The girl who accused JAY-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping at a MTV VMAs afterparty in 2000 when she was 13 years outdated spoke concerning the alleged incident in a brand new interview with NBC News. Whereas the lady, who has chosen to maintain her id nameless, says she stands by the allegations, she additionally admitted that she made “some errors” in her recollections of the occasions. Now, JAY-Z and his lawyer are pointing to these inconsistencies as proof that her total story is fabricated.
In her original suit filed in opposition to Combs final October, and amended earlier this month to record JAY-Z as a co-defendant, she claimed that she traveled from Buffalo to attend the VMAs. She recounted being introduced by limo to an afterparty at Diddy’s residence, the place she drank a spiked drink, and awoke to seek out herself being assaulted by Diddy and JAY-Z. She claimed to have escaped to a neighborhood gasoline station, the place she referred to as her father who picked her up.
Nonetheless, the lady’s father advised NBC Information that he has no recollection of selecting up his daughter throughout the night time in query (it might have been a 5 hour drive from Buffalo to New York Metropolis). “I really feel like I’d do not forget that, and I don’t,” the daddy stated. “I’ve lots occurring, however I imply, that’s one thing that may positively stick in my thoughts.”
The girl additionally claimed that she spoke to Good Charlotte band member Benji Madden on the social gathering, however Madden was on tour within the midwest on the time. Publicly accessible pictures of the after social gathering that Diddy and JAY-Z attended that night time additionally don’t match the venue described by the lady within the lawsuit.
Responding to NBC Information’ responding, JAY-Z’s lawyer, Alex Spiro, blasted Tony Buzbee, the lawyer representing the accuser. “It’s beautiful {that a} lawyer wouldn’t solely file such a critical criticism with out correct vetting, however would make issues worse by additional peddling this false story within the press. We’re asking the Courtroom to dismiss this frivolous case at this time, and can take up the matter of extra self-discipline for Mr. Buzbee and all of the legal professionals that filed the criticism.”
In his personal assertion, JAY-Z added, “This incident didn’t occur, and but he filed it in court docket and doubled down within the press. True Justice is coming. We combat FROM victory, not FOR victory. This was over earlier than it started. This 1-800 lawyer doesn’t understand it but, however, quickly.”
For his half, Buzbee stated the accuser was referred to him by one other agency, “who vetted it previous to sending it to us. Our shopper stays fiercely adamant that what she has acknowledged is true, to the perfect of her reminiscence. We are going to proceed to vet her claims and accumulate corroborating knowledge to the extent it exists. As a result of now we have interrogated her intensely, she has even agreed to undergo a polygraph. I’ve by no means had a shopper recommend that earlier than.”
“In any occasion,” he added, “we all the time do our greatest to vet every declare made, simply as we did on this case. This has been extraordinarily distressing for her, to the purpose she has skilled seizures and needed to search medical remedy because of the stress.”
Buzbee has filed 20 different lawsuits in opposition to Combs alleging sexual misconduct.
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