Jay-Z has been unmasked as the star who sued the lawyer for alleged Diddy victims, as the rap mogul angrily denied a filing claiming he gang-raped a 13-year-old girl with Sean Combs.
The anonymous victim previously referred to the rapper, whose real name is Shawn Corey Carter, as ‘Celebrity A’ in the bombshell filing, which also implicated a still-unnamed female star known as ‘Celebrity B’.
This makes Jay-Z the first celebrity to be named alongside Diddy in one of the myriad lawsuits filed against Sean Combs. Both rappers have denied all allegations.
Her lawyer, Tony Buzbee, who is representing more than 100 alleged Diddy victims, has now also named Jay-Z as the celebrity who allegedly ‘filed a frivolous case under a pseudonym’ against the accuser’s legal team.
The Texas-based attorney claimed Jay-Z has ‘tried to bully and harass’ him and his client over the incident said to have happened at a 2000 VMA’s afterparty – but this has backfired by ’emboldening’ them to take the case to court.
‘Regarding the Jay Z case and his efforts to silence my clients: Mr. Carter previously denied being the one who sued me and my firm,’ Buzbee said in a statement.
‘He filed his frivolous case under a pseudonym. What he fails to say in his recent statement is my firm sent his lawyer a demand letter on behalf of an alleged victim and that victim never demanded a penny from him.
‘Instead, she only sought a confidential mediation. Since I sent the letter on her behalf, Mr. Carter has not only sued me, but he has tried to bully and harass me and this plaintiff.
‘His conduct has had the opposite impact. She is emboldened. I’m very proud of her resolve. As far as the allegations in the complaint filed, we will let the filing speak for itself and will litigate the facts in court, not in the media.’
Jay-Z has been unmasked as the mystery celebrity accused of gang-raping a 13-year-old girl with Diddy at a 2000 VMA’s afterparty, according to a lawsuit. (Pictured: Jay-Z and Sean Combs at Puffy’s Fourth of July Party at Sean Combs’ House on July 2, 2000)
The anonymous victim previously referred to the rapper, whose real name is Shawn Corey Carter, as ‘Celebrity A’ in the bombshell filing. Jay-Z has denied the allegations. (Pictured: Diddy and Jay-Z during “S.O.S” The BET Telethon Relief Show at CBS Studios in 2005)
Tony Buzbee, who is representing more than 100 alleged Diddy victims, has now also named Jay-Z as the celebrity who allegedly ‘filed a frivolous case under a pseudonym’ against the accuser’s legal team
Jay-Z, 55, issued a blistering response to DailyMail.com, accusing the victim of attempting to ‘blackmail’ him, while saying he feared that his three children with Beyoncé would have to ‘endure’ harassment in the wake of the allegations.
The rapper said he is especially worried about Blue Ivy, 12. He is afraid she will face questions from her friends about the lawsuit. The couple also share twins Rumi and Sir, seven.
‘My only heartbreak is for my family,’ Jay-Z told DailyMail.com on Sunday.
‘My wife and I will have to sit our children down, one of whom is at the age where her friends will surely see the press and ask questions about the nature of these claims, and explain the cruelty and greed of people.’
Jay-Z said he mourned ‘yet another loss of innocence’ and declared that his ‘children should not have to endure’ the graphic accusations at their young age.
‘It is unfair to have to try to understand inexplicable degrees of malice meant to destroy families and human spirit,’ he said.
The accuser said she was assaulted at a party after the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards, which took place September 7, 2000 at New York City‘s Radio City Music Hall.
The lawsuit had initially been filed in New York’s Southern District this past October against Combs, with a refiling on Sunday that identified the rapper, whose real name is Shawn Carter.
Jay-Z has been unmasked as the mystery celebrity who sued the lawyer for alleged Diddy victims after he was accused of gang-raping a 13-year-old girl. (Pictured: Diddy and Jay-Z during Jay-Z’s Roller Bash CD Release Party taping for MTV in Northridge, California in 2000)
Pictured: (L-R) Natane Adcock, Damon Dash, Aaliyah, Jay Z, Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs and Jennifer Lopez at Puff Daddy’s Fourth of July Party on July 2, 2000 in East Hampton
DailyMail.com has also reached out to a Beyoncé representative on the story.
The accuser was hoping to attend the VMAs as a ‘bucket list’ aspiration, according to the lawsuit, and ‘believed she could gain entry.’
As the show started, the accuser said she ‘approached several limousine drivers parked nearby and attempted to talk her way into either’ the event or afterparties associated with it.
The accuser said in the lawsuit that a limo driver who said they worked for Diddy ‘told her that Combs liked younger girls and said she “fit what Diddy was looking for.”‘
The driver said that he would return to pick ho the accuser after dropping Combs off at the location of the bash.
The accuser said that following a 20-minute drive, she ‘arrived at what she believed to be a large white residence with a gated U-shaped driveway’ and was told to sign her name to a document she ‘now believes to have been a non-disclosure agreement,’ as she didn’t receive a copy.
Once in the home, the accuser ‘recognized many celebrities’ and ‘attempted to mingle in the crowd’ and speak with people.
‘Marijuana and cocaine’ use was a part of the ‘widespread drug use’ she witnessed once inside, the accuser said in the suit.
The accuser said she took a drink that had ‘a reddish-yellow mixture that tasted like orange juice, cranberry juice, and something bitter’ and ‘began to feel woozy and lightheaded, making her need to lie down.’
Jay-Z pictured during the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall in NYC
Jay-Z issued a lengthy statement Sunday denying the claims made in the re-filed lawsuit
Diddy seen at an afterparty shot taken the same evening alongside ex-girlfriend Jennifer Lopez
The accuser said in legal documents that she laid down in ‘what appeared to be an empty bedroom’ and subsequently, Combs, Jay-Z and a female celebrity referred to as “Celebrity B” entered the room.
‘Combs aggressively approached Plaintiff with a crazed look in his eyes, grabbed her, and said, “You are ready to party!”‘ legal documents read.
The accuser said in the lawsuit that Combs threw her ‘toward a wall,’ leading her to fall, then ‘grabbed her again and threw her on the bed.’
The accuser said Jay-Z began stripping her down ‘as she grew more and more disoriented’ and held her down as ‘he vaginally raped her, while Combs and Celebrity B watched.
‘After [Jay-Z] finished, he stepped back toward the wall. Combs then stepped forward and vaginally raped Plaintiff while Carter and Celebrity B watched.’
According to legal docs, in the 2000 incident, ‘another celebrity stood by and watched as Combs and Carter took turns assaulting the minor. Many others were present at the after party, but did nothing to stop the assault.
‘Carter has been with Combs during many such instances described herein. Both perpetrators must face justice.’
The accuser said Combs tried to force her ‘to perform oral sex on him,’ at which point she ‘fought back, standing up quickly and punching out at the same time, hitting Combs in the neck,’ at which point he ‘stopped his attempt.’
She added that she managed to escape the property and ‘retrace the route taken by the limo driver,’ arriving at ‘a gas station she noticed on the way to the party.
Diddy, pictured at the event 24 years ago, has been in custody in NYC for almost three months as he awaits his sex trafficking trial in May
After ‘a female clerk noticed her distress and allowed her to use the phone,’ the accuser said she ‘called her father, admitted that she had lied about her whereabouts, and asked him to pick her up,’ which he did.
The accuser ‘fell into a deep depression which continues to affect every facet of her life,’ according to the lawsuit.
She ‘suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and a seizure disorder caused by stress and trauma,’ the suit states.
The accuser has also ‘has had difficulty maintaining normal relationships and lives largely withdrawn from society.’
The accuser is asking the court for unspecified damages in the suit, which had been filed under New York state’s Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Act.
The legal documents filed against Jay-Z indicate that he was past referred to as ‘Celebrity A’ in a prior legal filing, and says he has homes in New York City and Los Angeles.
The rap staple, whose hits include Empire State Of Mind, Big Pimpin’ and Can I Get A…, took personal aim at Buzbee, who has taken on more than 100 cases against Combs.
The legal documents filed against Jay-Z indicate that he was past referred to as ‘Celebrity A’ in a prior legal filing, and says he has homes in New York City and Los Angeles
‘I have no idea how you have come to be such a deplorable human Mr. Buzbee, but I promise you I have seen your kind many times over,’ Jay-Z said in his reply.
‘I’m more than prepared to deal with your type. You claim to be a marine?! Marines are known for their valor, you have neither honor nor dignity.
‘My heart and support 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.’
Jay-Z said in his statement that Buzbee ‘made a terrible error in judgement’ in categorizing all celebrities as the same, referencing his own rise amid humble New York City beginnings.
‘I’m not from your world,’ he said. ‘I’m a young man who made it out of the project of Brooklyn. We don’t play these types of games.
‘We have very strict codes and honor. We protect children, you seem to exploit people for personal gain.’
Jay-Z wrapped up his statement in saying, ‘Only your network of conspiracy theorists, fake physics, will believe the idiotic claims you have levied against me that, if not for the seriousness surrounding harm to kids, would be laughable. I look forward to showing you just how different I am.’
The statement was initially sent to DailyMail.com then published on the Instagram account for Jay-Z’s Roc Nation label.
