Jay-Z has been accused of raping a 13-year-old woman in 2000 in a lawsuit that additionally alleges Sean “Diddy” Combs took half within the act, in response to NBC Information.
For his half, the rapper-mogul — whose actual identify is Shawn Carter — responded that the claims are “idiotic” and a part of a “blackmail try.”
Within the lawsuit, the accuser, recognized solely as “Jane Doe,” alleges Carter and Combs raped her at a home occasion after the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards, which came about in New York, NBC Information reported.
The lawsuit, which was first filed in October within the Southern District of New York, initially listed Combs as a defendant. It was refiled Sunday to incorporate Carter. Lawyer Tony Buzbee, who filed the swimsuit, additionally has filed quite a few fits towards Combs previously a number of months.
Buzbee wrote that “Carter acquired a letter from Plaintiff’s counsel requesting a mediation to resolve this matter” earlier than the lawsuit was refiled and that Carter had filed his personal lawsuit towards the accuser’s attorneys.
For his half, Carter posted through his firm Roc Nation’s X account on Sunday that the letter from Buzbee was a “blackmail try.”
“What he had calculated was the character of those allegations and the general public scrutiny would make me need to settle,” he wrote in a prolonged put up. “No sir, it had the alternative impact! It made me need to expose you for the fraud you might be in a VERY public trend. So no, I cannot provide you with ONE RED PENNY!! These allegations are so heinous in nature that I implore you to file a felony grievance, not a civil one!! Whomever would commit such a criminal offense towards a minor ought to be locked away, would you not agree? These alleged victims would deserve actual justice if that had been the case.”
He went on to says he’s “performed a little bit of analysis” on Buzbee and that he has a “sample of some of these theatrics.” He additionally referred to as him “deplorable” and that he was feeling “heartbreak” for his spouse, Beyoncé, and their three youngsters.
He added that doesn’t “play some of these video games.”
“Solely your community of conspiracy theorists … will imagine the idiotic claims you might have levied towards me that, if not for the seriousness surrounding hurt to youngsters, can be laughable,” he continued.
Shortly after Roc Nation posted on X, Buzbee put up his personal put up on Instagram that didn’t point out anybody by identify however alleged he’s been getting threats because of the lawsuits he’s filed. The put up included a photograph of him in a navy uniform with the caption: “Acknowledge this man? It is a image of the Weapons Platoon Commander, Alpha Firm, First Battalion, Fourth Marines from our outdated Western Pacific cruise guide. Regardless of a coordinated and aggressive effort that has included harassing my youngsters, contacting my purchasers and former purchasers to encourage them to sue me, contacting my colleagues or former staff asking if I’ve ‘abused’ them, exhibiting up at my present staff’ properties to harass them, submitting frivolous instances towards me and my regulation agency, defaming me with outrageous assertions to anybody who will pay attention, and having mysterious folks comply with me and my household, I’m nonetheless THAT man. I gained’t be bullied or intimidated. Individuals will see via this effort to discredit me and my purchasers and the reality can be revealed. I additionally gained’t permit anybody to scare my purchasers into silence. Daylight is the most effective disinfectant and I’m fairly sure the solar is coming.”
The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to Jay-Z’s rep. Combs, who has denied all allegations towards him, is at present in custody at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Middle awaiting trial, which is scheduled to start Might 5.
Within the lawsuit, the accuser claims that she was dropped off at Radio Metropolis Music Corridor, the place the VMAs had been being held, regardless of not having a ticket. She was making an attempt to attain entry into the ceremony or the afterparty when a limousine driver advised her he labored for Combs and that she “match what Diddy was on the lookout for,” the lawsuit states.
After being pushed to a celebration, she was requested to signal a doc she believed was a nondisclosure settlement to enter the bash, the place celebrities and others had been doing marijuana and cocaine. There, she was supplied a drink that made her really feel “woozy, lightheaded and felt [like] she wanted to lie down,” the swimsuit says. She went right into a room to relaxation; the lawsuit alleges that Combs and Carter entered the room. “You might be able to occasion!” Combs allegedly mentioned.
She alleges that Carter then took her garments off, pinned her down and raped her, and that Combs and an unnamed feminine superstar allegedly watched. She alleges that Combs additionally raped her as Carter and the lady watched.
She moreover alleges that Combs was making an attempt to power her to carry out oral intercourse on him however she was capable of forestall that from taking place by hitting him within the neck. The accuser claims that after the alleged assault, she “grabbed her garments” and left; she discovered a fuel station and referred to as her dad.
The accuser is in search of unspecified damages.
Learn Carter’s full response beneath.
See Buzbee’s put up beneath.
