The girl who accused Jay-Z and Diddy of raping her when she was 13-years-old has submitted a movement to dismiss a lawsuit filed in opposition to her by Hov, TMZ stories.
On Tuesday, the girl submitted new authorized paperwork to have the defamation lawsuit Jay filed in opposition to her and her lawyer Tony Buzbee, dismissed. In response to the submitting, Jay cannot sue her as a result of the claims she made have been listed in court docket paperwork, and he or she used an interview she did with NBC to make sure the “honest report privilege,” a authorized doctrine that shields individuals from defamation instances so long as the allegations have been precisely reported.
“The common individual watching the report, and certainly anybody watching the report, would definitely perceive that the statements check with allegations within the lawsuit,” the girl’s authorized staff stated within the submitting.
Buzbee additionally filed a movement to dismiss Jay’s lawsuit in opposition to him, stating they got here to an settlement, however the rapper then pulled out of the deal. Jay and his authorized staff have since denied that he and Buzbee struck a deal.
Jay sued the girl or defamation, malicious prosecution and different wrongdoing again in March after she dropped her preliminary lawsuit filed in December accusing him and Diddy of raping her when she was simply 13. In his lawsuit, Jay claimed the girl and Buzbee have been finishing up an “evil conspiracy” to extort him.
“Mr. Carter doesn’t begin this motion evenly,” wrote Jay’s attorneys on the time. “However the extortion and abuse of Mr. Carter by Doe and her attorneys should cease.”
Jay-Z has stated that the dismissed case resulted in a $20 million loss in revenue.