Jay-Z has responded to a civil lawsuit wherein a lady claims the celebrity and Diddy raped her with she was 13 outdated.
On December 8, the accuser — recognized within the authorized paperwork merely as Jane Doe — refiled a sexual assault civil lawsuit she had initially filed in opposition to Diddy in October… including Jay-Z as a defendant.
On this doc, Doe says that the musicians raped her at a home social gathering following the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards in New York Metropolis.
Diddy, in fact, was arrested in September on costs of intercourse trafficking and racketeering.
He’s at present behind bars, has been denied bail on quite a few events and is predicted to stay in jail till his trial begins this Might.
“Defendant Sean Combs, alongside together with his longtime pal and collaborator Shawn Carter (a/okay/a ‘JayZ’), drugged and raped a thirteen-year-old woman at an afterparty following the 2000 Video Music Awards,” the aforementioned lawsuit go well with states.
“One other celeb stood by and watched as Combs and Carter took turns assaulting the minor.”
Calling out the legal professional chargeable for this submitting, Tony Buzbee, denying the rape allegation and making it clear he deliberate to combat for his repute.
Jay-Z wrote that it is a “blackmail try” and he has no plans to settle, elaborating as follows:
“I can’t offer you ONE RED PENNY!!
“These allegations are so heinous in nature that I implore you to file a legal criticism, not a civil one!! Whomever would commit such a criminal offense in opposition to a minor needs to be locked away, would you not agree?
“These alleged victims would deserve actual justice if that had been the case.”
— Roc Nation (@RocNation) December 9, 2024
We first reported on this alleged sexual assault in late October.
At the moment, the lawsuit did NOT talked about Jay-Z, however defined how the sufferer was “on the lookout for a spot to relaxation” and “entered what she believed to be an empty bed room so she might lie down for a second” at a post-MTV VMAs social gathering on September 7, 2000.
She says she was feeling “woozy and lightheaded” after only one drink on the gathering.
“Quickly after, Combs, together with a female and male celeb, entered the room,” the 19-page motion continued.
“Combs aggressively approached Plaintiff with a crazed look in his eyes, grabbed her, and mentioned, ‘You might be able to social gathering!’”
Added Jay-Z on Sunday in his personal protection, as soon as once more going after the legal professional:
“You have got made a horrible error in judgement considering that each one ‘celebrities’ are the identical.
“I’m not out of your world. I’m a younger man who made it out of the mission of Brooklyn. We don’t play these kinds of video games. We’ve very strict codes and honor. We shield kids, you appear to use folks for private acquire.
“Solely your community of conspiracy theorists, faux physics, will imagine the idiotic claims you’ve gotten levied in opposition to me that, if not for the seriousness surrounding hurt to youngsters, could be laughable.
“I stay up for displaying you simply how totally different I’m.”
Beforehand, Diddy’s attorneys additionally denied this identical allegation.
“This amended criticism and the current extortion lawsuit in opposition to Mr. Buzbee exposes his barrage of lawsuits in opposition to Mr. Combs for what they’re: shameless publicity stunts, designed to extract funds from celebrities who worry having lies unfold about them, simply as lies have been unfold about Mr. Combs,” their assertion mentioned a number of weeks in the past.
“As his authorized workforce has mentioned earlier than, Mr. Combs has full confidence within the info and the integrity of the judicial course of.
“In courtroom, the reality will prevail: that Mr. Combs by no means sexually assaulted or trafficked anybody — man or girl, grownup or minor.”
