The girl who accused JAY-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping at a MTV VMAs afterparty in 2000 when she was 13 years previous spoke concerning the alleged incident in a brand new interview with NBC News. Whereas the girl, 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 legal professional are pointing to these inconsistencies as proof that her whole story is fabricated.
In her original suit filed towards Combs final October, and amended earlier this month to listing 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 an area gasoline station, the place she referred to as her father who picked her up.
Nevertheless, the girl’s father instructed NBC Information that he has no recollection of selecting up his daughter through the night time in query (it will have been a 5 hour drive from Buffalo to New York Metropolis). “I really feel like I might keep in mind that, and I don’t,” the daddy mentioned. “I’ve rather a lot occurring, however I imply, that’s one thing that might undoubtedly stick in my thoughts.”
The girl additionally claimed that she spoke to Good Charlotte band member Benji Madden on the get together, however Madden was on tour within the midwest on the time. Publicly out there photographs of the after get together that Diddy and JAY-Z attended that night time additionally don’t match the venue described by the girl within the lawsuit.
Responding to NBC Information’ responding, JAY-Z’s legal professional, Alex Spiro, blasted Tony Buzbee, the lawyer representing the accuser. “It’s beautiful {that a} lawyer wouldn’t solely file such a severe grievance with out correct vetting, however would make issues worse by additional peddling this false story within the press. We’re asking the Court docket to dismiss this frivolous case at this time, and can take up the matter of further self-discipline for Mr. Buzbee and all of the legal professionals that filed the grievance.”
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 mentioned the accuser was referred to him by one other agency, “who vetted it previous to sending it to us. Our consumer stays fiercely adamant that what she has acknowledged is true, to the most effective of her reminiscence. We’ll proceed to vet her claims and gather corroborating information to the extent it exists. As a result of we have now interrogated her intensely, she has even agreed to undergo a polygraph. I’ve by no means had a consumer 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 therapy as a result of stress.”
Buzbee has filed 20 different lawsuits towards Combs alleging sexual misconduct.
