Jay-Z Unequivocally Denies Molesting 13-Year-Old Girl

On Sunday, Rapper Jay-Z, whose actual name is Shawn Carter, was accused in a civil lawsuit of allegedly molesting a 13-year-old girl with Sean “Diddy” Combs in 2000.

The unidentified accuser, known only as “Jane Doe,” said the assault occurred after she was driven to an MTV Video Music Awards after-party, according to Texas-based attorney Tony Buzbee, who filed the case.

In a long statement to NBC News Sunday evening, Jay-Z described the charges as “idiotic” and accused Tony Buzbee of extortion.

“These allegations are so heinous in nature that I implore you to file a criminal complaint, not a civil one!! Whomever would commit such a crime against a minor should be locked away, would you not agree?” Jay-Z said in a statement to NBC News.

“These alleged victims would deserve real justice if that were the case.”

Tony Buzbee has filed many lawsuits against Combs in recent months, all of which have suppressed the identity of the complainants. They allege assault and rape. This is his first lawsuit in which he has named another well-known defendant.

In a statement, Combs’s legal representatives called the suits “shameless publicity stunts, designed to extract payments from celebrities who fear having lies spread about them, just as lies have been spread about Mr. Combs.”

“As his legal team has said before, Mr. Combs has full confidence in the facts and the integrity of the judicial process. In court, the truth will prevail: that Mr. Combs never sexually assaulted or trafficked anyone—man or woman, adult or minor,” the statement read.

Jay-Z files Counter-Suit

Combs was formally charged with racketeering, sex trafficking, and other offences by federal prosecutors in New York in September, and he is currently being held at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Centre after being denied bail for the third time last month. His trial date is May 5.

Federal prosecutors indicated last month’s court hearing that they are considering bringing additional allegations against Combs in a superseding indictment.

Before the case was refiled on Sunday, “Carter received a letter from Plaintiff’s counsel requesting a mediation to resolve this matter,” Buzbee stated in the suit. According to Buzbee, Carter responded to the letter, filing his lawsuit against the accuser’s attorneys.

“You have made a terrible error in judgement thinking that all ‘celebrities’ are the same,” Carter added in his statement Sunday. “I’m not from your world. I’m a young man who made it out of the project of Brooklyn. We don’t play these types of games. We have very strict codes and honor. We protect children.”

The lawsuit claims that in 2000 when Doe was 13, Combs and Carter assaulted her at a house party in New York during the MTV Video Music Awards.

According to the lawsuit, a friend dropped her off at the VMAs at Radio City Music Hall. She didn’t have a ticket, so she approached many limousine drivers to get into the event or an after-party.

The driver allegedly told her he worked for Combs and that she “fit what Diddy was looking for.” After the event, he invited her to a party and told her to return to his car later in the evening after he drove Carter and Combs.

Marijuana and Cocaine

The driver later picked her up, according to the suit, and after 20 minutes, they arrived at a white house with a U-shaped driveway. She had to sign a document she assumed was a nondisclosure agreement upon arriving — and did not receive a copy — to access the party, which the suit claims was full of celebrities and individuals using marijuana and cocaine.

She was given a drink that made her “woozy, lightheaded, and felt [like] she needed to lie down,” according to the suit, and she walked into a room to rest.

According to the suit, Combs and Carter entered the room shortly after, with Combs remarking, “You are ready to party!”

Carter allegedly took her clothes, held her down, and raped her while Combs and an unnamed female celebrity looked on. She claims Combs also raped her while Carter and the woman looked on.

The suit claims that she was able to resist being forced to perform oral sex on Combs by punching him in the neck, and he “stopped.”

According to the lawsuit, she “grabbed her clothes” and fled following the claimed assault. She went to a petrol station and contacted her father, it says.

The accuser seeks unspecified damages. The complaint was filed under New York’s Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Act.

“My only heartbreak is for my family,” Carter said. “My wife and I will have to sit our children down, one of whom is at the age where her friends will surely see the press and ask questions about the nature of these claims and explain the cruelty and greed of people. I mourn yet another loss of innocence.

“Only your network of conspiracy theorists, fake physics, will believe the idiotic claims you have levied against me that, if not for the seriousness surrounding harm to kids, would be laughable,” Carter added.

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