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(NewsNation) — Rap mogul and entrepreneur Jay-Z, calved Shawn Carter, is accused of raping a 13-year-old girl successful 2000, alongside defamed euphony prima Sean "Diddy" Combs, an amended ailment obtained by NewsNation alleges.
The victim, identified arsenic "Jane Doe," alleges that the brace of stars assaulted her astatine an MTV Video Music Awards afterparty. She was invited by a limousine operator aft the Video Music Awards successful Manhattan successful September 2000.
Originally filed successful October 2024, the suit named lone Diddy. Sunday's amended ailment identifies Jay-Z arsenic "Celebrity A," who was accused of raping the 13-year-old portion "Celebrity B," a female, watched.
Court documents besides impeach Jay-Z of being contiguous during "many specified instances."
"He believes helium is supra the law. He is not," the filing reads. "His adjacent person Shawn Carter has been with Combs during galore specified instances described herein. Both perpetrators indispensable look justice."
The suit besides accuses Jay-Z of "orchestrating a conspiracy of harassment, bullying and intimidation against Plaintiff’s lawyers, their families, employees and erstwhile associates successful an effort to soundlessness Plaintiff from naming Jay-Z herein."
Jay-Z connected accusations: 'I look guardant to showing you conscionable however antithetic I am'
The grounds enforcement released a lengthy connection successful effect to the complaint. In it, Jay-Z claims the lawyer down the 13-year-old accuser's suit -- and galore others -- attempted to blackmail him.
"What helium had calculated was the quality of these allegations and the nationalist scrutiny would marque maine privation to settle," Jay-Z's connection reads successful part. "No sir, it had the other effect! It made maine privation to exposure you for the fraud you are successful a VERY nationalist fashion. So no, I volition not springiness you ONE RED PENNY!!"
Jay-Z said his lone heartbreak is for his family, arsenic having to explicate the allegations volition beryllium hard connected the Carter-Knowles' 3 children. He besides said his "heart and support" goes retired to the "true victims successful the world."
"Only your web of conspiracy theorists, fake physics, volition judge the idiotic claims you person levied against maine that, if not for the seriousness surrounding harm to kids, would beryllium laughable," the euphony mogul continued. "I look guardant to showing you conscionable however antithetic I am."
Diddy has pleaded not blameworthy to federal enactment trafficking charges contained successful an indictment unsealed the time aft his Sept. 16 arrest. Charges see allegations helium coerced and abused women for years, aided by associates and employees, and silenced victims done blackmail and violence, including kidnapping, arson and carnal beatings.
He has remained incarcerated pending a May 5 proceedings aft his enslaved petition was denied for a 3rd clip successful precocious November.
Combs’ indictment came aft months of speculation astir a imaginable national probe tied to civil lawsuits alleging maltreatment and intersexual battle spanning much than 30 years.
The indictment alleges Combs lured successful women with promises of a romanticist narration earlier utilizing intimidation and threats to person them prosecute successful prostitution astatine reported alleged “freak offs.” There, victims were allegedly drugged and told to prosecute successful enactment acts with antheral enactment workers for an extended period, portion idiosyncratic filmed them.
Combs allegedly kept immoderate of the videos, sometimes without the victims’ knowledge.
According to the indictment, Combs and the victims often required IV fluids afterward owed to carnal exertion.
NewsNation's Liz Jassin, Katie Smith and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
