Jay-Z files defamation lawsuit against ‘Jane Doe’ who accused him of rape
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Music mogul Jay-Z has filed a defamation lawsuit against an anonymous woman who earlier accused him of raping her when she was 13, alleging she was banking on “false and malicious claims” for financial gain.
Music mogul Jay-Z has filed a defamation lawsuit against an anonymous woman who earlier accused him of raping her when she was 13, alleging she was banking on “false and malicious claims” for financial gain. The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court in the Southern District of Alabama – where the woman identified only as “Jane Doe” lives – also accuses her and her attorneys of extortion and of being “soullessly motivated by greed.” Jay-Z, whose legal name is Shawn Carter, claims the allegations against him were “malevolent efforts to assassinate the impeccable and lifetime-earned character” of his personal and professional life. The woman in a previous lawsuit alleged rapper and music producer Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jay-Z sexually assaulted her in 2000 at an MTV Video Music Awards after-party in Manhattan. Carter has vigorously denied the allegations. And that case was dropped last month after the woman withdrew her lawsuit against the men, in a notice of voluntary dismissal signed by Doe’s attorneys. Combs faces more than 40 sexual assault lawsuits and, unlike Carter, has been indicted on federal charges of sex trafficking and racketeering. Combs has pleaded not guilty and is in custody awaiting a trial scheduled for May.
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