February 15, 2025
The now-dismissed lawsuit accused Jay-Z and Diddy of raping and drugging Jane Doe when she was 13 years outdated.
The Jane Doe who filed a civil lawsuit towards Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jay-Z, claiming the 2 males sexually assaulted her 25 years in the past, has dropped her lawsuit towards them. The discover of voluntary dismissal was acquired on Feb. 14, and it was particularly completed “with prejudice,” barring the lawsuit from ever being re-filed once more sooner or later.
Jane Doe’s courtroom submitting learn, “Counsel of Plaintiff has mentioned this matter with counsel for every Defendant, who acknowledge and consent to this submission.”
Shawn Carter, who’s extra extensively generally known as Jay-Z, expressed his aid in regards to the improvement by his lawyer, Alex Spiro.
“The false case towards Jay-Z, that by no means ought to have been introduced, has been dismissed with prejudice,” Jay-Z’s legal professional mentioned in an announcement. “By standing up within the face of heinous and false allegations, Jay has completed what few can – he pushed again, he by no means settled, he by no means paid 1 purple penny, he triumphed and cleared his title.”
Jane Doe initially filed her lawsuit towards Combs in October 2024, alleging that she was drugged and raped by the 55-year-old report govt. She said that one other movie star was concerned within the incident, which occurred at an afterparty for the MTV Video Music Awards again in 2000. She was simply 13 on the time of the alleged assault.
Doe later amended the grievance and added Jay-Z as a defendant.
Since being named, Jay-Z has maintained his innocence towards the lawsuit allegations and even inspired Doe to file a felony grievance as an alternative of a civil one as a result of “[these are] so heinous in nature that I implore you to file a felony grievance, not a civil one.”
Nonetheless, earlier than Doe dismissed her personal lawsuit, Jay-Z and his authorized staff made a number of makes an attempt to get the case thrown out by the courts, calling Doe’s recollection of the rape inconsistent and inappropriately “relentless submitting [a series] of combative motions,” in keeping with the decide.
In accordance to CNN, Combs’ legal professional insisted that Doe dropping her lawsuit was a sign that others towards Sean have been additionally false.
His authorized staff mentioned, “That is one other affirmation that these lawsuits are constructed on falsehoods, not info…[in] case after case filed by people hiding behind anonymity.”
Regardless of the Jane Doe lawsuit being dismissed, Combs remains to be going through over 40 separate sexual assault lawsuits and has been arrested and indicted on an extended record of federal felony expenses that embody racketeering conspiracy, intercourse trafficking, and transportation to have interaction in prostitution.
Combs pleaded not responsible to all expenses, and alleged once more on Feb. 14 that he has “by no means sexually assaulted or trafficked anybody—man or girl, grownup or minor.” He has been in custody on the Metropolitan Detention Heart in Brooklyn, NY, since September 2024, awaiting trial.
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