Jay-Z’s legal professional is seeking to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the rapper of raping a 13-year-old woman after the Jane Doe acknowledged inconsistencies in her allegations in a brand new NBC Information report.
Within the lawsuit, initially filed in October, a girl recognized solely as “Jane Doe” sued Sean “Diddy” Combs for allegedly raping her at a celebration following the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards. The grievance was amended on Sunday to incorporate the allegation that Jay-Z, whose actual title is Shawn Carter, was additionally current and took part within the assault.
In a brand new interview with NBC Information, the Alabama lady, who’s now 38, recounted what she known as a “catastrophic occasion” 24 years in the past, alleging that she was given a spiked drink and subsequently assaulted. Nevertheless, she and her legal professionals additionally acknowledged some inconsistencies in her recollection of that night time in response to the outlet’s questions. “I’ve made some errors,” she stated.
The inconsistencies embrace the lady claiming her father picked her up after the alleged sexual assault, however he says he doesn’t keep in mind doing that. The Jane Doe additionally says she spoke to a different superstar on the afterparty the place the sexual assault befell, however that superstar (Good Charlotte’s Benji Madden) says he was not in New York that night time because the band was on tour within the midwest throughout this time interval. Photos from that night in 2000 additionally present Carter and Combs at a unique location than the ladies described, however their location for all the night time is unclear.
Carter wrote in an announcement in response to the NBC Information report, “Immediately’s investigative report proves this ‘legal professional’ [Tony] Buzbee filed a false grievance in opposition to me within the pursuit of cash and fame. This incident didn’t occur and but he filed it in court docket and doubled down within the press. True Justice is coming. We struggle FROM victory, not FOR victory. This was over earlier than it started. This 1-800 lawyer doesn’t notice it but, however, quickly.”
The rapper’s legal professional Alex Spiro added, “It’s beautiful {that a} lawyer wouldn’t solely file such a severe grievance with out correct vetting, however would make issues worse by additional peddling this false story within the press. We’re asking the Courtroom to dismiss this frivolous case at this time, and can take up the matter of extra self-discipline for Mr. Buzbee and all of the legal professionals that filed the grievance.”
In a submitting on Monday, Spiro argued that the lady accusing Carter should reveal her id or drop the lawsuit altogether, saying she has not offered substantial proof to justify her anonymity, including her “imprecise assertions of potential hurt fall far in need of the stringent necessities.”
Carter additionally beforehand shared that he had anonymously sued Buzbee, claiming that the lawyer was making an attempt to blackmail him.
Buzbee shared in an announcement with The Hollywood Reporter, “Jane Doe’s case was referred to our agency by one other legislation agency, who vetted it previous to sending it to us. Our consumer stays fiercely adamant that what she has acknowledged is true, to the very best of her reminiscence. We’ll proceed to vet her claims and gather corroborating knowledge to the extent it exists. As a result of now we have interrogated her intensely, she has even agreed to undergo a polygraph. I’ve by no means had a consumer counsel that earlier than. In any occasion, we all the time do our greatest to vet every declare made, simply as we did on this case. This has been extraordinarily distressing for her, to the purpose she has skilled seizures and needed to search medical therapy as a result of stress.”
