With rapper Jay-Z Sean “Diddy” Combs They are accused in a civil lawsuit of raping a 13-year-old girl in 2000.
The lawsuit, originally filed in October and refiled in New York on Sunday to add Jay-Z to the list of defendants, involves the victim, identified only as a woman who currently lives in Alabama, at her home. She claims she was raped by both men. Video Music Awards after party.
Jay-Z (real name Shawn Carter) called the allegations “attempted blackmail” in a statement. Combs’ attorney denied the charges.
According to the complaint, the girl went to the VMAs in New York City without a ticket to get in, but was instead invited to an afterparty by a limousine driver who claimed to work for Combs. The limousine driver drove her to the party, where she was asked to sign what appeared to be a non-disclosure agreement, according to the complaint.
According to the complaint, while inside, “Plaintiff attempted to speak with a number of celebrities and then received a drink from one of the waitresses circulating the crowd.” After drinking “some of the drinks,” she began to feel “dizzy and light-headed” and went to find a place to lie down, according to the complaint. She entered a room with a bed and shortly after lying down, Combs, Carter and an anonymous female celebrity recognized by the alleged victim entered the room, the complaint alleges.
The complaint alleges that Carter then held her down and raped her while Combs and a female celebrity looked on. Combs then raped her as Carter and the woman watched, the complaint alleges. According to the complaint, Combs tried to force the girl to perform oral sex on him, but the girl punched him, grabbed her clothes and wrapped them around herself before running away.
“Although there were other guests at the party, no one seemed to notice Plaintiff’s distress or attempt to help her,” the complaint alleges.
After leaving the house and putting her clothes back on, the girl managed to run back to the gas station she had seen on the way to the party, where the clerk “noticed her distress and allowed her to use the phone,” according to the complaint. . . ” She then allegedly used the phone to call her father to come pick her up.
The woman is seeking unspecified damages.
In response to the accusations, Carter said in a statement: “My attorney received an attempted extortion letter called a demand letter from an “attorney” named Tony Buzbee. It was about their nature and what would happen if they were subject to strict public scrutiny.” I wanted to reconcile, but it had the opposite effect! So I want to expose your fraud in public. So I won’t give you a penny. ”
“Only your network of conspiracy theorists, your fake logic, believes the foolish claims you have pushed against me. It would be laughable if it were not for the seriousness of the harm to children,” the statement added. Ta.
“For the avoidance of doubt, Mr. Carter is completely innocent. This is an investigation. But it hasn’t been mentioned, mentioned or involved.” Mr. Combs’ Criminal Investigation He is not a subject or person of interest in the investigation. ”
The letter was sent to request an expedited hearing on a petition to prevent plaintiffs in the lawsuit from remaining anonymous.
“This amended complaint and the recent extortion lawsuit against Mr. Buzbee expose a series of lawsuits against Mr. Combs aimed at extracting money from celebrities,” Tennie Geragos, an attorney representing Mr. Combs, said in a statement. “This is a shameless publicity stunt.” Those who fear that lies will be spread about them in the same way that lies are being spread about Mr. Combs, as his defense team has previously stated, are concerned that Mr. Combs is a man of factual and judicial integrity. I have complete trust in you. In court, the truth will prevail: Mr. Combs has never sexually assaulted or trafficked anyone, male or female, adult or minor. ”
Last month, Buzbee was accused by an unnamed male celebrity of trying to coerce her lawyer into paying by threatening to file sexual assault charges, which the celebrity denies. Buzbee denied the extortion allegations.
Buzbee did not immediately respond to CBS News’ request for comment. In a statement posted to X on Sunday night, Buzbee claimed that Carter was behind the anonymous lawsuit against him.
“What he didn’t say in his latest statement is that my office sent a demand letter to an attorney on behalf of the alleged victim, but the victim never asked him for a dime. Instead, she simply asked for confidential mediation,” Buzbee wrote. “Since I sent the letter on her behalf, Mr. Carter has not only sued me, but has attempted to bully and harass me and this plaintiff. His actions have been counterproductive. She is not emboldened. I’m so proud of her.” ”
Buzbee also wrote on Instagram that there had been a “coordinated and aggressive effort” against him, including “filing frivolous lawsuits against me and my law firm and slander me with outrageous claims against people who can’t help but have mysterious people follow me and my family.”
“People will see through this effort to discredit me and my clients, and the truth will come out, and I will not allow anyone to intimidate my clients into silence,” Buzbee said. ” he wrote.
Combs is currently being held in New York awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges. His attempts to secure bail were denied several times.
Combs is arrested in september He was charged with sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation for prostitution, with prosecutors accusing him of using his business empire to commit repeated abuses over many years. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
