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A lady who alleges she was sexually assaulted by Sean “Diddy” Combs has amended her lawsuit to incorporate allegations that she was additionally assaulted by Jay-Z on the similar occasion.
The lawsuit was initially filed towards Combs in October, however on Sunday the girl added Shawn Carter, the rapper and businessman often known as Jay-Z, as a defendant within the civil lawsuit.
Carter is the primary movie star to be accused of sexual assault in connection to Combs.
In an announcement addressed to CNN, Carter referred to as the allegations “so heinous in nature that I implore you to file a felony grievance, not a civil one!! Whomever would commit such a criminal offense towards a minor must be locked away, would you not agree?”
Combs was indicted on prices of intercourse trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and prostitution associated prices. Combs pleaded not responsible to the costs and has denied all wrongdoing in roughly 30 civil lawsuits which have been filed towards him.
The lady, who’s recognized as a Jane Doe, says she was 13 years previous on the time she was allegedly assaulted by Combs and Carter at an after occasion following the Video Music Awards in 2000. The lady alleges she started to really feel woozy after consuming a drink on the occasion and wandered into a close-by bed room. The lady alleges Carter raped her first, adopted by Combs. The lady says she hit Combs and ran out of the occasion, in response to the amended lawsuit.
Carter was recognized within the preliminary lawsuit as Celebrity A.
News of the lawsuit was first reported by NBC.
According to the lawsuit, the Doe’s attorneys reached out to Carter to request “a mediation to resolve this matter.”
“Upon current info and perception, Jay-Z responded to mentioned letter by not solely submitting an totally frivolous lawsuit, however by additionally orchestrating a conspiracy of harassment, bullying and intimidation towards Plaintiff’s legal professionals, their households, workers and former associates in an try and silence Plaintiff from naming Jay-Z herein. This effort was meant to scare Plaintiff and to discredit her counsel. That effort failed. Indeed, Plaintiff selected to file this modification on account of the egregious conduct perpetuated by Carter,” in response to the lawsuit.
In his response despatched to CNN on Sunday – which was addressed to Doe’s lawyer – Carter referred to as the mediation request a “blackmail try.” Carter additionally mentioned this lawyer, “who I’ve finished a little bit of analysis on, appears to have a sample of those sort of theatrics!”
In an announcement from Houston-based lawyer Tony Buzbee on Saturday, he wrote, “The pleading speaks for itself. This is a really critical matter that will probably be litigated in court docket.”
CNN has additionally reached out to Jay-Z’s spouse Beyoncé Knowles for remark.
Carter added in his assertion that his “solely heartbreak” is for his household: “My spouse and I must sit our youngsters down, one in every of whom is on the age the place her mates will certainly see the press and ask questions in regards to the nature of those claims, and clarify the cruelty and greed of individuals. I mourn one more lack of innocence. Children mustn’t need to endure such at their younger age.”
CNN reported in November that an nameless male movie star filed a lawsuit towards the Texas lawyer representing the Doe alleging he was the sufferer of an extortion scheme.
The movie star accused Buzbee and his agency of “shamelessly making an attempt to extort exorbitant sums from him or else publicly file wildly false horrific allegations towards him.”
Attorneys for the unnamed movie star claimed additional the Buzbee had “threatened to unleash solely fabricated and salacious allegations of sexual assault” that included “a number of cases of rape of a minor, each female and male” if their consumer “refuses to adjust to their calls for.”
Buzbee denied the extortion claims towards him, in an Instagram submit during which he wrote that his agency “received’t permit the highly effective and their high-dollar legal professionals to intimidate or silence sexual assault survivors,” and in an announcement to CNN.
“If you are attempting to cover your id and also you declare you probably did nothing flawed, doesn’t appear very good to take this method,” Buzbee advised CNN in an electronic mail on the time. “We will deal with it sooner or later.”
“I’ve confidence that with full public disclosure all of this may kind itself out,” Buzbee wrote.
On Sunday, Buzbee responded on social media to Carter’s assertion, saying that the alleged sufferer “by no means demanded a penny from him,” claiming they solely sought confidential mediation. Buzbee added, “She is emboldened. I’m very happy with her resolve.”
