NEW YORK (AP) — Jay-Z’s attorneys requested a choose Wednesday to speedily extract the rapper from a lawsuit wherein a girl alleges she was sexually assaulted by Jay-Z and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs when she was 13.
The unidentified girl lately added Jay-Z, whose authorized title is Shawn Carter, to her lawsuit towards Combs in Manhattan federal court docket, alleging that she was attacked by the singers in 2000 after Combs’ limo driver provided her a journey to an MTV Video Music Awards after-party.
In their court docket submitting Wednesday, Jay-Z’s attorneys cited a latest tv interview wherein the girl acknowledged inconsistencies in her story.
The submitting got here earlier than Combs appeared for a pretrial listening to in his felony case. After attorneys mentioned evidentiary deadlines, prosecutors advised Judge Arun Subramanian that any new fees towards the hip-hop mogul earlier than a May trial would require minimal new proof to be shared amongst attorneys.
In the felony case, Combs has pleaded not responsible to fees that the Bad Boy Records founder coerced and abused girls for years with assist from associates and staff. Combs, who has been jailed with out bail for 3 months, hugged his attorneys and touched his coronary heart as he acknowledged his youngsters amongst spectators.
In the civil case, one in all a number of filed towards him, the girl initially asserted that she was raped by Combs on the after-party however didn’t point out Jay-Z.
Last Friday, NBC aired an interview wherein she stated she spoke with musicians Benji Madden and his brother on the get together, and her father picked her up after the alleged assault. NBC additionally reported {that a} consultant of the Maddens stated they have been touring the Midwest through the VMAs, and her father stated he doesn’t recall what would have been a drive house of greater than 5 hours.
Jay-Z has stated the article proves that Tony Buzbee, a private damage lawyer in Houston, filed a false grievance towards him for cash and fame. Attorney Teny R. Geragos, representing Combs, has stated the TV interview was part of the “starting of the tip of this shameful cash seize.”
In the newly filed court docket papers, Jay-Z’s attorneys wrote that the allegations “have precipitated incalculable hurt to Mr. Carter, his household, his companies, his staff, and his legacy.”
Buzzbee advised The Associated Press by way of e mail that the plaintiffs’ attorneys deliberate to reply in court docket to the most recent submitting.
“They proceed to file meritless motions which can be opposite to the foundations and which have completely no advantage,” Buzzbee stated.
Buzbee introduced in October that he represents some 120 folks, women and men, with allegations of sexual misconduct towards Combs.
Jay-Z and Combs gained fame within the 2000s, rising as wide-ranging entrepreneurs and two of the world’s wealthiest rappers. Earlier this 12 months, Forbes estimated Jay-Z’s web value to be $2.5 billion.
The artists have collaborated over time, with Jay-Z featured on Combs’ debut album, “No Way Out” and Combs showing on Jay-Z’s sophomore album, “In My Lifetime, Vol. 1.”
