Jay-Z has damaged his silence after the dismissal of a sexual assault lawsuit that alleged he and embattled rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs raped a 13-year-old woman in 2000.
Jay-Z tagged the dismissal as a “victory,” happening to slam the allegations as “fictitious” and “appalling” whereas sustaining that the trauma his household endured “can by no means be dismissed.”
Diddy’s legal professionals additionally spoke on the dismissal, saying identical to this lawsuit, others introduced towards the Dangerous Boy Information founder “will collapse as a result of there isn’t any fact to them.”
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Sexual Assault Lawsuit Towards Jay-Z Dropped
A sexual assault lawsuit that was filed towards Jay-Z and Diddy by a Jane Doe has been withdrawn as contained in a authorized submitting that was submitted on Friday in New York.
The lawsuit had alleged that each hip-hop stars raped a 13-year-old woman at a VMA Awards afterparty in 2000.
Nevertheless, the lawyer representing the nameless accuser, Tony Buzbee, filed to withdraw the case, saying that the plaintiff “hereby offers discover that the… motion is voluntarily dismissed, with prejudice.”
Because the lawsuit was withdrawn with prejudice, it can’t once more be refiled in its present kind.
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Jay-Z Calls Dismissal A ‘Victory,’ However Notes That The ‘System Has Failed’
Shortly after the case was dropped, Jay-Z’s leisure firm, Roc Nation, issued an announcement signed by the rapper referring to the dismissal as a “victory.”
“At this time is a victory,” the assertion started. “The frivolous, fictitious, and appalling allegations have been dismissed. This civil swimsuit was with out benefit and by no means going wherever. The fictional story they created was laughable, if not for the seriousness of the claims.”
He continued, “I might not want this expertise on anybody. The trauma that my spouse, my youngsters, family members and I’ve endured can by no means be dismissed. This 1-800 lawyer will get to file a swimsuit hiding behind Jane Doe, and after they rapidly notice that the cash seize goes to fail, they get to stroll away with no repercussions.”
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JayZ added that “the system has failed,” noting that whereas the court docket “should defend victims,” it should additionally “defend the harmless from being accused with out a shred of proof” with “the identical moral duty.”
“Might the reality prevail for all victims and people falsely accused equally,” he concluded.
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Jay-Z Vowed His Accuser And Her Lawyer Would Not Get ‘One Purple Penny’ From Him
The “Empire State of Thoughts” rapper earlier slammed the accusation as a “blackmail” try by Buzbee and the alleged sufferer to drive a settlement.
He wrote, “My lawyer acquired a blackmail try, known as a requirement 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 need to settle.”
The rapper added, “No sir, it had the other impact! It made me need to expose you for the fraud you might be in a VERY public trend. So no, I cannot offer you ONE RED PENNY!!”
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He’d earlier filed to have the identify of his accuser revealed by the court docket as a substitute of her pursuing the case anonymously. He defined in his submitting that he believes the lawsuit was filed as a result of he refused to provide in to the “extortionate” calls for of the alleged sufferer’s lawyer.
In the meantime, in a separate assertion to the BBC, Jay-Z’s lawyer, Alex Spiro, mentioned that the case “by no means ought to have been introduced.”
“By standing up within the face of heinous and false allegations, Jay has completed what few can – he pushed again, he by no means settled, he by no means paid 1 purple penny, he triumphed and cleared his identify,” Spiro mentioned within the assertion.
‘Evident Purple Flags’ In Jay-Z’s Rape Accuser’s Story
Based on the Daily Mail, Jay-Z’s lawyer, Spiro, had earlier filed a 30-page movement the place he claimed there are “obvious purple flags” within the rapper’s rape accuser’s story as he additionally demanded that measures be taken towards the accuser’s lawyer, Buzbee, for inflicting “extraordinary hurt” to his shopper.
In his submitting, Spiro outlined a number of perceived inconsistencies, saying it confirmed that her claims have been “demonstrably false.”
The girl in query claimed in her submitting that the rape occurred at a “massive white residence with a gated U-shaped driveway.”
Nevertheless, Spiro wrote that on the night time in query, Diddy was seen on the Lotus nightclub in New York along with his then-girlfriend, Jennifer Lopez, and at one other Manhattan membership, Twirl.
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The accuser claimed to have seen musicians Fred Durst and Benji Madden on the afterparty, however they did not attend the VMAs that 12 months.
Additionally, the lady alleged that she watched the occasion on a jumbotron outdoors the venue, however Spiro says New York Metropolis officers always “denied MTV’s allow request.”
Diddy’s Attorneys Maintains His Innocence
Responding to Friday’s dismissal, Diddy’s authorized group additionally issued an announcement declaring his innocence.
A press release to The Blast learn, “For months, we’ve got seen case after case filed by people hiding behind anonymity, pushed ahead by an lawyer extra centered on media headlines than authorized benefit. Identical to this declare, the others will collapse as a result of there is no such thing as a fact to them.”
It added: “That is simply the primary of many that won’t maintain up in a court docket of legislation.”
Diddy is at the moment locked up on the infamous metropolitan detention middle in New York as he is charged with intercourse trafficking, racketeering, and transportation to have interaction in prostitution.
Ever since his detention, he had tried to safe bail on a number of events however was denied and would stay in jail till his trial on Might 5.
