Jay-Z has sued the Jane Doe who accused him of sexual assault in a new lawsuit, as well as her attorneys, for defamation.
The rapper, whose real name is Shawn Carter, is seeking unspecified damages against the unnamed victim, who said she was 13 at the time of the alleged assault in 2000.
Carter’s legal team says that the charges, filed by attorneys Tony Buzbee and David Fortney were “malicious,” and were “strategically and tactically calculated and time to inflict maximum pain and suffering on Mr. Carter.” The assault suit, which originally only named Sean “Diddy” Combs as the assailant was first filed in October, then refiled two months later naming Carter as a co-defendant.
Both music stars were accused of raping the unnamed victim in 2000 at an MTV Video Music Awards after-party. Combs is currently in prison awaiting trial on multiple counts of sexual assault, racketeering and sex trafficking, but this was the first time Jay-Z was named as having been his partner in crime.
The rapper’s lawyers state that Doe hired Buzbee “to obtain a payday” and that Buzbee sent Carter an “extortionate” demand letter before naming him publicly. His legal team also says that an interview Doe gave to NBC News was “full of lies.”
According to the defamation suit, Buzbee pushed Doe “towards going forward with the false story against Mr. Carter,” and that the alleged victim “voluntarily admitted directly to representatives of Mr. Carter that the story brought before the world in court and on global television was just that: a false, malicious story.”
The suit states that Carter has no wish to reveal Doe’s identity, but does want to “hold Doe accountable for her willful defamation” and “malicious prosecution of knowingly false allegations.”
Variety first reported the story.
