{"id":23403,"date":"2025-03-05T06:33:39","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T06:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=23403"},"modified":"2025-03-05T06:33:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T06:33:39","slug":"jay-z-sues-accuser-who-claimed-he-and-diddy-raped-her-at-age-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=23403","title":{"rendered":"Jay-Z sues accuser who claimed he and Diddy raped her at age 13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\"><em>Warning: This article contains discussion of rape which some readers may find distressing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\"><strong>Jay-Z is now launching a lawsuit against his accuser and her lawyers after they dropped their case against him.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">A woman, who has so far remained anonymous, last year accused hip-hop star\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/jay-z\">Jay-Z<\/a>\u00a0of raping her when she was 13.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Plaintiff Jane Doe alleged that Jay-Z, real name Shawn Carter, carried out the act on her at an afterparty for the\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/mtv\">MTV<\/a>\u00a0Video Music Awards back in 2000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">She also claimed that\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/sean-diddy-combs\/pages\/2\">Diddy<\/a>, real name Sean Combs, also drugged her and raped her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The lawsuit was initially filed in October against Combs before adding Jay-Z&#8217;s name in December. Jay-Z and his legal team have repeatedly denied this.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-image_articleImage__eyzAn\">\n<div class=\"article-image_imageWrapper__ANtPE\">\n<div class=\"resizable-image_wrapper__LRQlr\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"article-image_image__XvzgU\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltdce58b28ae664715\/67c70fc9a75a0a1b72a1296a\/Jay_Z_lawsuit.jpg\" sizes=\"100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=640&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltdce58b28ae664715\/67c70fc9a75a0a1b72a1296a\/Jay_Z_lawsuit.jpg 640w, 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https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=1080&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltdce58b28ae664715\/67c70fc9a75a0a1b72a1296a\/Jay_Z_lawsuit.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=1200&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltdce58b28ae664715\/67c70fc9a75a0a1b72a1296a\/Jay_Z_lawsuit.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=1920&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltdce58b28ae664715\/67c70fc9a75a0a1b72a1296a\/Jay_Z_lawsuit.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=2048&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltdce58b28ae664715\/67c70fc9a75a0a1b72a1296a\/Jay_Z_lawsuit.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltdce58b28ae664715\/67c70fc9a75a0a1b72a1296a\/Jay_Z_lawsuit.jpg 3840w\" alt=\"Jay Z filed his lawsuit on Monday in Alabama (Timothy Nwachukwu\/Getty Images)\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" data-nimg=\"fill\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><cite class=\"image-credit_imageCredit__YMlqS\">Jay Z filed his lawsuit on Monday in Alabama (Timothy Nwachukwu\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">At the time, the\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/celebrity\/news\/jay-z-responds-allegation-13-diddy-freak-offs-885992-20241209\">artist released a heated statement,<\/a>\u00a0which reads in part: &#8220;My lawyer received a blackmail attempt, called a demand letter, from a &#8216;lawyer&#8217; named Tony Buzbee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;What he had calculated was the nature of these allegations and the public scrutiny would make me want to settle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;No sir, it had the opposite effect! It made me want to expose you for the fraud you are in a VERY public fashion. So no, I will not give you ONE RED PENNY!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The accusations against\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/celebrity\/news\/jay-z-statement-lawsuit-dropped-allegations-diddy-367010-20250215\">Jay-Z have since been dropped<\/a>\u00a0but the rapper has proceeded with a\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/celebrity\/news\/jay-z-claims-allegations-cost-him-20-million-265261-20250220\">lawsuit of his own following this news.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">On Monday (March 3) Carter filed a lawsuit against the anonymous woman in\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/us-news\">Alabama<\/a>, where she lives, as well as her lawyers, Tony Buzbee and David Fortney.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Carter\u2019s lawsuit claims that the woman admitted to his representatives that she had made up the story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Carter\u2019s lawyers noted the woman has &#8216;voluntarily admitted directly to representatives of Mr. Carter that the story brought before the world in court and on global television was just that: a false, malicious story.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The lawsuit also quotes Jane Doe as saying that her lawyer Buzbee had pushed her toward \u2018going forward with the false story against Mr. Carter.\u2019<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-image_articleImage__eyzAn\">\n<div class=\"article-image_imageWrapper__ANtPE\">\n<div class=\"resizable-image_wrapper__LRQlr\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"article-image_image__XvzgU\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt09f0a1c11ac362f7\/67c71006c1441f8663a4f1ae\/Jay_Z_new_lawsuit.jpg\" sizes=\"100vw\" 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class=\"image-credit_imageCredit__YMlqS\">The lawyer being sued by Jay-Z has issued a statement following the launch of the lawsuit (Monica Schipper\/WireImage)<\/cite><\/div>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">However, it does not clearly outline how or why the plaintiff made that admission nor who she said this to, according to a\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/03\/arts\/jay-z-rape-accuser-lawsuit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report by<\/a>\u00a0the New York Times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">In his own statement since the lawsuit was filed, Buzbee has said Jay-Z&#8217;s suit has \u2018no legal merit\u2019 and argues the woman still stands by her account of what happened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">He said: \u201cAfter speaking with Jane Doe today, it appears that the quotes attributed to her in the lawsuit are completely made up, or they spoke to someone who isn\u2019t Jane Doe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">\u201cThis is just another attempt to intimidate and bully this poor woman that we will deal with in due course. We won\u2019t be bullied or intimidated by frivolous cases.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\"><em>If you&#8217;ve been affected by any of the issues in this article, you can contact The National Sexual Assault Hotline on 800.656.HOPE (4673), available 24\/7. Or you can chat online via<\/em><a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/ohl.rainn.org\/online\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>\u00a0online.rainn.org<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Warning: This article contains discussion of rape which some readers may find distressing. 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