Jay-Z accused of raping 13-year-old girl with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs in amended lawsuit

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A lawsuit filed by an anonymous accuser has alleged that she was drugged and raped by Jay-Z (real name Shawn Carter) and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs at a party in 2000, when she was aged 13.

The alleged incident is said to have taken place at a house party that followed the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) in 2000, with an “unnamed female celebrity” being in the room at the time, according to the BBC.

The amended lawsuit was originally filed in New York federal court in October, with Jane Doe claiming Combs and another “male celebrity” had raped her. It was amended on Sunday, December 8, to name Carter in the lawsuit. He denied the allegations, calling the filing a “blackmail attempt”. Combs has also denied the claims.

In the documents (reported by NBC News), the accuser said that she was dropped off at Radio City Music Hall, where the VMAs were being hosted, by a friend. She did not have a ticket the event and began speaking to limousine drivers to try and gain access to the show or an afterparty.

One limousine driver is said to have told her that Combs “liked younger girls and said she ‘fit what Diddy was looking for’”. She was then brought to a large house, where there were celebrities present, and she was asked to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA), before being given one drink by waitstaff.

She claims that she began feeling “woozy” and went into an empty bedroom to lie down, when Combs, Carter and a female celebrity entered the room. Doe alleges that the two men raped her while others watched, before she managed to escape the house, walking until she found a gas station when she called her father to ask for help.

The lawsuit was filed by Doe’s lawyer Tony Buzbee, whose company the Buzbee Law Firm has filed over 20 civil lawsuits accusing Combs of sexual misconduct, and who has said that he is representing over 120 accusers.

Carter responded on social media to deny the claims, with a statement released via his management company Roc Nation on X. He wrote: “My lawyer received a blackmail attempt, called a demand letter, from a ‘lawyer’ named Tony Buzbee. What he had calculated was the nature of these allegations and the public scrutiny would make me want 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!” he continued. “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?

“My heart goes out to true victims in the world, who have to watch how their life story is dressed in costume for profitability by this ambulance chaser in a cheap suit.”

In a statement to Pitchfork, Buzbee said: “The pleading speaks for itself. This is a very serious matter that will be litigated in court.”

Combs is currently in prison after being charged with racketeering conspiracy, transportation to engage in prostitution and sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion. He was denied bail by a judge last month, with US district judge Arun Subramanian ruling that he was a “serious risk” for witness tampering.

The music mogul’s lawyers also rejected the claims on behalf of Combs, telling Pitchfork: “This amended complaint and the recent extortion lawsuit against Mr. Buzbee exposes his barrage of lawsuits against Mr. Combs for what they are: 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,” they continued. “In court, the truth will prevail: that Mr Combs never sexually assaulted or trafficked anyone – man or woman, adult or minor.”

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Isaac Muk is a freelance writer, follow him on Bluesky.