Jay-Z, Sean “Diddy” Combs accused of raping 13-year-old in civil swimsuit
Rappers Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs have been accused in a civil lawsuit of raping a 13-year-old woman again in 2000.
The lawsuit, which was initially filed in October and re-filed Sunday in New York so as to add Jay-Z to the record of defendants, alleges that the sufferer, recognized solely as a girl now dwelling in Alabama, was raped by each males at a Video Music Awards afterparty.
Jay-Z, whose actual identify is Shawn Carter, referred to the allegations in an announcement as a “blackmail try.” Combs’ legal professional denied the allegations.
The lawsuit alleges the woman went to the VMAs in New York Metropolis with out a ticket hoping to get inside, however was as an alternative invited to an afterparty by a limo driver who claimed to work for Combs. The limo driver allegedly drove her to the occasion, the place she was advised to signal one thing that she believes was a non-disclosure settlement, the lawsuit claims.
Whereas inside, the lawsuit alleges, “after trying to speak to quite a few celebrities, Plaintiff accepted a drink from one of many waitresses circulating the group.” The lawsuit claims she started to really feel “woozy and lightheaded” after ingesting “a portion of the drink” and went to discover a place to lie down. She went right into a room that had a mattress in it and, shortly after mendacity down, Combs, Carter and an unnamed girl movie star whom the alleged sufferer acknowledged entered the room, the lawsuit claims.
The lawsuit then alleges that Carter held her down and raped her whereas Combs and the lady movie star watched. After, Combs additionally raped her whereas Carter and the lady watched, the swimsuit claims. Combs then tried to drive the woman to carry out oral intercourse on him, however she managed to punch him, seize her garments, wrap them round her and run away, in response to the lawsuit.
“Though there have been different friends nonetheless on the occasion, nobody appeared to take discover of Plaintiff’s misery or tried to assist her,” the lawsuit alleges.
In accordance with the lawsuit, after leaving the home and placing her garments again on, the woman managed to run again to a fuel station she had seen on the way in which to the occasion, the place a clerk “seen her misery and allowed her to make use of the telephone.” She then allegedly used the telephone to name her father and have him choose her up.
The girl is looking for unspecified damages.
In response to the submitting, Carter stated in an announcement, “My lawyer acquired a blackmail try, known as a requirement letter, from a ‘lawyer’ named Tony Buzbee. What he had calculated was the character of those allegations and the general public scrutiny would make me need to settle. No sir, it had the other impact! It made me need to expose you for the fraud you’re in a VERY public vogue. So no, I can’t offer you ONE RED PENNY!!”
“Solely your community of conspiracy theorists, pretend physics, will imagine the idiotic claims you could have levied in opposition to me that, if not for the seriousness surrounding hurt to children, could be laughable,” the assertion added.
Teny Geragos, an legal professional representing Combs, stated in an announcement, “This amended criticism and the latest extortion lawsuit in opposition to Mr. Buzbee exposes his barrage of lawsuits in opposition to Mr. Combs for what they’re: shameless publicity stunts, designed to extract funds from celebrities who concern having lies unfold about them, simply as lies have been unfold about Mr. Combs. As his authorized staff has stated earlier than, Mr. Combs has full confidence within the info and the integrity of the judicial course of. In courtroom, the reality will prevail: that Mr. Combs by no means sexually assaulted or trafficked anybody—man or girl, grownup or minor.”
Buzbee was sued final month by an nameless male movie star, who alleges the lawyer tried to extort funds by threatening to file allegations of sexual assault, which the movie star denies. Buzbee, in return, denies the extortion allegations.
Buzbee didn’t instantly reply to a CBS Information request for remark. In an announcement posted Sunday evening on X, Buzbee alleged that Carter was behind the nameless lawsuit in opposition to him.
“What he fails to say in his latest assertion is my agency despatched his lawyer a requirement letter on behalf of an alleged sufferer and that sufferer by no means demanded a penny from him. As a substitute, she solely sought a confidential mediation,” Buzbee wrote. “Since I despatched the letter on her behalf, Mr. Carter has not solely sued me, however he has tried to bully and harass me and this plaintiff. His conduct has had the other influence. She is emboldened. I am very pleased with her resolve.”
Buzbee additionally wrote on Instagram that there was a “coordinated and aggressive effort” in opposition to him that has included “submitting frivolous circumstances in opposition to me and my legislation agency, defaming me with outrageous assertions to anybody who will hear, and having mysterious individuals comply with me and my household.”
“Folks will see via this effort to discredit me and my purchasers and the reality might be revealed. I additionally will not permit anybody to scare my purchasers into silence,” Buzbee wrote.
Combs is at the moment in custody in New York as he awaits trial on federal intercourse trafficking expenses. His makes an attempt to safe bail have been denied a number of occasions.
Combs was arrested in September and charged with intercourse trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to interact in prostitution, with prosecutors accusing him of utilizing his enterprise empire to interact in repeated abuses through the years. He has pleaded not responsible to the fees.
