Jay-Z has filed a defamation lawsuit at the moment towards the rape accuser who claimed he and Diddy sexually assaulted her in 2000, in addition to suing her lawyer, Tony Buzbee, over false allegations.
Jay-Z Needs to Go to Trial Over False Rape Allegations
On Monday (March 3), attorneys for Jay-Z filed the defamation lawsuit in United States District Courtroom for the Southern District of Alabama Cellular Division. Alabama is the place the Jane Doe lives. The go well with names Buzbee in addition to his agency, The Buzbee Regulation Agency, Jane Doe and David Fortney, the opposite lawyer who filed Doe’s criticism towards Hov final December. The rape lawsuit was dismissed final month.
4 causes of motion are listed within the go well with, together with malicious prosecution, civil conspiracy and abuse of course of towards all defendants, whereas defamation is solely introduced towards Jane Doe. Hov and his attorneys consider Jane Doe, whose identification has remained a thriller since she first got here ahead with the rape allegations final 12 months, was in search of a giant payday and Tony Buzbee took benefit of the state of affairs.
“Doe seems to be affected by private and monetary hardship,” the lawsuit reads. “She misplaced custody of her kids, and her mother and father, who, on data and perception, assist Doe, just lately filed for chapter safety. Determined to acquire a payday, Doe employed the Buzbee regulation agency―which has an extended historical past of whipping up a media frenzy with obscure and sensational claims towards public figures―to extort funds from Mr. Carter beneath the specter of devastating hurt to his repute.”
Roc Nation allegedly misplaced over $20 million in enterprise as a result of false rape allegations. Jay-Z claims Doe’s lies precipitated “hurt to his private {and professional} repute, hurt to his enterprise entity, Roc Nation—which resulted in his enterprise struggling substantial losses in extra of $20 million—out-of-pocket loss, and emotional hurt, humiliation, and harassment.”
In accordance with the rapper’s attorneys, when requested by Jay’s consultant to come back ahead with
the reality, Jane Doe allegedly responded “What’s in it for me?”
In an announcement to XXL, Tony Buzbee claims Jane Doe stands by her claims and Jay-Z’s new lawsuit contains quotes from Doe which are “utterly made up.”
“This Alabama submitting asserts the identical claims as one other case Jay Z’s workforce pieced collectively and filed in Los Angeles,” Buzbee mentioned. “Just like the case in L.A., this new case in Alabama additionally has no authorized advantage. Shawn Carter’s investigators have repeatedly harassed, threatened and harangued this poor girl for weeks attempting to intimidate her and make her recant her story. She hasn’t, and received’t. As a substitute she has said repeatedly she stands by her claims. These similar group of investigators have been caught on tape providing to pay folks to sue me and my agency. After talking with Jane Doe at the moment, it seems that the quotes attributed to her within the lawsuit are utterly made up, or they spoke to somebody who isn’t Jane Doe. That is simply one other try and intimidate and bully this poor girl that we are going to take care of sooner or later. We received’t be bullied or intimidated by frivolous instances.”
Final December, Jane Doe did a tell-all interview with NBC Information about her claims and acknowledged she made errors in her story. She alleged she was 13 years outdated when a buddy drove her from Rochester, N.Y., to New York Metropolis for the MTV Video Music Awards in 2000. As soon as outdoors the venue for the awards present, she claimed she spoke with Diddy’s limo driver who provided her a trip to an after-party. In accordance with her, she spoke with Good Charlotte members Benji and Joel Madden on the get together. A consultant for the Maddens confirmed to NBC that they didn’t attend the VMAs and have been on tour within the Midwest on the time.
On the after-party, Jane Doe insisted she was raped by each Jay-Z and Diddy after she was given a drink that made her really feel “woozy.” She additionally claimed her father picked her up after the alleged sexual assault occurred, and so they “rode house in silence” and “he did not ask me what occurred.” However her father reportedly had no recollection of the incident and couldn’t confirm his daughter’s claims to the media outlet. “I really feel like I might keep in mind that and I do not,” he mentioned.
Buzbee and Doe dropped the rape lawsuit towards Jay-Z and Diddy on Feb. 14, citing the motion was voluntarily dismissed with prejudice by plaintiff Jane Doe. This implies Doe can’t refile the lawsuit.
Jay-Z calls for a trial by jury for his lawsuit towards Tony Buzbee, his agency, Jane Doe and David Fortney.
