Jay-Z has been added in a civil lawsuit that accuses each the rapper and Sean “Diddy” Combs of allegedly raping a 13-year-old lady in 2000, according to a NBC News report.
The lawsuit filed by the Texas-based Tony Buzbee was initially filed in October within the Southern District of New York and listed Combs because the defendant. NBC Information experiences it was refiled Sunday to incorporate Jay-Z, whose full title is Shawn Carter.
The accuser is ID’ed as Jane Doe within the go well with. The assault allegedly occurred after she was pushed to a celebration after the MTV Video Music Awards.
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In October, Buzbee vowed to file a number of instances on behalf of alleged victims of Combs. That’s along with the practically 20 different civil instances and the prison fees of intercourse trafficking and extra from the feds that Combs is combating.
Of the half a dozen plaintiffs for Combs’ accused actions between 1995 and 2021 filed in federal courtroom in New York below the Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Safety Act, one among them was a 19-year previous feminine and one was a 16-year previous boy.
Combs has repeatedly denied all of the accusations towards him. On November 27, a federal decide rejected his most up-to-date bid to be launched from New York Metropolis’s Metropolitan Detention Middle earlier than his 2025 trial.
Arrested in mid-September on racketeering, intercourse trafficking and transportation to have interaction in prostitution fees that would see him in jail for all times if discovered responsible, the 55-year-old Combs’ trial is about to begin on Could 5, 2025. Placing up a $50 million bond plus different ensures, Combs noticed two earlier bail efforts stymied in September.
Dominic Patten contributed to this report.
