Jay-Z attends the Los Angeles premiere of Sony Photos’ The Guide Of Clarence on the Academy Museum of Movement Photos on Jan. 5, 2024.
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The girl who accused Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping her when she was 13 years outdated has dropped her lawsuit towards each males.
Courtroom data present {that a} discover of voluntary dismissal towards all defendants was submitted on Friday. It was dismissed “with prejudice,” that means the plaintiff can’t re-file a swimsuit.
It comes lower than 4 months after the swimsuit was initially filed. The swimsuit included disturbing particulars of how the lady was allegedly lured by a limousine driver outdoors the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards and assaulted by the 2 rappers at an after-party.
Attorneys for the lady, recognized within the lawsuit as “Jane Doe,” didn’t disclose the rationale for withdrawing the criticism, in line with court docket data. They declined to remark Saturday.
Jay-Z — whose actual identify is Shawn Carter — has strongly denied the claims and his attorneys had been looking for to get the case dismissed. In an announcement on Saturday, Carter mentioned the claims had been “frivolous, fictitious and appalling” and referred to as the swimsuit a “money-grab.”
“I might not want this expertise on anybody. The trauma that my spouse, my youngsters, my family members and I’ve endured can by no means be dismissed,” he mentioned.
Combs presently faces a number of lawsuits alleging bodily assault, rape and different misconduct. He’s presently held in a New York Metropolis jail awaiting trial on intercourse trafficking fees.
On Saturday, Combs’ attorneys mentioned the swimsuit dropped on Friday would be the “first of many that won’t maintain up in a court docket of legislation.”
“Sean Combs has by no means sexually assaulted or trafficked anybody—man or girl, grownup or minor. No variety of lawsuits, sensationalized allegations, or media theatrics will change that actuality,” Combs’ authorized group mentioned in an announcement.
In December, the lady, who remained nameless, did an interview with NBC Information, sharing that she is now a 38-year-old mom in Alabama. She advised NBC that she had stayed quiet in regards to the alleged assault for over twenty years as a result of she didn’t assume anybody would imagine her.
In her account, the lady mentioned the assault happened on the night time of the 2000 VMAs when she was 13. She was standing outdoors the awards present in Radio Metropolis Music Corridor in New York Metropolis when she met a limousine driver who claimed to work for Combs, in line with the swimsuit and interview with NBC.
The motive force took her to an “after-party” the place she took a drink served by a waitress and felt lightheaded, the lady alleged. She seemed for a room to lie down in, and Combs, Carter and an unnamed girl adopted. The swimsuit alleged Carter raped her first, then Combs, whereas the lady watched.
Carter’s attorneys have argued that the lady’s allegations contained a lot of inconsistencies, together with that they had been unable to search out the placement of the after-party, which the lady described as a big white home with a gated U-shaped driveway a few 20-minute drive from Radio Metropolis Music Corridor.
Carter’s attorneys have additionally pointed to NBC Information reporting that musician Benji Madden — who the lady claimed was on the after-party — was on tour within the Midwest on the time.
In line with court docket data, Combs’ trial for intercourse trafficking and racketeering fees is scheduled to start in Might.
