Jay-Z rape accuser claims new recording was edited, full of lies
Published in Entertainment News
NEW YORK — The unidentified woman who claimed Jay-Z raped her at a party in 2000 said a new recording released by the music mogul’s attorneys twisted her words, according to a report published Thursday.
In the recording obtained by ABC News, the woman can be heard saying attorney Tony Buzbee “kind of pushed” her to include Jay-Z in her suit, which had initially only named Sean “Diddy” Combs.
In another part of the audio, a private investigator working with Jay-Z states the rapper was at the party but “didn’t have anything to do with the any sexual acts towards you,” to which the woman replies, “Yeah.”
However, in court documents filed Thursday and obtained by TMZ, the woman claims, “I never stated (whether once or 4 times) that Mr. Carter did not assault me,” using Jay-Z’s legal last name.
She also disputed the statement that Buzbee pushed her to include Jay-Z in the suit — an idea Buzbee similarly denied on Wednesday.
“As far as the suggestion that I pushed Jane Doe to bring a case against Jay-Z, that is a blatant lie that is directly contrary to all the documentary evidence,” the controversial lawyer told ABC News.
The woman initially hired Buzbee and filed a lawsuit claiming Jay-Z and Diddy raped her at an after-party following the MTV Video Music Awards in September 2000, when she was just 13 years old. She later withdrew the suit, and Jay-Z has since countersued her and Buzbee for defamation.
The recording and the woman’s response were filed in civil court in Alabama, where the woman lives.
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