Overview

• McKinney amended her lawsuit on May 30 in Manhattan federal court, accusing Weinstein of raping her and her roommate in his 2003 Ritz-Carlton Battery Park Hotel suite.
• She originally sued Combs in May 2024, alleging he drugged her and forced her to perform oral sex at his New York studio during Men’s Fashion Week 2003; Combs is now on trial for sex trafficking and racketeering.
• Weinstein, 73, is awaiting a retrial after New York’s appeals court overturned his 2020 rape and sexual assault convictions over improperly admitted testimony.
• Lawyers for both men have denied McKinney’s claims—Combs’s team contends the civil suit is time-barred and Weinstein’s counsel labels the accusations opportunistic and unfounded.
• McKinney cites decades of emotional trauma, including depression, anxiety and a 2004 suicide attempt, underscoring #MeToo demands for accountability in entertainment.