Crystal McKinney filed a lawsuit in opposition to Harvey Weinstein in New York, alleging he assaulted her and a good friend in 2003 throughout a lodge assembly organized by a modeling govt.
Harvey Weinstein has been hit with a brand new sexual assault lawsuit in New York Metropolis by Crystal McKinney, the identical girl who just lately accused Sean “Diddy” Combs of assaulting her throughout a 2003 style occasion.
McKinney, a former mannequin, filed a civil grievance in opposition to Weinstein on Tuesday (Might 28), alleging he assaulted her and a good friend inside a lodge room in Manhattan in 2003.
In keeping with courtroom paperwork, the encounter was organized by a modeling govt who advised McKinney she had an opportunity to “make it huge” by assembly the then-powerful movie producer.
The lawsuit, filed initially anonymously in February, claims the manager arrange the assembly underneath the guise of a enterprise alternative.
McKinney stated she was advised, “Don’t f**okay him till he places you in a film.” She described being “bothered” by the comment however admitted she was intrigued by the possibility to work with “the most important producer in Hollywood.”
Weinstein’s authorized workforce dismissed the allegations outright.
“Harvey Weinstein categorically denies the outlandish and fantastical claims made in opposition to him by Crystal McKinney in her grievance,” his lawyer stated in an announcement to Fox Information. “Made late in time and suspiciously on the heels of her grievance in opposition to Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, Mr. Weinstein is able to refute and defend in opposition to the salacious claims, which might be believed to have been made with an opportunistic motive.”
McKinney beforehand filed a lawsuit in opposition to Combs in Might, accusing the Hip-Hop mogul of sexually assaulting her throughout a Males’s Style Week occasion in 2003.
That case stays energetic.
Weinstein, 72, is at the moment serving a 23-year sentence in New York after being convicted of rape and sexual assault in 2020.
He additionally faces extra authorized battles in California. Weinstein was sentenced to a different 16 years in Los Angeles in 2023 for separate prices.
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