Jay-Z, the star rapper and entrepreneur whose real name is Shawn Carter, has been accused in a lawsuit Sunday of raping a 13-year-old girl in 2000, allegedly along with Sean “Diddy” Combs.
The anonymous accuser, identified only as “Jane Doe,” said the assault occurred after she was driven to an MTV Video Music Awards after-party.
The federal lawsuit was originally filed in October in the Southern District of New York, listing Combs as a defendant. It was refiled Sunday to include Carter.
Texas-based attorney Tony Buzbee, who filed the suit, did not comment.
Carter called the allegations “idiotic” in a lengthy statement Sunday evening and alleged that Buzbee was engaged in unprofessional behavior.
“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?” Carter said in a statement to NBC News. “These alleged victims would deserve real justice if that were the case.”
A spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York declined to comment on whether the office is investigating the case after being presented with NBC News’ report on the lawsuit.
In recent months, Buzbee has filed multiple lawsuits, all of which have kept the complainants’ identities confidential, alleging assault and rape by Combs.
This marks the first case where he has named another prominent defendant.
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In a statement, legal representatives for Combs 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.
In September, federal prosecutors in New York charged Combs with racketeering, sex trafficking, and other crimes. He remains in custody at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center after being denied bail for the third time last month. His trial is set for May 5.
During a court hearing last month, prosecutors indicated they are considering additional charges against Combs through a superseding indictment.
Before the lawsuit was refiled Sunday, “Carter received a letter from Plaintiff’s counsel requesting a mediation to resolve this matter,” Buzbee wrote in the suit. In response to the letter, which NBC News has seen, Carter filed his own lawsuit against the accuser’s attorneys, Buzbee wrote in the suit.
“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 raped her at a house party after the MTV Video Music Awards in New York.
(NBC News)
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