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In a new civil lawsuit, a woman has accused Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping her at a party in New York City in 2000 when she was just 13 years old. Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, denied the allegations and accused the anonymous woman’s lawyer of blackmail.

According to the lawsuit, which was originally filed in October and refiled Sunday to include Carter as a defendant, the alleged attack occurred at an afterparty for the MTV Video Music Awards. The plaintiff, identified only as Jane Doe, says a friend dropped her off at Radio City Music Hall, where she approached several limo drivers to gain access to the VMAs. Doe says a driver who claimed to work for Combs told her she “fit what Diddy was looking for” and drove her to an after-party, where she signed what she now believes was a nondisclosure agreement she was a drink that convinced her to feel “light-headed” and “light-headed.” Doe says she went into a room to rest, whereupon Combs, Carter and an unknown female celebrity entered. She says Combs told her she was “ready to party” before Carter allegedly took off her clothes, held her down and raped her while the female celebrity looked on. Doe says Combs then began attacking her, but she hit him in the neck and fled to a gas station where she called her father.

Combs denied the allegations through his lawyers and Carter posted a lengthy X statement on his Roc Nation account. He called the civil suit “despicable in nature” and asserted that he would not give “A RED PENNY” to Doe’s attorney, Tony Buzbee, a Houston-based personal injury lawyer who has filed at least 20 other lawsuits against Diddy.

“Whoever would commit such a crime against a minor should be put away, don’t you agree?” Carter wrote in his statement accusing Buzbee of extortion. His “only sorrow,” he added, is for his family. “My wife and I will have to sit down with our children, one of whom is at the age when their friends will surely see the press and ask questions about the nature of these claims and explain people’s cruelty and greed.” I mourn the loss Loss of my innocence.”

NBC News reported that before refiling the lawsuit, Carter received a letter from Buzbee requesting arbitration. Carter responded by filing his own lawsuit against Buzbee and his law firm, accusing them of “shamelessly attempting to extort exorbitant amounts from him or publicly making completely false, horrific allegations against him.” In a newly edited Instagram post originally shared in November, Buzbee called Carter’s lawsuit a “last-ditch effort” to prevent him from revealing names in public court proceedings. “We will not allow the powerful and their expensive lawyers to intimidate or silence survivors of sexual assault,” Buzbee wrote. In a separate response to Carter’s recent X statement, Buzbee claimed that Doe “never asked for a penny” from the billionaire and that his team “sought only confidential mediation.”

“She’s encouraged,” Buzbee said of Doe. “I’m proud of their determination.”

The Cut has reached out to a representative for Carter for comment. We will update this post as soon as we hear anything.