(NewsNation) — Rap mogul Jay-Z has been accused of assault alongside Sean “Diddy” Combs in an amended complaint filed Sunday, but his name is just the latest among several well-known people linked to the accusations against Combs.
Originally filed in October 2024, the suit named only Combs but now identifies Jay-Z as “Celebrity A,” who was accused of raping a 13-year-old at an MTV Video Music Awards afterparty, NBC News first reported.
Jay-Z accused
The victim, identified as “Jane Doe,” alleges that the pair of stars assaulted her after the event in Manhattan in September 2000. Court documents accuse Jay-Z of being present during “many such instances.”
Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, denied the allegations in a lengthy statement in response to the complaint. In it, he claims the lawyer behind the accuser’s suit attempted to blackmail him.
The rapper is the most high-profile name to be linked to Combs, but several others have been tied to the disgraced music producer who is currently in a New York prison after a federal indictment on three counts of racketeering, sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion and transportation to engage in prostitution.
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Oscar-winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr. was added to a sexual assault lawsuit against Combs by music producer Rodney Jones earlier this year.
Jones, also known as Lil Rod, alleged that Gooding sexually harassed and assaulted him, such as by groping him while aboard Combs’ yacht in 2023. He said Gooding did not stop until he forcibly pushed him away and that Combs left him alone with the actor.
Gooding has denied the allegations.
Aaron Hall
R&B singer and songwriter Aaron Hall was sued alongside Combs by Liza Gardner for battery, sexual assault and negligent infliction of emotional distress.
Garner said in 1990, she and her friend met Combs during an event at the offices of MCA Records, and the two were invited back to Hall’s home.
There, she “was coerced into having sex with Combs,” the suit alleged.
“After Combs finished doing his business, Liza Gardner laid in bed, shocked and traumatized,” the lawsuit stated. “As she was in the process of getting dressed, Hall barged into the room, pinned her down and forced Liza Gardner to have sex with him.”
Both Hall and Combs have denied the allegations.
Harve Pierre
Bad Boy Records executive Harve Pierre, Combs, and a third “assailant” were sued by Anna Kane, the ex-wife of an NHL hockey player. Kane alleged that the three gang-raped her when she was 17 after trafficking her across state lines in 2003.
Kane said that she met Pierre as a junior in high school when he approached her at a lounge in Detroit near her home. Pierre and Combs convinced the then-teen to take a private jet with them and a third person to Combs’ recording studio in New York City.
That’s where they drugged her and then began taking turns raping her, she alleged.
“As a result of being raped by Mr. Combs, Mr. Pierre and the Third Assailant, Ms. Doe suffered significant emotional distress and feelings of shame that have plagued her life and personal relationships for 20 years,” her lawsuit stated.
Pierre denied the allegations in a statement to TMZ.
Christian “King” Combs
Combs’ son Christian “King” Combs was named alongside his father in a lawsuit that accuses the younger Combs of sexual assault and battery on a yacht that was chartered by the music mogul in 2022.
Grace O’Marcaigh, a steward working on the yacht, alleged in a civil suit in the Los Angeles County Superior Court that Christian, 26, forced her to take a “spiked” shot of tequila, groped her and then assaulted her, according to court documents.
She says she complained to the ship’s captain, but the incident was not properly investigated. She alleges Combs paid the captain a hefty tip as part of a “coverup,” reported Rolling Stone.
Jacob the Jeweler
Celebrity jewelry designer Jacob Arabo, known as Jacob the Jeweler, was named as a defendant in a complaint filed against Combs in July, reported Business Insider. The complaint accuses Combs of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and sex trafficking by a woman who worked at one of the rapper’s infamous “white parties.”
He alleged that Combs forced her to have sex with Arabo, who was one of the party guests.
Yung Miami
Rapper Yung Miami, who once dated Combs, is named in the sexual assault lawsuit filed by Jones as being a part of his sex trafficking operation.
The lawsuit accuses the rapper of bringing Combs tuci, a drug sometimes called “pink cocaine,” on a private jet.
Jones alleged Yung Miami was among several women “who were paid a monthly fee to work as Mr. Combs’ sex workers.”
The rapper was also named in another sexual assault lawsuit filed by Jane Doe who alleges that Yung Miami harassed her to have an abortion at the behest of Combs, reported Vulture.
Yung Miami denied the allegations, reported The Los Angeles Times.
