Musician and producer Jay-Z was charged with raping a 13-year-old with hip-hop artist Sean Combs in 2000 according to court documents filed on Sunday.
Jay-Z has refuted the allegations. The girl was raped by Combs and Jay-Z (real name Shawn Carter) at an after-party after the MTV Video Music Awards in September 2000, according to an updated complaint in a legal action against Combs.
The complaint reads: “Another celebrity stood by and watched as Combs and Carter took turns assaulting the minor. Many others were present at the after party, but did nothing to stop the assault,”
Carter has accompanied Combs on numerous occasions like the ones detailed here. Justice must be served to both of the offenders.
According to the updated lawsuit, Jay-Z was initially named as “Celebrity A” in the complaint, and Carter was accused of bringing a “frivolous” countersuit. The complaint does not name the plaintiff.
However Jay-Z responded to the claims in a statement published on X by Jay-Z’s label Roc Nation ; “My lawyer received a blackmail attempt, called a demand letter, from a ‘lawyer’ named Tony Buzbee.
What he had calculated was the nature of these allegations and the public scrutiny would make me want to settle. No sir, it had the opposite effect! It made me want to expose you for the fraud you are,”
The attorney pursuing the case against Jay-Z, Buzbee, told AFP that “the pleading speaks for itself.” There will be legal proceedings about this extremely serious issue.
Rapper Combs, better known by his stage name “Diddy,” has been charged with both racketeering and sex trafficking separately. Combs, 55, is accused by federal authorities of sexually abusing women and using violence and threats to force them into drug-fueled sex parties
