New York – A woman from Alabama who said that she had been raped by rappers Jay -Z Sean “Diddy” Combs At the age of 13, withdrew his civil prosecution against the two men on Friday, according to judicial files.
The unidentified woman in December added Jay-Z, whose legal name is Shawn Carter, to a legal action which she had brought against Combres before the Federal Court of Manhattan, alleged that she had been attacked by the singers in 2000 after the Limousle driver an MTV Video Music Awards After-Party.
Jay-Z, who vehemently denied the affirmations and tried to be extracted from the trial, called for the woman’s decision to withdraw the “a victory” trial and declared that the “fiction tale” she and His lawyers created were “laughable”.
“Frivol, fictitious and appalling allegations have been rejected,” he said in a statement published on social networks. “This civil prosecution was baseless and never goes anywhere.”
Combs remains imprisoned in New York pending a criminal trial on federal accusations of sex trafficking. He also faces a wave of sexual assaultMany of whom have been deposited by the lawyer’s lawyer, Tony Buzbee, a Texas lawyer who says that his cabinet represents more than 150 people, men and women, who allege sexual abuse and exploitation by combs.
Combs lawyers said that the dismissal of the trial without regulation has confirmed that other proceedings he is confronted with lies.
“For months, we have seen a file after people submitted by people hiding behind anonymity, advanced by a lawyer more focused on the headlines of the media than legal merit. Like this assertion, the others will collapse because there is no truth, “they said in a statement, adding that combs” have never attacked or sexually treated anyone – man or woman, adult or minor ”.
A message was left in search of comments from Buzbee.
Jay-Z and Combs are part of a generation of hip-hop titans who took importance in the 2000s, emerging as a large-scale entrepreneurs and two of the richest rappers in the world.
The artists have collaborated over the years, Jay-Z being presented on the first album of Combs, “No Way Out” and Combs appearing on the second album of Jay-Z, “In My Lifetime, vol. 1.”
Diddy launched his bad Boy Records at the same time when Jay-Z launched his Roc-A-Fella label. The pair was frequently photographed together during events.
Jay-Z won 25 Grammys while Diddy collected three trophies.