Jay-Z is accused of raping a 13-year-old girl in a lawsuit with fellow music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs.
The lawsuit was first filed in October but did not list Jay-Z, whose given name is Shawn Carter, by name until an amended complaint was filed on Sunday, NBC News first reported.
The plaintiff, listed as “Jane Doe,” alleges that Carter and Combs drugged her and subsequently took turns raping her while an unnamed female celebrity watched in 2000 at a house party in Manhattan after the MTV Video Music Awards, according to the amended complaint, which HuffPost obtained. At the time, she was 13 years old, and Carter and Combs would have both been about 31 years old.
She also claimed that Carter raped her vaginally first, then Combs did the same. Combs then attempted to force her to perform oral sex as Carter and the woman watched, but she managed to escape, running to a nearby gas station, the lawsuit added.
Carter was originally named as “Celebrity A” in the lawsuit and the woman was named as “Celebrity B.” However, when Carter was notified of the suit, he filed an “utterly frivolous lawsuit” and orchestrated “a conspiracy of harassment, bullying and intimidation” against “Jane Doe’s” lawyers, families, and others in an effort to keep his name out of the suit, the complaint said.
“This effort was meant to scare Plaintiff and to discredit her counsel. That effort failed. Indeed, Plaintiff chose to file this amendment as a result of the egregious conduct perpetuated by Carter,” the complaint continued.
It’s unclear to HuffPost what lawsuit Carter filed. However, a “John Doe’ filed a lawsuit against the plaintiff’s attorney, Tony Buzbee, accusing him of extortion last month. Buzbee denied the claim — calling it “frivolous” and an “aggressive attempt to intimidate or silence me and ultimately my clients.”
“Celebrity B” still has not been named.
Buzbee, who has led an effort to file more than 120 lawsuits against Combs, did not immediately respond to HuffPost’s request for comment.
Roc Nation, which is owned by Carter, released a searing statement on Sunday evening denying the claims and taking aim at Buzbee.
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Combs and Carter have a friendship that goes back decades, as documented through songs and photos together. During a 2023 conversation with James Corden, Combs said Carter was the only person besides his mom allowed to call him by his first name, Sean. (Carter’s first name is Shawn. While their names are spelled differently, they are both pronounced the same way.)
Combs is facing a myriad of civil lawsuits — and a criminal investigation — that began rolling in when his ex, Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, accused him of rape and abuse in a quickly settled November 2023 lawsuit. He’s currently being detained at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center until his May 15 trial date for his federal charges. He has denied many of the claims against him.
HuffPost also reached out to Carter’s attorney for comment but didn’t immediately hear back.