Tina Knowles says her Instagram was hacked in a new statement

Tina Knowles says her Instagram was hacked in a new statement

Tina Knowles claims her social media accounts were hacked.

On Monday, December 9, a verified Instagram account for Knowles, 70, “liked” an Instagram post from ABC 7 Chicago that shared details about the recent allegations made against her son-in-law Jay-Z.

Hours later, Knowles shared a screenshot of a note she wrote on Instagram that read: “I’ve been hacked! As you all know, I don’t joke about my family. So if you see anything out of character about me, just know that it’s not me!”

She then captioned the post, “Please stop playing with me!!!! ‘No weapon used against my family will prosper,'” referring to a passage from the Bible.

Jay-Z, 55, was accused of raping a 13-year-old girl alongside Sean “Diddy” Combs 24 years ago. In an amended statement of claim filed on Sunday, December 8, Jay-Z was named as a defendant in a lawsuit originally filed against Combs in October. A woman who identified herself only as Jane Doe said Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, and Combs raped her at an afterparty for the MTV Video Music Awards in 2000, while a third, unnamed female celebrity watched.

The Instagram post liked by Knowles’ account showed a photo of Jay-Z and Combs with the caption: “Breaking News: Jay-Z and Diddy named in lawsuit over alleged rape of 13-year-old girl.”

On Sunday, Jay-Z, who married Beyoncé in 2008, released a statement about the allegations, which he dismissed as an “attempt at blackmail.”

“These allegations are so heinous that I am asking you to file a criminal complaint, not a civil lawsuit! Anyone who would commit such a crime against a minor should be locked up, don’t you agree? These alleged victims would deserve real justice if that were the case,” he said in a post shared on the official Roc Nation X account (formerly Twitter).

“You made a terrible mistake by thinking that all ‘celebrities’ are the same,” Jay-Z continued. “I don’t come from your world. I’m a young man who made it out of Project Brooklyn. We don’t play games like that. We have very strict rules of conduct and honor.”

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“We protect children,” explained the rapper. “You seem to be exploiting people for personal gain. Only your network of conspiracy theorists, fake physicists, will believe the idiotic claims you have made against me, which, were it not for the seriousness of the harm to children, would be ridiculous.”

Beyoncé, Tina Knowles and Jay-Z.
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“My only sorrow is for my family,” continued Jay-Z, who shares daughter Blue Ivy, 12, and twins Rumi and Sir, 7, with Beyoncé.

“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 the cruelty and greed of young people,” he wrote.

“I mourn another loss of my innocence. Children shouldn’t have to endure something like this at a young age. It is unfair to have to try to understand the inexplicable extent of the evil that seeks to destroy families and the human spirit.”

“I’m excited to show you how different I am,” he concluded.

The lawsuit, which originally named only Combs as a defendant, alleges that a woman who identified herself only as Jane Doe attempted to enter the VMAs in New York City on the night of the attack. The lawsuit alleges that a limo driver told one of the limos that approached the venue that he worked for Combs and invited her to an afterparty.

The woman was reportedly asked to sign a non-disclosure agreement upon arriving at an apartment for the afterparty and was later allegedly drugged after being served a drink. She then claims in her filing that she was “held down by Carter as he vaginally raped her while Combs and Celebrity B watched.” After Carter finished, he stepped back toward the wall. Combs then stepped forward and vaginally raped plaintiff while Carter and Celebrity B watched.”

Combs is currently behind bars on racketeering and sex trafficking charges. He was denied bail by a judge while awaiting trial.

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