The rapper/producer mogul Jay-Z a.k.a. Shawn Carter and fellow hip-hop star Sean Diddy Combs have been accused of raping a 13-year-old girl at a party following the 2000 Video Music Awards, according to an amended civil lawsuit.
Jay-Z was added to the lawsuit that was filed initially in October as one of several anonymous complaints by Texas attorney Tony Buzbee.
In a statement posted to Roc Nation's X account @RocNation on Sunday, Jay-Z denied the allegations against him in the filing:
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Carter was identified in the original complaint as Celebrity A. The plaintiff alleged she was noticed by a limousine driver who invited her to the after-party where Combs and Carter raped her.
In his statement, Jay-Z claimed Buzbee had sent his lawyer a "demand letter" ahead of the filing.
In his response, the music mogul questioned why the filing was a civil lawsuit rather than a criminal filing.
"Whomever would commit such a crime against a minor should be locked away, would you not agree? These alleged victims would deserve real justice if that were the case".
Jay-Z went on to address the impct to his family:
"My only heartbreak is for my family. 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."
Meanwhile Combs' legal representatives responded to the filing in a statement to ABC News saying:
"This amended complaint and the recent extortion lawsuit against Mr. Buzbee exposes his barrage of lawsuits against Mr. Combs for what they are: 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."
The statement refuted the allegations:
"In court, the truth will prevail: that Mr. Combs never sexually assaulted or trafficked anyone -- man or woman, adult or minor".
