Lawsuit alleges Jay-Z and Diddy raped 13-year-old girl

US rapper Jay-Z has hit again at a lawsuit which alleges that he, together with Sean “Diddy” Combs, drugged and raped a 13-year-old lady at a celebration in 2000.

The nameless accuser alleges she was assaulted at a home get together after the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) in New York and that an unnamed feminine superstar was within the room on the time.

In a press release, Jay-Z, whose actual identify is Shawn Carter, dismissed the authorized motion as a “blackmail attempt”.

Mr Combs – who’s in jail awaiting trial after being charged in September with sex-trafficking and different offences – denied the most recent accusation.

The lawsuit was initially filed in October, and was refiled on Sunday to record Mr Carter as a defendant.

The BBC has contacted Mr Carter’s lawyer, Alex Spiro, and his publicist for remark.

The authorized motion was filed below New York’s Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Act, by a Texas-based lawyer, Tony Buzbee.

Mr Buzbee has filed a number of lawsuits in latest months accusing Mr Combs of assault and rape. The hip-hop artist is because of face a felony trial on 5 May.

Mr Carter mentioned in a press release posted to social media: “My lawyer received a blackmail attempt, called a demand letter, from a ‘lawyer’ named Tony Buzbee.

“What he had calculated was the character of those allegations and the general public scrutiny would make me wish to settle.

“No sir, it had the opposite effect! It made me want to expose you for the fraud you are in a VERY public fashion. So no, I will not give you ONE RED PENNY!!”

A press release from Mr Combs’s authorized workforce mentioned this amended lawsuit was the most recent in a collection of “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 assertion mentioned that the judicial course of would present Mr Combs to be harmless of all of the allegations in opposition to him. He faces 30 different lawsuits.

The accuser in Sunday’s authorized submitting, who’s recognized solely as “Jane Doe”, mentioned that in 2000, when she was 13, a pal dropped her off on the VMAs at Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan.

She approached limousine drivers outdoors the venue to attempt to achieve entry to the present, in accordance with the authorized motion.

One driver advised her that he was employed by Mr Combs and that she “fit what Diddy was looking for”, says the lawsuit.

Later that night the chauffeur drove her to a celebration at a white home, in accordance with the authorized motion.

Jane Doe says when she arrived on the get together she was requested to signal a doc, which she believes was a non-disclosure settlement, says the lawsuit.

The authorized motion says she recognised “many celebrities” on the get together and noticed widespread drug use, together with cocaine.

A waitress supplied her a drink that made her really feel “woozy”, so she went right into a room to lie down, in accordance with the lawsuit.

Soon afterwards, the authorized motion says, Mr Combs and Mr Carter entered the room with a feminine superstar, described as Celebrity B. “Plaintiff immediately recognized all three celebrities,” says the lawsuit.

The authorized motion says Mr Combs approached her “with a crazed look in his eyes”, grabbed her and mentioned: “You are ready to party!”

Mr Carter held her down and raped her, earlier than Mr Combs did the identical, all whereas Celebrity B watched, in accordance with the lawsuit.

Jane Doe fought again in the course of the assault and when Mr Combs backed away in shock she escaped, the authorized motion says.

The lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages, says the plaintiff nonetheless suffers from post-traumatic stress dysfunction and despair on account of the alleged rapes.

In his assertion, Mr Carter, who’s married to Beyoncé, with whom he has three kids, mentioned: “My only heartbreak is for my family.

“My spouse and I should sit our kids down, considered one of whom is on the age the place her buddies will certainly see the press and ask questions in regards to the nature of those claims, and clarify the cruelty and greed of individuals.”