NEW YORK — Shawn Carter, also known as Jay-Z, was accused in a refiled civil suit Sunday of allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl with Sean “Diddy” Combs in 2000, according to reports.
NBC and Variety say the lawsuit was originally filed against Combs in October and didn’t have Carter’s name attached, but was refiled Sunday to include him.
The victim accusing both Carter and Combs is only listed as “Jane Doe,” according to Variety. The suit says both men assaulted her at an MTV Video Music Awards after-party in 2000.
"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?" said Carter in a statement posted to X.
Carter also alleged his lawyer was sent “blackmail" by Texas based lawyer Tony Buzbee, who represents over 150 alleged victims of Combs, in hopes for a settlement instead of the allegations being made public.
Buzbee responded on X to the post, stating he sent a demand letter on behalf of an alleged victim who "never demanded a penny from (Carter)" and "only sought a confidential mediation."
This refiled complaint adds to a growing list of legal claims against Combs, the indicted hip-hop mogul, all of which he has denied.
The lawsuits, filed mostly by anonymous Jane Doe’s, describe alleged assaults dating to the mid-1990s, including at Combs’ celebrity-studded white parties in Long Island’s Hamptons, at a party in Brooklyn celebrating Combs’ then-collaborator Biggie Smalls, and even in the storeroom at Macy’s flagship department store in midtown Manhattan.
Combs, who has pleaded not guilty to all charges, has been in a locked up and is accused of trying to orchestrate social media campaigns aimed at tainting the jury pool, tried to publicly leak materials he thought would be helpful to his case and contacted potential witnesses through third parties.
