Jane Doe Drops Sexual Assault Lawsuit Against Jay-Z and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
A lady who sued Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs for allegedly sexually assaulting her as an adolescent greater than twenty years in the past has dropped her lawsuit.
Based on a discover of voluntary dismissal filed in New York federal court docket and reviewed by USA TODAY Friday, Jane Doe dismissed the case “with prejudice,” which means it can’t be re-filed sooner or later.
Doe initially solely named Combs in her October lawsuit. Then on Dec. 8, she amended the grievance to incorporate Jay-Z, born Shawn Carter, as a defendant. She alleged that the 2 rappers drugged and raped her at an after-party following the MTV Video Music Awards in September 2000. She additionally claimed one other unnamed superstar “stood by and watched as Combs and Carter took turns assaulting” her.
In an announcement shared with USA TODAY Friday, Jay-Z’s legal professional, Alex Spiro, mentioned, “The false case towards JAY-Z, that by no means ought to have been introduced, has been dismissed with prejudice. By standing up within the face of heinous and false allegations, Jay has finished what few can – he pushed again, he by no means settled, he by no means paid 1 pink penny, he triumphed and cleared his identify.”
Combs’ attorneys advised USA TODAY that “right now’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 info.”
“1-800 legal professional” refers back to the cellphone quantity Buzbee shared for potential victims to contact him when he introduced in an October press conference that he can be representing greater than 100 alleged victims of Combs’ sexual abuse and assault.
“For months, we have now seen case after case filed by people hiding behind anonymity, pushed ahead by an legal professional extra targeted on media headlines than authorized advantage,” Combs’ attorneys continued of their assertion. “Similar to this declare, the others will crumble as a result of there isn’t a reality to them.”
The assertion concluded, “Sean Combs has by no means sexually assaulted or trafficked anybody—man or girl, 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 court docket of legislation.”
In a prolonged assertion in December, when the rapper was accused of sexual assault, Jay-Z denounced the girl’s “heinous” allegations and claimed the civil swimsuit was “a blackmail try” by Buzbee, whom he referred to as a “deplorable human.”
In an announcement to NBC News on the time, Buzbee defended the swimsuit, saying that “Jane Doe’s case was referred to our agency by one other, who vetted it previous to sending it to us” and his “shopper stays fiercely adamant that what she has acknowledged is true, to the perfect of her reminiscence.”
Buzbee has filed a minimum of two dozen lawsuits on behalf of purchasers alleging Combs has sexually assaulted them through the years. In a single filed earlier this week, Combs was accused of sexually assaulting a man in 2022.
Jay-Z’s friendship with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
Combs’ attorneys have maintained the hip-hop mogul’s innocence as he faces dozens of sexual assault lawsuits for alleged incidents that date again to the Nineteen Nineties, in addition to criminal sex crimes charges leveled towards Combs in September.
The Dangerous Boy Data founder is currently in jail after being denied bond multiple times and is scheduled to move to trial for his intercourse trafficking and racketeering prices on Might 5. He has pleaded not responsible to all prices.
Jay-Z and Combs rose to prominence within the East Coast hip-hop scene within the mid-Nineteen Nineties, with Combs launching Dangerous Boy Data in 1993 and Jay-Z co-founding Roc-A-Fella Data in 1994.
The 2 have collaborated on quite a few tracks through the years, together with “Love & Life Intro” by Mary J. Blige, a remix of fifty Cent’s “I Get Cash,” and the Diddy – Soiled Cash hit “Coming Residence” that includes Skylar Gray, which Jay-Z co-wrote and co-produced.
Contributing: Edward Segarra, USA TODAY
In the event you or somebody you understand has skilled sexual violence, RAINN’s Nationwide Sexual Assault Hotline affords free, confidential, 24/7 assist to survivors and their family members in English and Spanish at: 800.656.HOPE (4673) and Hotline.RAINN.org and en Español RAINN.org/es.
