The lady who accused JAY-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping at a MTV VMAs afterparty in 2000 when she was 13 years outdated spoke concerning the alleged incident in a brand new interview with NBC Information. Whereas the girl, who has chosen to maintain her identification 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 complete story is fabricated.
In her authentic go well with filed in opposition to 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 a neighborhood gasoline station, the place she referred to as her father who picked her up.
Nonetheless, the girl’s father instructed NBC Information that he has no recollection of selecting up his daughter in the course of the night time in query (it will have been a 5 hour drive from Buffalo to New York Metropolis). “I really feel like I’d 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 may positively stick in my thoughts.”
The lady additionally claimed that she spoke to Good Charlotte band member Benji Madden on the celebration, however Madden was on tour within the midwest on the time. Publicly obtainable photos of the after celebration 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 lawyer, Alex Spiro, blasted Tony Buzbee, the lawyer representing the accuser. “It’s gorgeous {that a} lawyer wouldn’t solely file such a critical 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 right now, and can take up the matter of further self-discipline for Mr. Buzbee and all of the attorneys that filed the grievance.”
In his personal assertion, JAY-Z added, “This incident didn’t occur, and but he filed it in courtroom and doubled down within the press. True Justice is coming. We battle 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 shopper stays fiercely adamant that what she has said is true, to the perfect of her reminiscence. We’ll proceed to vet her claims and acquire corroborating knowledge to the extent it exists. As a result of we’ve got 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 at all times 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 in opposition to Combs alleging sexual misconduct.