Jay-Z’s lawyer is seeking to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the rapper of raping a 13-year-old lady after the Jane Doe acknowledged inconsistencies in her allegations in a brand new NBC News report.
In the lawsuit, initially filed in October, a lady recognized solely as “Jane Doe” sued Sean “Diddy” Combs for allegedly raping her at a celebration following the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards. The grievance was amended on Sunday to incorporate the allegation that Jay-Z, whose actual identify is Shawn Carter, was additionally current and took part within the assault.
In a brand new interview with NBC News, the Alabama lady, who’s now 38, recounted what she known as a “catastrophic occasion” 24 years in the past, alleging that she was given a spiked drink and subsequently assaulted. However, she and her attorneys additionally acknowledged some inconsistencies in her recollection of that night time in response to the outlet’s questions. “I’ve made some errors,” she stated.
The inconsistencies embody the lady claiming her father picked her up after the alleged sexual assault, however he says he doesn’t bear in mind doing that. The Jane Doe additionally says she spoke to a different superstar on the afterparty the place the sexual assault occurred, however that superstar (Good Charlotte’s Benji Madden) says he was not in New York that night time because the band was on tour within the midwest throughout this time interval. Images from that night in 2000 additionally present Carter and Combs at a unique location than the ladies described, however their location for your entire night time is unclear.
Carter wrote in an announcement in response to the NBC News report, “Today’s investigative report proves this ‘lawyer’ [Tony] Buzbee filed a false grievance in opposition to me within the pursuit of cash and fame. This incident didn’t occur and but he filed it in court docket and doubled down within the press. True Justice is coming. We battle FROM victory, not FOR victory. This was over earlier than it started. This 1-800 lawyer doesn’t notice it but, however, quickly.”
The rapper’s lawyer Alex Spiro added, “It is gorgeous {that a} lawyer wouldn’t solely file such a severe grievance with out correct vetting, however would make issues worse by additional peddling this false story within the press. We are asking the Court to dismiss this frivolous case immediately, and can take up the matter of further self-discipline for Mr. Buzbee and all of the attorneys that filed the grievance.”
In a submitting on Monday, Spiro argued that the lady accusing Carter should reveal her identification or drop the lawsuit altogether, saying she has not supplied substantial proof to justify her anonymity, including her “obscure assertions of potential hurt fall far wanting the stringent necessities.”
Carter additionally beforehand shared that he had anonymously sued Buzbee, claiming that the lawyer was attempting to blackmail him.
Buzbee shared in an announcement with The Hollywood Reporter, “Jane Doe’s case was referred to our agency by one other legislation agency, who vetted it previous to sending it to us. Our consumer stays fiercely adamant that what she has acknowledged is true, to the most effective of her reminiscence. We will proceed to vet her claims and acquire corroborating information to the extent it exists. Because now we have interrogated her intensely, she has even agreed to undergo a polygraph. I’ve by no means had a consumer recommend that earlier than. In any occasion, we all the time do our greatest to vet every declare made, simply as we did on this case. This has been extraordinarily distressing for her, to the purpose she has skilled seizures and needed to search medical remedy because of the stress.”
