| Suing Sean
Combs for 2022 Rape in Miami
Anthony Tate Gave His Name
Defeats Dismissal
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
May 20 – 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 November 19, a
John Doe sued Combs for
alleged sexual assault in
Miami in 2022. The case was
assigned to Judge Lewis A.
Kaplan.
On January 22,
Judge Kaplan ruled on the
"FIRST MOTION to proceed
anonymously. With the
exception of Factors 1 and 7,
all the factors weigh against
the plaintiffs use of a
pseudonym. Although the
plaintiff's privacy interest
is substantial, he has failed
to present the particularized
evidence required to overcome
the presumption of disclosure.
Plaintiff's motion to proceed
anonymously is therefore is
denied. Plaintiff shall file
an amended complaint including
his name no later than
February 4, 2025 - full 12
page Order on Patreon here.
Jump cut to May
15, when Combs' lawyer argued
again to dismiss the case,
saying it is time barred and
not subject to a cited New
York statute. 12 page May 15
filing on Patreon
here
On May 20, Judge
Kaplan denied the motion to
dismiss in all respects,
reciting "Plaintiff Anthony
Tate here claims that
defendant Sean Combs, in
Miami, Florida, drugged and
sodomized him without his
consent in 2022. He seeks
damages for that alleged
sexual assault from Combs and
various of his business
enterprises. Defendants move
to dismiss" - motion denied, 7
page order on Patreon here
Inner City
Press will be covering the
Combs cases. These include
McKinney v. Combs, et al.,
1:24-cv-3931 (Buchwald) and
this one, Tate v. Combs,
1:24-cv-8810 (Kaplan)
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