Rape allegations against Jay-Z: Now the rap musician is going on the offensive

Now the rapper Jay-Z (55) is going on the offensive and is trying to get the name of the woman who accuses him of rape with his colleague Sean “Diddy” Combs (55). After his lawyers decisively denied any guilt on the part of their client in a detailed statement after the first revelations, Jay-Z’s lawyer now submitted official documents to the court. , his lawyer Alex Spiro wanted to force the plaintiff to reveal her identity.

“It is not consistent with justice, fairness, or the rules of federal litigation for the plaintiff and her attorney to use good name [von Jay-Z, Anm.d.Red.] “dirty,” it says. The musician has an “impeccable reputation” and has never been accused of sexual misconduct throughout his life.

a woman alleges in a civil lawsuit that she was molested by Jay-Z and Combs at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards after-show party when she was 13 years old. The civil lawsuit was originally filed in October in New York City, with the names of two celebrities redacted and only Sean “Diddy” Combs listed as a defendant. An amended lawsuit was filed on Sunday, December 8th, naming Shawn Carter, Jay-Z’s real name. The third, still unknown celebrity stood by and watched.

Jay-Z published a detailed statement on the Roc Nation X account on Sunday and described the lawsuit as an “attempt at blackmail.” The accusation is false. Against lawyer Tony Buzbee, he railed: “He expected that the nature of these allegations and the publicity would cause me to settle. No, sir, it had the opposite effect! It caused me to attack you in a very public way to expose you as the fraud that you are. So no, I won’t give you a red penny!” The allegations are “so heinous that I implore you to file a criminal complaint, not a civil complaint! Anyone who commits such a crime against a minor should be locked up, don’t you agree? These alleged victims deserve real justice in this case.” .

Combs’ lawyers also denied the allegations in a statement. “This amended complaint and the recent extortion lawsuit against Mr. Buzbee expose his barrage of lawsuits against Mr. Combs for what they are: shameless publicity stunts designed to extort payments from celebrities who fear lies are being spread about them , just as lies were spread about Mr. Combs.”

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been in custody since September. The prosecutor in New York accuses him of, among other things, sex trafficking, organized crime and sexual assault. Combs pleaded not guilty. Attorney Buzbee announced in October that he would represent 120 people in allegations against the rapper. The trial is tentatively scheduled to begin in May 2025.