The woman who has accused Shawn Carter, the hip-hop entrepreneur known as Jay-Z, of raping her in 2000 when she was 13 years old, allegedly with rapper Sean Diddy Combs, has requested a judge on Monday to reject her desire to stay nameless.
Carter’s attorney, Alex Spiro, contended in a court filing that the accuser’s choice to sue Carter under the alias Jane Doe was not consistent with a sincere attempt to ascertain whether these claims were true or false, rather than an attempt to secure a speedy, extortionate settlement.
According to Spiro, Carter was politely asking for the Plaintiff’s identity to be revealed or the accusations to be dropped.
Spiro added that it is not in line with justice, fairness, or the regulations governing federal proceedings for the Plaintiff and her attorney to disparage the Defendant’s reputation in ways intended to generate media attention and cause the greatest amount of harm to public relations while keeping the fundamental truth about the Plaintiff’s identity completely concealed.
In an interview with NBC News on Monday, Texas-based lawyer Tony Buzbee, who brought the case against Carter and Combs, answered Spiro’s motion. According to Buzbee, it is stupid for anyone to claim that a demand letter—especially the one I sent—is extortion or blackmail.
Demand letters of this nature are delivered every day throughout the United States, so trying to criticize me in an effort to divert attention from the alleged offender won’t work and won’t scare us, he continued.
The woman claims that the attack happened after she was driven to an MTV Video Music Awards afterparty in 2000, according to the lawsuit against Carter and Combs that was filed in the Southern District of New York.
In a long statement released Sunday evening after the complaint was reported by NBC News, Carter strongly refuted the accusation, called it foolish, and charged Buzbee with acting in an unprofessional manner.
I beg you to pursue a criminal complaint rather than a civil one since these accusations are so egregious! Would you not agree that someone who would perpetrate such a crime against a youngster ought to be imprisoned? Carter told NBC News in a statement. If such were the case, these purported victims would be entitled to true justice.
Combs has been the target of multiple lawsuits from Buzbee in recent months, alleging rape and violence. Federal prosecutors in New York have accused Combs of a number of crimes, including sex trafficking and racketeering. His trial is set for May 5 and he is currently being held in Brooklyn.
Combs’s lawyers described the claims against him in a statement as blatant publicity hoaxes intended to extort money from celebrities who are afraid of having false information broadcast about them, just as Mr. Combs has been the target of false information. Representatives for Combs maintained that their client had never trafficked or sexually assaulted any adult or child.
According to the Jane Doe complainant in the lawsuit against Carter and Combs, a Combs-employed limousine driver invited her to a home party following the VMAs and said she was the kind of person Diddy was searching for.
According to the lawsuit, the driver finally took her to a white house with a U-shaped driveway, where she was had to sign what she thought was a nondisclosure agreement in order to be allowed to attend the party. Celebrities and drug users were everywhere during the gathering. According to the lawsuit, she was given a drink that made her feel dizzy, queasy, and as like she should lie down.
She retired to a room to recover, and Combs and Carter came in soon after. She claims that as Combs and an unidentified female celebrity looked on, Carter took off her clothes, restrained her, and sexually assaulted her. She claims that as Carter and the other woman watched, Combs also sexually assaulted her.
By striking Combs in the neck, the accuser allegedly resisted being made to engage in oral sex. The lawsuit claims that after the alleged attack, the accuser took her clothing and fled. She contacted her father while she was at a gas station.
Unspecified damages are what the accuser is requesting. The Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Act of New York provides the legal basis for the complaint.
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