By Felicia Udeji
Jay-Z, the husband of popular Singer Beyonce, whose real name is Shawn Carter, has been accused in a lawsuit of raping a 13-year-old girl along with Sean “Diddy” Combs.
NBC News reported that the suit was filled by an anonymous accuser, identified only as “Jane Doe.”
Doe claimed that that in 2000, when she was 13, Combs and Carter raped her at a house party after the MTV Video Music Awards in New York.
The federal lawsuit was said to have been filed in October in the Southern District of New York, listing Combs as a defendant. It was refiled Sunday to include Jay-Z.
Responding to the suit, Jay-Z called the it “idiotic”.
He further noted that Buzbee was engaged in unprofessional behavior.
“You have made a terrible error in judgement thinking that all ‘celebrities’ are the same, I’m not from your world. I’m a young man who made it out of the project of Brooklyn. We don’t play these types of games. We have very strict codes and honor. We protect children.”
“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?”.
“These alleged victims would deserve real justice if that were the case.”
Jay-Z said in a statement to NBC News.
A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York declined to comment on whether the office is pursuing the case when shown NBC News’ report on the lawsuit.
Buzbee has filed several lawsuits in recent months — all have withheld their complainants’ names — accusing Combs of assault and rape. This is the first suit in which he has named another high-profile defendant.
Federal prosecutors in New York criminally charged Combs in September with racketeering, sex trafficking and other offenses, and he is behind bars at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center after he was denied bail for a third time last month. His trial is scheduled for May 5.