| Suing Sean
Combs for 2022 Rape in NY
Shante Kelly Gave Her Name But
Now Faces Dismissal
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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