The refiled civil lawsuit alleges each Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs raped a 13-year-old lady at an MTV Video Music Awards after-party in 2000.
HOUSTON — Shawn Carter, often known as Jay-Z, mentioned Houston Lawyer Tony Buzbee tried to “blackmail” him to settle a civil lawsuit wherein Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs have been accused of raping a 13-year-old lady.
CNN reviews the lawsuit was initially filed towards Combs in October and didn’t have Carter’s identify hooked up, however was refiled Sunday to incorporate him as a defendant.
The sufferer accusing each Carter and Combs is just listed as “Jane Doe,” in accordance with CNN. The go well with says each males assaulted her at an MTV Video Music Awards after-party in 2000.
In keeping with CNN, the lawsuit alleges the lady started to really feel woozy after taking a drink on the get together and wandered into a close-by bed room. The girl alleges Carter raped her first, adopted by Combs. The girl says she hit Combs and ran out of the get together, in accordance with the amended lawsuit.
A prolonged assertion was posted from Jay-Z on Roc Nation’s X account addressing Buzbee’s alleged involvement. Roc Nation, based by Jay-Z, is a full-service administration, music publishing and leisure firm.
Within the assertion, Jay-Z mentioned his lawyer obtained a requirement letter from Buzbee as a result of Buzbee knew the “nature of those allegations and public scrutiny” would make Jay-Z and his lawyer need to settle the go well with.
“No sir, it had the other impact! It made me need to expose you for the fraud you’re in a VERY public trend. So no, I can’t provide you with ONE RED PENNY!!,” Jay-Z mentioned within the assertion.
The rapper then encourages Buzbee to file a felony criticism because the allegations are “so heinous in nature.”
“Whomever would commit such against the law towards a minor ought to be locked away, would you not agree? These alleged victims would deserve actual justice if that have been the case,” Jay-Z mentioned.
Jay-Z then mentioned he researched Buzbee and mentioned he has a “sample of those sort of theatrics.”
“I don’t know how you will have come to be such a deplorable human Mr. Buzbee, however I promise you I’ve seen your sort many occasions over. I am greater than ready to take care of your sort. You declare to be a marine?! Marines are identified for his or her valor, you will have neither honor nor dignity,” Jay-Z mentioned.
He then mentions his household within the assertion, together with H-City native Beyoncé. He mentioned his solely heartbreak comes from having to sit down down together with his kids and clarify the “cruelty and greed of individuals.”
“I mourn yet one more lack of innocence. Kids shouldn’t must endure such at their younger age. It’s unfair to must attempt to perceive inexplicable levels of malice meant to destroy households and human spirit,” he mentioned.
The music mogul then goes on to say Buzbee made a “horrible error in judgment pondering all celebrities are the identical.”
“I am not out of your world. I am a younger man who made it out of the challenge of Brooklyn. We do not play these kinds of video games. We’ve very strict codes and honor. We defend kids, you appear to use individuals for private achieve,” he mentioned. “Solely your community of conspiracy theorists, faux physics, will consider the idiotic claims you will have levied towards me that, if not for the seriousness surrounding hurt to youngsters, can be laughable.”
He ends the assertion by saying, “I stay up for displaying you simply how totally different I’m.”
Buzbee responded on his X account saying Jay-Z beforehand denied being the one who sued him and his agency and that the rapper filed his “frivolous case underneath a pseudonym.”
“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 mentioned in his X publish.
Since sending the letter on behalf of the alleged sufferer, Buzbee mentioned Jay-Z not solely sued him however has tried to “bully and harass” him and the plaintiff.
“His conduct has had the other affect. She is emboldened. I’m very happy with her resolve. So far as the allegations within the criticism filed, we are going to let the submitting converse for itself and can litigate the details in courtroom, not within the media.” Buzbee mentioned to finish his assertion.
