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 resort 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 not too long ago accused Sean “Diddy” Combs of assaulting her throughout a 2003 vogue occasion.
McKinney, a former mannequin, filed a civil grievance in opposition to Weinstein on Tuesday (Could 28), alleging he assaulted her and a good friend inside a resort room in Manhattan in 2003.
In accordance with courtroom paperwork, the encounter was organized by a modeling govt who informed McKinney she had an opportunity to “make it massive” by assembly the then-powerful movie producer.
The lawsuit, filed initially anonymously in February, claims the chief arrange the assembly beneath the guise of a enterprise alternative.
McKinney mentioned she was informed, “Don’t f**ok him till he places you in a film.” She described being “bothered” by the comment however admitted she was intrigued by the prospect to work with “the most important producer in Hollywood.”
Weinstein’s authorized group 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 legal professional mentioned in a press release 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 Could, accusing the Hip-Hop mogul of sexually assaulting her throughout a Males’s Vogue Week occasion in 2003.
That case stays energetic.
Weinstein, 72, is at present 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 costs.
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