The woman who has accused Jay-Z of raping her when she was 13 alongside Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs at an afterparty stands by her allegations, but admits she’s made ‘some mistakes’ in her statement.
Combs has been behind bars since September following sex trafficking charges in which he was accused of using his ‘power and prestige’ to drug sex workers during his alleged ‘Freak Off’ parties.
He has been charged with sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution and is scheduled to face trial in May 2025. The musician has denied all of the charges and has pleaded not guilty.
He also made three applications to be released on bail, but they have all been denied, according to ABC 7.
Over 120 accusers have come forward to make allegations against Combs.
Houston lawyer Tony Buzbee – who is representing the accusers – claimed the lawsuits were from 60 males and 60 females, with 25 of them being minors at the time.
However, earlier this week, a civil lawsuit which originally named Combs was refiled to also name Jay-Z – real name Shawn Carter – after a woman claimed that he raped her at an MTV Video Music Awards afterparty in 2000 along with Combs.
While Jay-Z, 55, denied the ‘heinous’ claims in a statement, the woman maintains her accusation, but has now admitted that she has had certain inconsistencies in her story and made ‘some mistakes’ when recalling the events of the night in question.
However, her lawyer will continue to vet her version of events.
As for Jay-Z, he claimed to have been targeted in a blackmail scheme.
He wrote in a statement via his Roc Nation Twitter account: “My lawyer received a blackmail attempt, called a demand letter, from a ‘lawyer’ named Tony Buzbee.
“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. So no, I will not give you ONE RED PENNY!!
“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?”
Calling the lawyer ‘a deplorable human’, he went on to say that he is ‘more than prepared to deal with your type’.
Claiming that his ‘only heartbreak is for my family’, he described that these allegations meant that he and his wife, Beyoncé, ‘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’.
Jay-Z issued a statement denying the accusations (Twitter)
Jay-Z then shared that his ‘heart and support goes out to true victims in the world, who have to watch how their life story is dressed in costume for profitability by this ambulance chaser in a cheap suit’.
However, he maintains his innocence, sharing that the lawyer has ‘made a terrible error in judgement thinking that all “celebrities” are the same’ as he explained that his struggle to come out of life in Brooklyn means that he and those like him have ‘very strict codes and honour’ where they ‘protect children’.
He ended it by saying: “I look forward to showing you just how different I am.”
Buzbee has said that claims he is blackmailing Jay-Z are ‘stupid and laughable’.
LADbible Group previously contacted Jay-Z and Combs’ representatives for comment.
