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Jay-Z demanded the woman who dropped the rape against him

Jay-Z demanded the woman who dropped the rape against him

Samantha Granville

BBC News, Los Angeles

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Jay-Z is demanding a woman who In February he withdrew his legal action accusing the rapper of rape.

Her defamation action states that she “voluntarily admitted” that she was pressed to make false statements in what she describes as an “evil conspiracy” to extort the money and damage her reputation.

The anonymous woman presented her legal action in October and He turned on again in Decemberaccusing Jay-Z, the real name Shawn Carter and Sean “Diddy” combs to violate his 13 years, after the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards.

Both rappers denied the accusations.

Jay-Z’s defamation action, filed in a federal court in Alabama, also accuses the woman’s lawyer, Tony Buzbee, and his co-abogenous, David Fortney, to orchestrate his lawsuit.

Mr. Buzbee has acquired internationally holders during the dozens of legal actions that he has presented on behalf of people who accuse Mr. Combs of inappropriate sexual behavior, extortion, assault and other transgressions.

Combs has denied all accusations.

He also faces Federal positions of sex trafficking and extortionWhat was declared innocent.

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Jay-Z’s defamation action says that the woman told her legal team that her lawyers had made him make false accusations.

“Buzbee brought Jay-Z to it,” she says.

And although he admitted that Jay-Z “did not sexually assaulted (she),” Mr. Buzbee “pushed (she) towards the future” with the false history to strengthen the case and extort more money, says the demand for defamation.

Jay-Z’s action also points out alleged discrepancies in the woman’s interview with NBC News last year, including appointing another guest of celebrities at the MTV party, which, in reality, had been acting in a city thousands of miles away at night.

His father also contradicted his statement that he had collected it after the alleged assault, he says.

Jay-Z’s defamation action says that Mr. Buzbee’s signature failed to examine the statements and the woman, who, according to them, has a history of mental health problems and an assault position.

‘Emotional toll’

Mr. Buzbee has denied any irregularity and states that Jay-Z’s team tried to intimidate the woman to retract her statements.

In a statement obtained by BBC News, Buzbee said that Jay-Z’s defamation action had no “legal merit.”

“Shawn Carter researchers have repeatedly harassed, threatened and argued to this poor woman for weeks, trying to intimidate her and make her history retracting,” said Buzbee.

“She is not, instead, she has repeatedly declared to support her statements.”

Jayz, who is married to Beyoncé, says that accusations have led to personal and professional damage, including the loss of commercial contracts worth approximately $ 20 million (£ 15.8 million) a year for his company, Roc Nation, and have had an emotional price in their family, particularly their children.

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