Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter filed a defamation go well with Monday towards an Alabama lady who claimed he raped her when she was 13 in a since-withdrawn civil lawsuit.
Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jay-Z attend The Two Kings Dinner offered by Sprite at RDG + Bar Annie on February 16, 2013 in Houston, Texas.
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Carter’s lawsuit mentioned the girl, recognized as Jane Doe, timed her declare “to inflict most ache and struggling on Mr. Carter” to extort funds from him.
The lawsuit additionally named the girl’s attorneys, Tony Buzbee and David Fortney, whom Jay-Z alleged “had been soullessly motivated by greed, in abject disregard of the reality and probably the most elementary precepts of human decency.”
The girl initially claimed that Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs took turns sexually assaulting her when she was 13 at a celebration following the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards. Each males denied the allegation.
Jane Doe withdrew her lawsuit final month after Carter raised questions concerning the veracity of her account and his legal professional sought sanctions towards Buzbee.
“Doe has now voluntarily admitted on to representatives of Mr. Carter that the story introduced earlier than the world in court docket and on international tv was simply that: a false, malicious story. She has admitted that Mr. Carter didn’t assault her; and that certainly it was Buzbee himself … who pushed her to go ahead with the false narrative of the assault by Mr. Carter with the intention to leverage a most payday,” Carter’s defamation lawsuit mentioned.
“However the extortion and abuse of Mr. Carter by Doe and her legal professionals should cease,” it continued.
In response, Buzbee launched a press release saying, “Shawn Carter’s investigators have repeatedly harassed, threatened and harangued this poor lady for weeks attempting to intimidate her and make her recant her story. She hasn’t, and received’t. As a substitute she has acknowledged repeatedly she stands by her claims. These similar group of investigators have been caught on tape providing to pay individuals to sue me and my agency. After talking with Jane Doe in the present day, it seems that the quotes attributed to her within the lawsuit are fully made up, or they spoke to somebody who isn’t Jane Doe.”
He added, “That is simply one other try and intimidate and bully this poor lady that we are going to cope with in the end. We received’t be bullied or intimidated by frivolous instances.”
ABC Information’ Jennifer Leong contributed to this report.
