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Jay-Z says lawsuit accusing him of raping child at after-party is part of extortion ploy | News, sports, jobs

Jay-Z says lawsuit accusing him of raping child at after-party is part of extortion ploy | News, sports, jobs

Jay-Z says lawsuit accusing him of raping child at after-party is part of extortion ploy | News, sports, jobs

AP PHOTO Musician Jay-Z is on the field for an NFL football game between the Washington Commanders and Dallas Cowboys on Nov. 24 in Landover, Maryland.

NEW YORK – Jay-Z says the rape accusation against him is part of an extortion attempt.

A woman who previously sued Sean “Diddy” Combs alleging she was raped at the age of 13 at an awards show after-party in 2000 amended the lawsuit Sunday with a new allegation that Jay-Z also attended and participated in the party. the sexual assault.

The 24-time Grammy award-winning rapper, producer and music mogul called the allegations “idiotic” and “heinous in nature” in a statement released by Roc Nation, one of his companies.

He also revealed that he anonymously sued the woman’s attorney, Tony Buzbee, last month for trying to blackmail the rapper by threatening to go public with the rape allegation if he didn’t agree to a legal settlement. He said Buzbee sent a letter to his attorney appearing to seek a settlement, but the letter had the “opposite effect” on him.

“It made me want to expose you in a VERY public way for the fraud you are committing,” Jay-Z’s statement said. “So no, I won’t give you a single red cent!!”

The lawsuit is part of a wave of sexual abuse charges against Combs as the hip-hop mogul remains in custody in New York awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges.

The unnamed woman says she hung out at Radio City Music Hall during the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards and managed to convince a limousine driver to take her to a celebrity-studded party at a private home after the event.

She said that while she was in the limo, she was asked to sign a confidentiality document. Once at the party, the lawsuit said, she took a drink that left her feeling “woozy and light-headed” and went to a bedroom to lie down.

She said Combs and Jay-Z, whose legal name is Shawn Carter, then burst into the room along with another unnamed celebrity and raped her. The woman said she eventually escaped the room, fled the house and requested a ride at a nearby gas station.

Buzbee, a personal injury attorney in Houston, said the idea that he was trying to blackmail Jay-Z is “stupid and laughable,” and that his letter simply requested confidential mediation in the lawsuit.