.

She alleges that Diddy invited her to his recording studio, Daddy’s Home, the place the assault allegedly came about. The disgraced mogul, by his attorneys, has denied the validity of those claims.

Erica A. Wolff, one of many attorneys representing Diddy, mentioned the modification underneath the VGM was “preempted” by New York State’s Grownup Survivor’s Act (ASA), a regulation granting the same revival window for sexual assault claims that closed in November 2023.

“State regulation takes priority over metropolis regulation. McKinney’s claims expired in 2010, and nothing throughout the ASA’s timeframe permits these expired claims to be delivered to courtroom now,” Wolff argued. Subsequently, the protection group insists, McKinney’s grievance is “time-barred.”

The courtroom will weigh the arguments within the coming weeks, with the likelihood that McKinney’s case might be dismissed with prejudice, stopping additional authorized makes an attempt on the identical grounds.