Diddy Files To Dismiss Sexual Assault Lawsuit As Federal Case Heats Up

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While Diddy's legal troubles have only just begun, he's trying to clean out some smaller cases.

Diddy may have a massive federal indictment to handle, but that doesn't mean he can't still address the other lawsuits against him for his alleged misconduct. Moreover, according to TMZ, he and his team filed a motion to dismiss Crystal McKinney's sexual assault suit against him due to the statute of limitations for these claims expiring. For those unaware, her claims were protected by the Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Law until their expiration in 2010, seven years after the alleged incident. Bad Boy Entertainment, in addition to Daddy's House Recording, wrote a letter responding to the suit along with Sean Combs' lawyers.

On the other hand, Crystal McKinney's legal team posits that a local government ordinance provided a timeframe of "reviving" this case and her claims against Diddy. However, his attorneys' counterargument is that New York state law supersedes these local provisions, which is why they argue in favor of dismissal under the state law's statute of limitations. In addition, the letter also claims that Bad Boy and other companies owned by its mogul can't be defendants in this lawsuit because they did not facilitate or indirectly cause the alleged crimes in question, so a court can't hold them accountable for them.

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For those unaware of Crystal McKinney's lawsuit from back in May, she claims that she accepted an invitation to a Men's Fashion Week shindig at Cipriani Downtown in New York City in 2003. Here, she alleges that she met Diddy for the first time, and that he invited her to his studio afterward. Crystal accused the businessman of possibly lacing a joint, forced her to perform oral sex on him after drinking with his entourage, and then blackballed her from the modeling industry. She also revealed that she attempted suicide the next year.

Meanwhile, the Diddy case will likely continue to develop in ugly, contentious, and mysterious ways. Most of the allegations against him remain just that: allegations. As such, we all have to wait until a court of law examines the charges against the music executive and to see what happens with his other lawsuits. Perhaps these separate cases will end apart from each other, or within the same timeline.

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Gabriel Bras Nevares is a music and pop culture news writer for HotNewHipHop. He started in 2022 as a weekend writer and, since joining the team full-time, has developed a strong knowledge in hip-hop news and releases. Whether it’s regular coverage or occasional interviews and album reviews, he continues to search for the most relevant news for his audience and find the best new releases in the genre. What excites him the most is finding pop culture stories of interest, as well as a deeper passion for the art form of hip-hop and its contemporary output. Specifically, Gabriel enjoys the fringes of rap music: the experimental, boundary-pushing, and raw alternatives to the mainstream sound. As a proud native of San Juan, Puerto Rico, he also stays up-to-date with the archipelago’s local scene and its biggest musical exponents in reggaetón, salsa, indie, and beyond. Before working at HotNewHipHop, Gabriel produced multiple short documentaries, artist interviews, venue spotlights, and audio podcasts on a variety of genres and musical figures. Hardcore punk and Go-go music defined much of his coverage during his time at the George Washington University in D.C. His favorite hip-hop artists working today are Tyler, The Creator, Boldy James, JPEGMAFIA, and Earl Sweatshirt.
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