An October lawsuit filed against Sean “Diddy†Combs alleging he raped a 13-year-old girl in 2000 was reportedly refiled Sunday to include rapper Jay-Z.
Combs was arrested in September on numerous federal charges for alleged racketeering, sex trafficking and other offenses and remains jailed without bail at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center. He has denied all accusations.
The accuser, who remained anonymous as a “Jane Doe,” said she was assaulted after being driven to an MTV Video Music Awards after-party, NBC News reported Sunday. The suit is one of dozens filed by Texas attorney Tony Buzbee but the only one that includes another high-profile defendant.
Neither Buzbee or Combs’ reps immediately commented Sunday evening. Combs has denied all charges.
The suit alleges the young fan had been trying to get into the VMAs at Radio City Music Hall without a ticket. Approaching several limos, she was told by one driver that she “fit what Diddy was looking for,†NBC News reported. He picked her up after the show and brought her to a celebrity-filled house of people partying with pot and cocaine.
There, she was given a drink and soon felt “woozy, lightheaded and†like she “needed to lie down,” according to the suit, and went into another room to rest. Combs and Shawn Carter, Jay-Z’s given name, came in, told her she was “ready to party†and forced themselves on her, NBC News reported, citing the lawsuit.
The girl’s attorney had reached out earlier to Carter with a letter asking for “a mediation to resolve this matter,†CNN and NBC reported, citing the lawsuit. Jay-Z replied with a lawsuit of his own and refuted the allegations Sunday evening, calling the initial letter a “blackmail attempt” sent to intimidate him into settling to avoid public scrutiny.
“These allegations are so heinous in nature that I implore you to file a criminal complaint, not a civil one!!” he wrote on X via Roc Nation. “Whomever would commit such a crime against a minor should be locked away, would you not agree? These alleged victims would deserve real justice if that were the case.”
He added his “only heartbreak” was for his young family, noting he and his wife — pop star Beyoncé — would have to sit their children down and educate them about “the cruelty and greed of people.”
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