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(NewsNation) — The lawsuit accusing Jay-Z, calved Shawn Carter, and Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping a 13-year-old miss successful 2000 has been dismissed by the accuser’s attorney, according to caller tribunal filings.
The voluntary dismissal filing, obtained by Variety, said the accuser “hereby gives announcement that the above-captioned Action is voluntarily dismissed, with prejudice.”
Prejudice prevents the accuser, identified lone arsenic “Jane Doe,” oregon her lawyers from refiling the suit arsenic it was archetypal written.
Roc Nation, Jay-Z's amusement company, issued a connection calling the dismissal "a victory."
"The frivolous, fictitious and appalling allegations person been dismissed. This civilian suit was
without merit and ne'er going anywhere. The fictional communicative they created was laughable, if not for the seriousness of the claims," reads the statement, which was signed by Jay-Z.
The connection mentioned that his wife, Beyonce, and their 3 children person endured trauma arsenic a effect of the accusations.
"The tribunal indispensable support victims, OF COURSE, portion with the aforesaid ethical responsibility, the courts indispensable support the guiltless from being accused without a shred of evidence. May the information prevail for each victims and those falsely accused equally," the connection continued.
Lawsuit accuses Jay-Z and Diddy of rape
Originally filed successful October 2024, the suit named lone Diddy. An amended ailment successful December identified Jay-Z arsenic “Celebrity A,” who was accused of raping the 13-year-old portion “Celebrity B,” a female, watched.
Following the filing, Jay-Z released a lengthy effect accusing the lawyer down the accuser’s suit of attempting 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!!”
Diddy indictment
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 play portion idiosyncratic filmed them.
Combs allegedly kept immoderate of the videos, sometimes without the victims’ knowledge. The indictment states that 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.
