Hip-hop mogul Jay-Z’s scorched-earth protection of his fame and his firm following probably career-ending accusations of raping a teenage woman with Sean “Diddy” Combs has introduced one other lawsuit, this time taking up his accuser instantly.
The worldwide rap famous person, whose authorized identify is Shawn Carter, filed a 25-page go well with on Monday in a Cell, Alabama court docket in opposition to the unnamed girl, saying she filed a “false” and “malicious” case that was “strategically and tactically calculated and timed to inflict most ache and struggling on [him].”
Within the now-withdrawn lawsuit that rattled the popular culture world in December, the girl claimed that when she was 13, Combs and Carter sexually assaulted her at a celebration after the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards. The go well with claims that the girl, who is just not named in court docket paperwork as she is allegedly a sexual assault sufferer, knew she was fabricating the story; at one level, the brand new go well with claims, she admitted to Carter’s representatives that the story was made up.
“[The plaintiff] voluntarily admitted on to representatives of Mr. Carter that the story introduced earlier than the world in court docket and on international tv was simply that: a false, malicious story,” the criticism states, including she was, “pushed [into] going ahead with the false story in opposition to Mr. Carter.”
The go well with alleges that there are three earlier dropped sexual assault allegation fits involving the girl who accused Carter and Combs of rape.
Houston Legal professional Anthony Buzbee, who’s bringing dozens of sexual assault lawsuits in opposition to Combs and represents the girl within the case that named Carter, stated in a press release that the rapper, which names him and lawyer David Fortney, has “no authorized advantage.”
Buzbee added that the girl continues to face by her account of what occurred on the get together in New York 25 years in the past. She withdrew the go well with after an interview with NBC Information uncovered some inconsistencies in her narrative — together with her account that she was picked up afterwards by her father, who has stated he was hours away on the time and has no recollection of that taking place, The accuser admitted she “made some errors” in presenting the allegations; Buzbee withdrew the case two months later.
In his criticism, Carter claims that the girl was bamboozled by the attorneys, who “falsely, maliciously, and manipulatively” advised her that the go well with wanted to be dismissed as a result of the rap star was threatening to kill her. In reality, the go well with claims, the attorneys “had been determined to withdraw the false case or face punishment in court docket.” It’s because Buzbee legally can’t lead the case as he isn’t in a position to apply legislation in New York state, the place the case was filed.
On Tuesday, The Hollywood Reporter emailed Buzbee’s workplace to ask if there was any correlation between the back-to-back court docket determination and his submitting however didn’t instantly hear again.
The Alabama go well with filed this week is the most recent case in a battle that has performed out in court docket filings after the accusation in opposition to the rapper almost introduced profession annihilation to Jay-Z and would have deeply disrupted his firm, Roc Nation — whose profitable contract with the NFL may have evaporated amid the controversy. Roc Nation misplaced over $20 million due to the accusation, the go well with claims, but it surely doesn’t clarify how and why that got here to be.
The Alabama go well with accuses the unnamed girl of defamation of the rapper and reputational hurt and accuses each her and the attorneys of malicious prosecution. It’s one among two fits Carter had filed in opposition to Buzbee; in a criticism filed in Los Angeles, the rapper claimed {that a} letter asking for a “confidential mediation” within the girl’s case amounted to extortion. Final week, an L.A. choose reportedly indicated at a listening to that extortion might be off the desk within the case however defamation may play out within the courtroom because the rap mogul and lawyer proceed to lock horns.
