Jay-Z is responding to a civil lawsuit alleging rape of a 13-year-old girl alongside Diddy

Jay-Z is responding to a civil lawsuit alleging rape of a 13-year-old girl alongside Diddy

Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter and Sean “Diddy” Combs are accused of raping a 13-year-old girl at an after-party following the 2000 Video Music Awards, according to an amended civil complaint filed Sunday.

“Another celebrity stood by and watched as Combs and Carter took turns attacking the minor,” the lawsuit said, without naming the celebrity.

In a statement posted to the Roc Nation X account on Sunday, Jay-Z denied the allegations made against him in the filing.

Jay-Z was added to the lawsuit, which was originally filed in October as one of several anonymous complaints by Texas attorney Tony Buzbee.

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Many of the lawsuits did not survive because the plaintiffs refused to be named; In this case, however, the judge said the then 13-year-old had presented sufficient reasons to continue anonymously.

Carter was identified as Celebrity A in the original complaint.

The plaintiff alleged that she was noticed by a limo driver who invited her to the afterparty where Combs and Carter raped her.

In his statement, Jay-Z claimed that Buzbee sent his attorney a “letter of demand” before filing.

“My lawyer received an extortion attempt, a so-called demand letter, from a ‘lawyer’ named Tony Buzbee. What he calculated was the nature of these allegations and public scrutiny would make me agree,” Jay-Z wrote.

“No sir, it had the opposite effect! It made me want to expose you VERY publicly for the scam. So no, I will not give you a RED PENNY!!” he added in the statement.

In his response, the music mogul questioned why the lawsuit was a civil lawsuit and not a criminal lawsuit.

“Whoever would commit such a crime against a minor should be locked up, don’t you think? These alleged victims would deserve real justice if that were the case,” Jay-Z wrote.

Jay-Z further addressed the fact that his family, including his children, could be affected by the filing.

“My only sorrow is for my family. “My wife and I have to sit down with our children, one of whom is at the age where their friends will surely see the press and ask questions about the nature of these claims and explain the cruelty and greed of people,” he wrote.

In a statement to ABC News, Buzbee said: “The plea speaks for itself. This is a very serious matter that will be heard in court.”

Buzbee also took to his personal Instagram account on Sunday and said he would not “allow himself to be bullied or intimidated,” without mentioning the specific lawsuit, Jay-Z or Diddy by name.

“People will see through this attempt to discredit me and my customers and the truth will come out,” Buzbee wrote. “I also won’t allow anyone to silence my customers. Sunlight is the best disinfectant and I am pretty sure the sun is coming,” he added.

Combs’ legal representatives responded to the filing in a statement to ABC News on Sunday, saying: “This amended complaint and the recent extortion lawsuit against Mr. Buzbee exposes his barrage of lawsuits against Mr. Combs for what they are: shameless publicity stunts, targeted.” is to extort payments from celebrities who fear that lies will be spread about them, just as lies have been spread about Mr. Combs.”

“As his legal team has stated, Mr. Combs has full confidence in the facts and integrity of the legal process. The truth will prevail in court: that Mr. Combs has never sexually assaulted or acted upon anyone – man or woman. “Whether an adult or a minor,” representatives for Combs said in the statement.

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