Hip-hop star Jay-Z has filed a defamation lawsuit against a woman who accused him of raping her at 13, later withdrawing her claim. The suit targets her, her attorneys, and their law firm, alleging they aimed to profit through false allegations that damaged Jay-Z’s reputation and led to significant financial loss.
Hip-hop star Jay-Z has filed a defamation lawsuit against a woman who previously accused him and Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping her when she was 13 years old.
The lawsuit, filed on Monday in the US District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, asserts that the woman made 'false and defamatory' statements about Jay-Z for 'financial gain', NBC reports.
The lawsuit also targets attorneys Tony Buzbee and David Fortney, along with Buzbee’s law firm, claiming they were “soullessly motivated by greed, in abject disregard of the truth and the most fundamental precepts of human decency.”
Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, argued that the allegations, which were later withdrawn, severely harmed his personal and professional reputation. He had previously claimed that the allegations cost him a monetary loss of over $20 million.
The woman's identity, which remained as “Jane Doe”, initially filed the complaint against Combs in federal court in New York City in October, later adding Jay-Z as a defendant in December. However, she withdrew the lawsuit last month with prejudice, meaning it cannot be refiled.
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