In the early 2000s, Jay-Z and Sean Diddy Combs were charged with sexually abusing a juvenile girl.
The millionaire music entrepreneur, Shawn Carter, and Combs allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted Jane Doe, an Alabama woman, at an after-party after the MTV Video Music Awards in September 2000, according to an amended lawsuit filed on Sunday.
Because of the alleged assault, the lady sued Combs in October.
Additionally, according to Doe, an unnamed celebrity observed and listened as Combs and Carter alternately attacked her. The news was initially reported by NBC News.
According to the lawsuit filed by Texas-based lawyer Tony Buzbee, Combs has been free to act in this way for years without facing any repercussions.
He thinks he is exempt from the law. He isn’t. Combs has been with his close friend Shawn Carter on many occasions. Justice must be served for both of the offenders.
Jay-Z strongly refuted the accusations made against him in a statement released on Sunday.
Combs is currently dealing with further legal troubles after being arrested in September on allegations of sex trafficking, racketeering, and transportation to engage in prostitution.Before his trial on May 5, the hip-hop mogul is being imprisoned at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center’s Special Housing Unit.
Combs was charged in a 14-page federal indictment with turning his multifaceted business empire into a criminal organization that involved a number of crimes, including forced labor, sex trafficking, physical violence, kidnapping, and arson.
Jay-Z statement blasts lawsuit as blackmail attempt
Jana Fleishman, Jay-Z’s lawyer, called Buzbee’s lawsuit an attempt at extortion.
In his statement, Jay-Z claimed of Buzbee, “He had calculated that the nature of these allegations and the public scrutiny would make me want to settle.” It did the exact reverse, sir! I felt compelled to publicly expose you as a phony. I won’t give you a single red coin, then!
Pop sensation Beyonc’s husband, Jay-Z, went on to say that his sole sadness is for his family. The couple has three kids: fraternal twins Sir and Rumi (7) and daughter Blue Ivy (12).
The hip-hop singer said, “My wife and I will have to sit down with our kids, one of whom is old enough that her friends will undoubtedly see the press and ask questions about the nature of these claims and explain the cruelty and greed of people.”
I lament yet another innocence lost. This shouldn’t have to happen to kids so early in life. Having to try to understand unfathomable depths of hatred meant to ruin families and the human spirit is unjust.
He concluded by saying, “My heart and support go out to true victims in the world, who have to watch how this ambulance chaser in a cheap suit dresses up their life story for profit.”
Around the time of Jane Doe’s claimed sexual assault in the fall of 2000, Jay-Z was getting ready to release The Dynasty: Roc La Familia, his fifth album. I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me), the album’s No. 1 hip-hop hit, was released in October of that year and sold two million copies.
Woman sues Sean Diddy Combs for allegedly raping her as teen
The woman’s original lawsuit claims that Doe met Combs’ limousine driver while trying to get to the MTV VMAs. The driver allegedly told Doe that the founder of the record label preferred younger girls and that she was the kind of lady Diddy was searching for.
After the driver allegedly instructed her to come back later that evening, she was brought to Combs’ house for an after-party. After that, she was requested to sign a nondisclosure contract.
After consuming one unpleasant drink, Jane Doe claimed to have been drugged. She said that when Combs and two celebrities—one of whom is now thought to be Jay-Z and the other is still unknown—arrived, she went into an empty bedroom to lie down.
According to her, Combs informed her she was ready to party and tossed her at Jay-Z, who she says undressed her and restrained her while raping her in front of Combs and an unidentified female celebrity. Then, as a female celebrity and Jay-Z watched, Combs sexually assaulted her.
Combs allegedly tried to coerce the girl into having oral sex with him, but he stopped when she struck him. The suit claims that after grabbing her clothes and eventually locating an exit, the child went to a gas station where she contacted her father and admitted where she was.
Jay-Z s friendship with Sean Diddy Combs
With Combs starting Bad Boy Records in 1993 and Jay-Z co-founding Roc-A-Fella Records in 1994, the two became well-known figures in the East Coast hip-hop scene in the mid-1990s.
The two have worked together on several songs over the years, such as the Diddy Dirty Money hit “Coming Home” with Skylar Grey, which Jay-Z co-wrote and produced, Mary J. Blige’s “Love & Life Intro,” and a remix of 50 Cent’s “I Get Money.”
In 2022, both were present at DJ Khaled’s star ceremony on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
According to The Independent and People, Combs disclosed some information regarding his relationship with Jay-Z when he appeared on James Corden’s Carpool Karaoke show in April 2023. Combs informs Corden in the since-deleted video that the rapper can only be called Sean by his first name, save for his mother.
Tony Buzbee sued for extortion by unnamed high-profile celebrity
According to court documents obtained by USA TODAY, Buzbee was sued in November by an anonymous John Doe for blatantly trying to demand outrageous amounts from him under fear of lawsuits that contained completely false and nasty claims of sexual assault.
According to reports, the lawyer, who has assisted in bringing other sexual assault accusations against Combs, wrote to John Doe, characterizing the man as a buddy of Combs because the two frequently went to similar celebrity-frequented gatherings.
The individual allegedly molested a number of youngsters, both male and female, who had been sedated at Combs parties, according to the purported extortion demand.
According to the petition, John Doe’s lawyers presented the accusations as merely a tool in a well-thought-out scheme to ruin (his) well-known reputation for financial gain, even though there was no factual support for them.
According to Buzbee, the complaint was a baseless lawsuit against his company and an aggressive attempt to suppress or threaten me and, eventually, my clients.
During an interview with USA TODAY, Jay-Z brought up Buzbee’s lengthy legal background. I’ve done some research on this lawyer, and he told me that he seems to have a tendency to use these kinds of theatrics.
Jay-Z claims that you have made a grave mistake by assuming that all celebrities are the same. I’m a young man who has successfully completed the projects in Brooklyn. We don’t engage in such games. We adhere to extremely stringent codes of honor. We keep kids safe. You seem to take advantage of others for your own benefit.
At a press conference in October, Buzbee revealed his massive civil lawsuit against Combs, stating that 120 accusers intended to sue the Grammy-winning rapper for a variety of offenses, including facilitating sex with a controlled substance, facilitating violent sexual assault or rape, distributing video recordings, and sexually abusing minors.
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