A woman who accused rap star Jay-Z of rape at a VMA afterparty in New York City claims she never “asked for a dime” from him.
Brooklyn rapper and disgraced music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs were both named as defendants after a lawsuit was filed in the Southern District of New York on Sunday, October 20.
The reaction comes after the “Big Pimpin'” rapper fiercely denied the allegations against him, and accused the victim’s lawyer, Tony Buzbee, of blackmailing him for a settlement payment ranked in a statement through his entertainment company Roc Nation.
Jay-Z – real name Shawn Corey Carter – took to his Instagram a few hours ago with an open letter responding to the “heinous” allegations against him, where he stated that he would expose Buzbee was a “fraud” and that he had committed a fraud. “terrible error of judgment.”
“My attorney received an extortion attempt, known as a demand letter, from a ‘lawyer’ named Tony Buzbee. What he calculated was the nature of these allegations and the surveillance of the public would make me want to resolve it,” the 55-year-old man said. begin.
“No, sir, it has the opposite effect! It makes me want to expose your fraud VERY publicly. So, no, I won’t give you ONE RED PENNY!!” he explained in the long letter.
Buzbee asserted that the victim – who goes by Jane Doe – never asked for any money from him, a response given to ‘TMZ’ December 8.
“Mr. Carter has previously denied being the person suing me and my company. He even filed his frivolous lawsuit under a pseudonym. What he did not say in his recent statement was that the company “My attorney sent his attorney a demand letter on behalf of an alleged victim and that victim never asked him for a dime,” Texas-based attorney Buzbee told the agency. famous media.
“Instead, she only sought a confidential settlement. Since I sent the letter on her behalf, Mr. Carter has not only sued me but also tried to bully and harass me and this plaintiff. The behavior of he had the opposite effect on her.” encouraged, I am very proud of her determination,” Buzbee added.
In the October filing, Jane Doe said she was looking for “a place to rest” when she found an empty bedroom and decided to lie down. That’s when the disgraced rap star entered the room.
“Shortly afterward, Combs along with a male and a female celebrity entered the room,” she said. “Combs aggressively approached Plaintiff with a crazed look in his eyes, grabbed her and said, ‘You’re ready to party,’” the documents state.
At that time, the plaintiff claimed that she was held down and raped by both Combs and another male celebrity in the presence of an unnamed female celebrity.
The female victim claimed that Combs, now 55, tried to force her to perform oral sex on him, but she fought back by hitting him in the neck, according to records. She claims she grabbed her clothes and left the bedroom, “wandering around the house naked looking for a way out”.
The lawsuit was first filed in October, initially listing Diddy as the sole defendant, and was refiled on Sunday to include Jay-Z. The identity of the female star has not yet been revealed.
— Originally published on Enstarz
Tags Jay-Z, Diddy