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The rapper Jay-Z, who is married to Beyoncé and is father to her three children, has been accused of raping a 13 year-old girl with the disgraced music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs back in 2000. This allegation was made in a new civil lawsuit.

Jay-Z In Hot Water

The lawsuit was initially filed in October with Diddy, 55, as the defendant. It has since been amended to include Jay-Z, also 55. Jay-Z spoke out on Sunday to deny the allegations that have been made against him. His biggest concerns are on how this will impact his family, which includes Beyoncé, 43, and their children Blue Ivy, 12, and twins Rumi and Sir, 7.

“My only heartbreak is for my family,” he said in a statement posted to X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter. “My wife and I will have to sit our children down, one of whom is at the age where her friends will surely see the press and ask questions about the nature of these claims, and explain the cruelty and greed of people.”

“I mourn yet another loss of innocence,” he added. “Children should not have to endure such at their young age. It is unfair to have to try to understand inexplicable degrees of malice meant to destroy families and human spirit.”

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Amended Civil Lawsuit

In her amended civil lawsuit, the woman, who is only identified as Jane Doe, claimed that she was only 13 when she was driven to an MTV Video Music Awards afterparty in New York City back in 2000. At this party, the woman alleges that she was raped by Diddy and Jay-Z while a still-unnamed female celebrity watched.

The unnamed Jane Doe is seeking unspecified damages. She is being represented by Tony Buzbee. He is a lawyer representing more than one hundred people accusing Diddy of various sex crimes.

“My lawyer received a blackmail attempt, called a demand letter, from a ‘lawyer’ named Tony Buzbee,” Jay-Z claimed in his statement. “‘What he had calculated was the nature of these allegations and the public scrutiny would make me want to settle.”

“No sir, it had the opposite effect! It made me want to expose you for the fraud you are in a VERY public fashion,” he continued. “So no, I will not give you ONE RED PENNY!!”

Not stopping there, Jay-Z proceeded to double down.

“These allegations are so heinous in nature that I implore you to file a criminal complaint, not a civil one!! Whomever would commit such a crime against a minor should be locked away, would you not agree?” Jay-Z questioned. “These alleged victims would deserve real justice if that were the case. This lawyer, who I have done a bit of research on, seems to have a pattern of these type of theatrics!”

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Diddy Addresses These Claims

Diddy is also denying the claims made by this woman.

“This amended complaint and the recent extortion lawsuit against Mr. Buzbee exposes his barrage of lawsuits against Mr. Combs for what they are: shameless publicity stunts, designed to extract payments from celebrities who fear having lies spread about them, just as lies have been spread about Mr. Combs,” Diddy’s lawyers told People Magazine.

“As his legal team has said before, Mr. Combs has full confidence in the facts and the integrity of the judicial process,” they continued. “In court, the truth will prevail: that Mr. Combs never sexually assaulted or trafficked anyone — man or woman, adult or minor.”

Meanwhile, Diddy was arrested on September 16 and charged with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution. The music mogul has pled not guilty to all of the charges against him.

Diddy was recently denied bail for a third time, and he remains at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. His trial is set to begin in May of 2025. If convicted, Diddy is facing fifteen years to life in prison.

Given how many famous friends Diddy has, it’s long been speculated that other celebrities would be implicated in his alleged crimes. Only time will tell how this turns out for Beyoncé’s husband Jay-Z.