Jane Doe

Hip-hop mogul Jay-Z has filed a defamation lawsuit against a woman who previously accused him and Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping her when she was 13. The lawsuit, submitted on Monday, asserts that the woman made false and defamatory claims to seek financial gain. In the legal action, Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, alleges that the woman and her attorneys, Tony Buzbee and David Fortney, acted out of greed and disregarded the truth and basic human decency. The lawsuit was filed in the federal court for the Southern District of Alabama, where the woman, referred to as “Jane Doe,” resides. Jay-Z claims that the accusations have harmed his personal and professional reputation. The woman had previously withdrawn her lawsuit last month, which prevents her from refiling it. She initially added Jay-Z as a defendant in December, following her […]