Sexual assault lawsuit towards Jay-Z, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs dropped by accuser

Sean Combs. File
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An nameless lady who accused Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter and Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping her in 2000 when she was 13 dismissed her civil lawsuit on Friday (February 14, 2025) towards the hip-hop moguls.

A submitting in federal court docket in Manhattan stated the plaintiff, known as Jane Doe, voluntarily dismissed the case with prejudice, which means she can’t convey it once more.

Tony Buzbee, a lawyer for the girl, declined to remark. Mr. Combs is in a Brooklyn jail awaiting a scheduled Might 5 legal trial on racketeering and intercourse trafficking prices.

He nonetheless faces dozens of different civil lawsuits by ladies and men, together with many represented by Buzbee’s agency, who accused him of sexual assault and different misconduct.

Mr. Combs has pleaded not responsible within the legal case, and maintained his innocence in all the instances. The Doe lawsuit was the one one to call Carter as a defendant, and he had vociferously denied the girl’s claims.

“At the moment is a victory,” Mr. Carter stated in a press release posted on-line by his leisure firm Roc Nation. “The frivolous, fictitious and appalling allegations have been dismissed. This civil go well with was with out advantage and by no means going anyplace.”

Mr. Carter stated the case additionally precipitated trauma for his spouse Beyonce, and their youngsters.

In a joint assertion, Mr. Combs’ attorneys maintained that their consumer has by no means sexually assaulted or trafficked anybody.

“We’ll proceed to combat these baseless claims and maintain these accountable,” the attorneys stated. “That is simply the primary of many that won’t maintain up in a court docket of legislation.”

Ms. Doe accused Mr. Carter and Mr. Combs of raping her at an afterparty following the 2000 MTV Music Video Awards.

She stated the alleged incident precipitated melancholy that led to post-traumatic stress dysfunction and her being “largely withdrawn from society.”