rapper Jay-Z is accused in a civil lawsuit of raping a 13-year-old girl with Sean ”Diddy” Combs 24 years ago.
A woman who accused US rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs (55) of sexual assault is now filing a civil lawsuit against music producer and rapper Jay-Z. The 55-year-old musician vehemently denied the unnamed woman’s allegations of rape. According to People magazine, he is saeid to have raped the complainant along with Sean ”Diddy” Combs 24 years ago.
The woman is said to have been drugged and raped when she was 13 at an MTV Video Music Awards after party. “Another celebrity stood by and watched as Combs and Carter sexually assaulted the respective minor,” the lawsuit states.
In a lengthy statement, he speaks of “idiotic” allegations made by the plaintiff’s attorney, Tony Buzbee.He accuses the head of a law firm in Houston, Texas, of attempted extortion. Buzbee promised that he, jay-Z, would agree to settle the case by paying a sum of money. Instead, he now wants to take action against the lawyer for fraud, the rapper said.
Attorney Tony Buzbee IMAGO/Bob Daemmrich
Just a “shameless PR stunt”?
Buzbee announced in October that he was representing 120 people with allegations against rapper Sean Combs. The firm has filed several civil lawsuits from men and women alleging sexual assault. one of the unnamed plaintiffs claims Combs drugged and raped her at a party in 2000 when she was 13, US media reported.This lawsuit has now been brought forward in court in New York, with Jay-Z also as a defendant.
Combs’ lawyers said in a statement that buzbee’s law firm used “shameless PR stunts” to get money from celebrities through lies.Combs has been in custody as september. Prosecutors in New York have charged the rapper with sex trafficking, organized crime and other crimes. Coms pleaded not guilty. The trial is tentatively scheduled to begin in May.
Rapper Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter and achieved worldwide success with songs such as “Empire state of mind” and “Crazy in Love”, has been married to Beyoncé (“Break My Soul”) as 2008. They have three children. In his message,Jay-Z wrote that he was worried about his family. He and his wife would have to talk to their children about it now, as their friends would see reports in the press and be asked questions. (sh/APA/dpa)