Jay-Z has responded to a civil lawsuit wherein a girl claims the famous person and Diddy raped her with she was 13 previous.
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.
Jay-Z is seen previous to a recreation between the Dallas Cowboys and the Washington Commanders at Northwest Stadium on November 24, 2024 in Landover, Maryland. (Picture by Timothy Nwachukwu/Getty Photographs)
Diddy, after all, was arrested in September on fees of intercourse trafficking and racketeering.
He’s at the moment 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, along with his longtime friend and collaborator Shawn Carter (a/k/a ‘JayZ’), drugged and raped a thirteen-year-old girl at an afterparty following the 2000 Video Music Awards,” the aforementioned lawsuit swimsuit states.
“Another celebrity stood by and watched as Combs and Carter took turns assaulting the minor.”
Jay-Z accepts the Dr. Dre International Influence Award on stage through the 66th Annual Grammy Awards on the Crypto.com Enviornment in Los Angeles on February 4, 2024. (Picture by Valerie Macon / AFP) (Picture by VALERIE MACON/AFP by way of Getty Photographs)
Calling out the legal professional answerable for this submitting, Tony Buzbee, denying the rape allegation and making it clear he deliberate to combat for his status.
Jay-Z wrote that it is a “blackmail attempt” and he has no plans to settle, elaborating as follows:
“I can’t provide you with ONE RED PENNY!!
“These allegations are so heinous in nature that I implore you to file a legal grievance, not a civil one!! Whomever would commit such against the law in opposition to a minor must be locked away, would you not agree?
“These alleged victims would deserve real justice if that were 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 “looking for a place to rest” and “entered what she believed to be an empty bedroom so she could lie down for a moment” 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.
“Soon after, Combs, along with a male and female celebrity, entered the room,” the 19-page motion continued.
“Combs aggressively approached Plaintiff with a crazed look in his eyes, grabbed her, and said, ‘You are ready to party!’”
Jay-Z attends the Los Angeles Premiere of Sony Footage’ “The Book Of Clarence” at Academy Museum of Movement Footage on January 5, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Picture by Phillip Faraone/Getty Photographs)
Added Jay-Z on Sunday in his personal protection, as soon as once more going after the legal professional:
“You may have made a horrible error in judgement pondering that every one ‘celebrities’ are the identical.
“I’m not out of your world. I’m a younger man who made it out of the venture of Brooklyn. We don’t play these kinds of video games. We now have very strict codes and honor. We shield kids, you appear to use folks for private achieve.
“Solely your community of conspiracy theorists, faux physics, will imagine the idiotic claims you might have levied in opposition to me that, if not for the seriousness surrounding hurt to children, can be laughable.
“I look forward to showing you just how different I am.”
Jay Z attends a recreation between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder at Crypto.com Enviornment on February 7, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Picture by Harry How/Getty Photographs)
Beforehand, Diddy’s legal professionals additionally denied this identical allegation.
“This amended complaint and the recent extortion lawsuit against Mr. Buzbee exposes his barrage of lawsuits against Mr. Combs for what they are: shameless publicity stunts, designed to extract payments from celebrities who fear having lies spread about them, just as lies have been spread about Mr. Combs,” their assertion stated a number of weeks in the past.
“As his authorized workforce has stated earlier than, Mr. Combs has full confidence within the info and the integrity of the judicial course of.
“In court, the truth will prevail: that Mr. Combs never sexually assaulted or trafficked anyone — man or woman, adult or minor.”
