Jay-Z sues lady who dropped rape declare in opposition to him

Jay-Z is suing a lady who in February withdrew her authorized motion accusing the rapper of rape.

His defamation motion claims she “voluntarily admitted” being pressured into making false claims in what it describes as an “evil conspiracy” to extort cash and injury his fame.

The nameless lady filed her authorized motion in October and refiled it in December, accusing Jay-Z, actual identify Shawn Carter, and Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping her aged 13, after the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards.

Each rappers denied the allegations.

Jay-Z’s defamation motion, filed at a federal courtroom in Alabama, additionally accuses the lady’s lawyer, Tony Buzbee, and his co-counsel, David Fortney, of orchestrating her lawsuit.

Mr Buzbee has garnered headlines internationally over the handfuls of authorized actions he has filed on behalf of individuals accusing Mr Combs of sexual misconduct, extortion, assault and different transgressions.

Mr Combs has denied all of the allegations.

He’s additionally dealing with federal sex-trafficking and racketeering expenses, to which he has pleaded not responsible.

Jay-Z’s defamation motion says the lady informed his authorized workforce her attorneys had made her make the false allegations.

“Buzbee introduced Jay-Z into it,” it says she mentioned.

And regardless of her admitting Jay-Z “didn’t sexually assault [her],” Mr Buzbee “pushed [her] in the direction of going ahead” with the false story to strengthen the case and extort extra money, the defamation swimsuit claims.

Jay-Z’s motion additionally notes alleged discrepancies within the lady’s interview with NBC Information final 12 months, together with naming one other celeb visitor on the MTV social gathering, who had, in actuality, been performing in a metropolis hundreds of miles away on the evening.

Her father additionally contradicted her declare he had picked her up after the alleged assault, it claims.

Jay-Z’s defamation motion says Mr Buzbee’s agency didn’t vet the claims and the lady, who they are saying has a historical past of psychological well being points and an assault cost.

Mr Buzbee has denied any wrongdoing and claims Jay-Z’s workforce tried to intimidate the lady into retracting her statements.

In an announcement obtained by BBC Information, Mr Buzbee mentioned Jay-Z’s defamation motion had “no authorized benefit”.

“Shawn Carter’s investigators have repeatedly harassed, threatened and harangued this poor lady for weeks, attempting to intimidate her and make her recant her story,” Mr Buzbee mentioned.

“She will not – as an alternative, she has said repeatedly she stands by her claims.”

Jay- Z, who’s married to Beyoncé, says the accusations have led to non-public {and professional} hurt, together with the lack of enterprise contracts price about $20m (£15.8m) a 12 months for his firm, Roc Nation, and brought an emotional toll on his household, notably his youngsters.