Jay-Z attends the Los Angeles premiere of Sony Photos’ The E-book Of Clarence on the Academy Museum of Movement Photos on Jan. 5, 2024.
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The lady who accused Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping her when she was 13 years outdated has dropped her lawsuit in opposition to each males.
Court docket data present {that a} discover of voluntary dismissal in opposition to all defendants was submitted on Friday. It was dismissed “with prejudice,” that means the plaintiff can not 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 exterior 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 grievance, based on courtroom data. They declined to remark Saturday.
Jay-Z — whose actual identify is Shawn Carter — has strongly denied the claims and his attorneys had been searching for to get the case dismissed. In a press release on Saturday, Carter mentioned the claims have been “frivolous, fictitious and appalling” and referred to as the swimsuit a “money-grab.”
“I’d not want this expertise on anybody. The trauma that my spouse, my kids, my family members and I’ve endured can by no means be dismissed,” he mentioned.
Combs at the moment faces a number of lawsuits alleging bodily assault, rape and different misconduct. He’s at the moment held in a New York Metropolis jail awaiting trial on intercourse trafficking expenses.
On Saturday, Combs’ attorneys mentioned the swimsuit dropped on Friday would be the “first of many that won’t maintain up in a courtroom of regulation.”
“Sean Combs has by no means sexually assaulted or trafficked anybody—man or lady, grownup or minor. No variety of lawsuits, sensationalized allegations, or media theatrics will change that actuality,” Combs’ authorized crew mentioned in a press release.
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 instructed NBC that she had stayed quiet concerning the alleged assault for over 20 years as a result of she didn’t suppose anybody would imagine her.
In her account, the lady mentioned the assault occurred on the night time of the 2000 VMAs when she was 13. She was standing exterior the awards present in Radio Metropolis Music Corridor in New York Metropolis when she met a limousine driver who claimed to work for Combs, based on 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 appeared for a room to lie down in, and Combs, Carter and an unnamed lady 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 variety of inconsistencies, together with that they have been unable to seek out the situation of the after-party, which the lady described as a big white home with a gated U-shaped driveway a couple of 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 accordance with courtroom data, Combs’ trial for intercourse trafficking and racketeering expenses is scheduled to start in Could.