Jay-Z has responded to a civil lawsuit wherein a girl claims the celebrity and Diddy raped her with she was 13 outdated.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 towards Diddy in October… including Jay-Z as a defendant.
On this doc, Doe says that the musicians raped her at a home get together following the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards in New York Metropolis.
Diddy, after all, was arrested in September on prices 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, 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 go well with states.
“Another celebrity stood by and watched as Combs and Carter took turns assaulting the minor.”
Calling out the legal professional liable for this submitting, Tony Buzbee, denying the rape allegation and making it clear he deliberate to battle for his fame.
Jay-Z wrote that this can be a “blackmail attempt” and he has no plans to settle, elaborating as follows:
“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 against the law towards a minor needs to 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 get together 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!’”
Added Jay-Z on Sunday in his personal protection, as soon as once more going after the legal professional:
“You’ve gotten made a horrible error in judgement considering 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 all these video games. Now we have very strict codes and honor. We defend kids, you appear to use folks for private acquire.
“Solely your community of conspiracy theorists, pretend physics, will imagine the idiotic claims you will have levied towards me that, if not for the seriousness surrounding hurt to children, could be laughable.
“I look forward to showing you just how different I am.”
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 mentioned just a few weeks in the past.
“As his authorized workforce has mentioned earlier than, Mr. Combs has full confidence within the details 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.”
