(NewsNation) — Rap mogul and entrepreneur Jay-Z, born Shawn Carter, is accused of raping a 13-year-old girl in 2000, alongside defamed music star Sean “Diddy” Combs, an amended complaint obtained by NewsNation alleges.
The victim, identified as “Jane Doe,” alleges that the pair of stars assaulted her at an MTV Video Music Awards afterparty, NBC News first reported. She was invited by a limousine driver after the Video Music Awards in Manhattan in September 2000.
Originally filed in October 2024, the suit named only Diddy. Sunday’s amended complaint identifies Jay-Z as “Celebrity A,” who was accused of raping the 13-year-old while “Celebrity B,” a female, watched.
Court documents also accuse Jay-Z of being present during “many such instances.”
“He believes he is above the law. He is not,” the filing reads. “His close friend Shawn Carter has been with Combs during many such instances described herein. Both perpetrators must face justice.”
The suit also accuses Jay-Z of “orchestrating a conspiracy of harassment, bullying and intimidation against Plaintiff’s lawyers, their families, employees and former associates in an attempt to silence Plaintiff from naming Jay-Z herein.”
Jay-Z on accusations: ‘I look forward to showing you just how different I am’
The record executive released a lengthy statement in response to the complaint. In it, Jay-Z claims the lawyer behind the 13-year-old accuser’s suit attempted to blackmail him.
“What he had calculated was the nature of these allegations and the public scrutiny would make me want to settle,” Jay-Z’s statement reads in part. “No sir, it had the opposite effect! It made me want to expose you for the fraud you are in a VERY public fashion. So no, I will not give you ONE RED PENNY!!”
Jay-Z said his only heartbreak is for his family, as having to explain the allegations will be hard on the Carter-Knowles’ three children. He also said his “heart and support” goes out to the “true victims in the world.”
“Only your network of conspiracy theorists, fake physics, will believe the idiotic claims you have levied against me that, if not for the seriousness surrounding harm to kids, would be laughable,” the music mogul continued. “I look forward to showing you just how different I am.”
Lawyer Tony Buzbee responded to Jay-Z’s statement in a post on X Sunday evening, sharing in part: “Mr. Carter previously denied being the one who sued me and my firm. He filed his frivolous case under a pseudonym. What he fails to say in his recent statement is my firm sent his lawyer a demand letter on behalf of an alleged victim and that victim never demanded a penny from him.”
“Since I sent the letter on her behalf, Mr. Carter has not only sued me, but he has tried to bully and harass me and this plaintiff. His conduct has had the opposite impact. She is emboldened,” Buzbee’s post continues. “I’m very proud of her resolve.”
He added that he and his client will “let the filing speak for itself and will litigate the facts in court, not in the media.”
Diddy indictment
Diddy has pleaded not guilty to federal sex trafficking charges contained in an indictment unsealed the day after his Sept. 16 arrest. Charges include allegations he coerced and abused women for years, aided by associates and employees, and silenced victims through blackmail and violence, including kidnapping, arson and physical beatings.
He has remained incarcerated pending a May 5 trial after his bond request was denied for a third time in late November.
Combs’ indictment came after months of speculation about a possible federal investigation tied to civil lawsuits alleging abuse and sexual assault spanning more than 30 years.
The indictment alleges Combs lured in women with promises of a romantic relationship before using intimidation and threats to have them engage in prostitution at reported so-called “freak offs.” There, victims were allegedly drugged and told to engage in sex acts with male sex workers for an extended period, while someone filmed them.
Combs allegedly kept some of the videos, sometimes without the victims’ knowledge.
According to the indictment, Combs and the victims often required IV fluids afterward due to physical exertion.
NewsNation’s Liz Jassin, Katie Smith and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
