IRVING, Texas (AP) — A rape allegation in opposition to rapper Jay-Z, whose firm Roc Nation has produced a few of the NFL’s leisure displays together with the Super Bowl halftime present, gained’t influence the league’s relationship with the music mogul.
“We’re conscious of the civil allegations and Jay-Z’s actually sturdy response to that,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell mentioned Wednesday after the conclusion of the league’s winter conferences. “We know the litigation is occurring now. From our standpoint, our relationship will not be altering with them, together with our preparations for the subsequent Super Bowl.”
A lady who beforehand sued Sean “Diddy” Combs, alleging she was raped at an awards present after-party in 2000 when she was 13 years outdated, amended the lawsuit Sunday to incorporate a brand new allegation that Jay-Z was additionally on the social gathering and took part within the sexual assault.
Jay-Z, whose actual title is Shawn Carter, mentioned the rape allegation made in opposition to him is a part of an extortion try. The 24-time Grammy Award winner known as the allegations “idiotic” and “heinous in nature” in a press release launched by Roc Nation, considered one of his firms.
The NFL teamed up with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation in 2019 for occasions and social activism. The league and the leisure firm prolonged their partnership just a few months in the past.
Kendrick Lamar will carry out the Super Bowl halftime present at The Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on Feb. 9. Roc Nation and Emmy-winning producer Jesse Collins will function co-executive producers of the halftime present.
Beyonce, who’s married to Jay-Z, will carry out at halftime of the Baltimore Ravens-Houston Texans recreation on Christmas.
“I believe they’re getting extremely snug with not simply with the Super Bowl however different occasions they’ve suggested us on and helped us with,” Goodell mentioned. “They’ve been an enormous assist in the social justice space to us on many events. They’ve been nice companions.”
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