| In Jane Doe v Sean Combs
Name Must Be Given As Richard
Drops Diageo and Ciroc
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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