A lawsuit filed by a Jane Doe final 12 months accusing Jay-Z and Diddy of rape has been dismissed.
Rape Lawsuit In opposition to Jay-Z and Diddy Dropped
Legal professional Tony Buzbee has dropped a rape lawsuit towards Jay-Z and Diddy, which was filed by a Jane Doe in civil courtroom final 12 months. On Friday (Feb. 14), Buzbee filed a Discover of Voluntary Dismissal in the USA District Courtroom Southern District of New York, citing the motion was voluntarily dismissed with prejudice by plaintiff Jane Doe.
The accuser claimed that in 2000, when she was 13, she was raped by Jay-Z and Diddy at a home occasion after the MTV Video Music Awards in New York Metropolis. Jane Doe initially filed the lawsuit towards Diddy final October, then refiled in December of 2024 with new data claiming sexual assault by Hov. Final December, she did a tell-all interview with NBC Information about her claims and acknowledged she made errors in her story.
The lawsuit sparked a authorized struggle between Buzbee and Jay-Z over the previous couple of months. Hov sued Tony Buzbee for extortion previous to the rape lawsuit being filed final 12 months. Buzbee accused Jay of paying former purchasers to sue the lawyer.
Whereas the lawsuit being dropped is a win for each rappers, Diddy stays behind bars in Metropolitan Detention Heart in Brooklyn the place he awaits trial for intercourse crimes.
Roc Nation has launched a press release from Jay-Z following the dismissal:
“As we speak is a victory. The frivolous, fictitious and appalling allegations have been dismissed. This civil go well with was with out advantage and by no means going anyplace. The fictional story they created was laughable, if not for the seriousness of the claims. I might not want this expertise on anybody. The trauma that my spouse, my kids, family members and I’ve endured can by no means be dismissed.
This 1-800 lawyer will get to file a go well with hiding behind Jane Doe, and after they rapidly notice that the cash seize goes to fail, they get to stroll away with no repercussions. The system has failed.
The courtroom should shield victims, OF COURSE, whereas with the identical moral accountability, the courts should shield the harmless from being accused with out a shred of proof. Might the reality prevail for all victims and people falsely accused equally.— Shawn Carter”
Diddy’s group has additionally supplied this assertion to XXL:
“As we speak’s full dismissal with out a settlement by the 1-800 legal professional is one more affirmation that these lawsuits are constructed on falsehoods, not information. For months, now we have seen case after case filed by people hiding behind anonymity, pushed ahead by an legal professional extra targeted on media headlines than authorized advantage. Identical to this declare, the others will crumble as a result of there is no such thing as a fact to them. Sean Combs has by no means sexually assaulted or trafficked anybody—man or lady, grownup or minor. No variety of lawsuits, sensationalized allegations, or media theatrics will change that actuality. We are going to proceed to struggle these baseless claims and maintain these accountable. That is simply the primary of many that won’t maintain up in a courtroom of regulation.”
Tony Buzbee had no touch upon the matter.
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