Jay-Z Moves To Dismiss Lawsuit Tying Him To Diddy

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If the conversation is about rap moguls who have exerted massive influence on the rap industry, Jay-Z and Sean Combs are natural bedfellows. But if we’re talking about the extensively planned and orchestrated trafficking and abuse riddled freakoffs P Diddy is being accused of leading, that’s a Blueprint you want no part in. Tony Buzbee, a lawyer who has sworn to make Diddy and his associates face justice, has alleged that some very big names were involved with Diddy’s machinations — one of them being Sean Carter. Mr. Carter denied these allegations and is trying to get the suit dismissed. The Guardian has coverage:

Jay-Z filed a new motion on Wednesday seeking to dismiss the lawsuit brought by a woman who alleges that he and Sean “Diddy” Combs sexually assaulted her in 2000 when she was 13 years old.

In the court filing, filed on Wednesday, the rapper and his lawyers reference what they claim are inconsistencies in the woman’s account of the events from that night. They also requested that the judge impose a monetary sanction on the woman’s lawyer, Anthony Buzbee, claiming that he failed to adequately investigate the woman’s allegations before filing the suit.

The monetary sanction angle makes sense; Jay-Z’s position from the start has been that these serious accusations are just an attempt to extort him in broad daylight. His lawyer had this to say:

“To sign a pleading accusing someone of such a horrific crime without adequately vetting the allegation – particularly when the defendant’s prominence means that the allegation will be repeated in headlines across the world – is deeply wrong and unethical,” Carter’s lawyer states in the filing.

“If lawyers do not face consequences for such a cavalier effort to destroy another person’s reputation and inflict emotional harm on his loved ones, that tactic will proliferate.”

Buzbee hasn’t backed down and, given the reputational consequences a high-profile case could have on Jay-Z’s career and social standing, this doesn’t seem like the sort of thing you settle and move on from. More details will develop as these accusations approach a trial date.

Jay-Z Files New Motion To Dismiss Lawsuit Accusing Him Of Raping Girl, 13 [The Guardian]

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