Girl drops lawsuit towards Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and Jay-Z : NPR

The lady who accused Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping her when she was 13 years previous has dropped her lawsuit towards each males.

Courtroom data present {that a} discover of voluntary dismissal towards all defendants was submitted on Friday. It was dismissed “with prejudice,” which means the plaintiff can not re-file a swimsuit.

It comes lower than 4 months after the swimsuit was initially filed. The swimsuit included disturbing particulars of how the lady was allegedly lured by a limousine driver exterior the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards and assaulted by the 2 rappers at an after-party.

Attorneys for the lady, recognized within the lawsuit as “Jane Doe,” didn’t disclose the rationale for withdrawing the grievance, in keeping with courtroom data. They declined to remark Saturday.

Jay-Z — whose actual identify is Shawn Carter — has strongly denied the claims and his attorneys had been searching for to get the case dismissed. In an announcement on Saturday, Carter mentioned the claims had been “frivolous, fictitious and appalling” and known as the swimsuit a “money-grab.”

“I might not want this expertise on anybody. The trauma that my spouse, my youngsters, my family members and I’ve endured can by no means be dismissed,” he mentioned.

Combs at present faces a number of lawsuits alleging bodily assault, rape and different misconduct. He’s at present held in a New York Metropolis jail awaiting trial on intercourse trafficking costs.

On Saturday, Combs’ attorneys mentioned the swimsuit dropped on Friday would be the “first of many that won’t maintain up in a courtroom of legislation.”

“Sean Combs has by no means sexually assaulted or trafficked anybody—man or girl, grownup or minor. No variety of lawsuits, sensationalized allegations, or media theatrics will change that actuality,” Combs’ authorized workforce mentioned in an announcement.

In December, the lady, who remained nameless, did an interview with NBC Information, sharing that she is now a 38-year-old mom in Alabama. She advised NBC that she had stayed quiet in regards to the alleged assault for over twenty years as a result of she didn’t assume anybody would consider her.

In her account, the lady mentioned the assault befell on the evening of the 2000 VMAs when she was 13. She was standing exterior the awards present in Radio Metropolis Music Corridor in New York Metropolis when she met a limousine driver who claimed to work for Combs, in keeping with the swimsuit and interview with NBC.

The driving force took her to an “after-party” the place she took a drink served by a waitress and felt lightheaded, the lady alleged. She appeared for a room to lie down in, and Combs, Carter and an unnamed girl adopted. The swimsuit alleged Carter raped her first, then Combs, whereas the lady watched.

Carter’s attorneys have argued that the lady’s allegations contained various inconsistencies, together with that they had been unable to search out the situation of the after-party, which the lady described as a big white home with a gated U-shaped driveway a few 20-minute drive from Radio Metropolis Music Corridor.

Carter’s attorneys have additionally pointed to NBC Information reporting that musician Benji Madden — who the lady claimed was on the after-party — was on tour within the Midwest on the time.

In response to courtroom data, Combs’ trial for intercourse trafficking and racketeering costs is scheduled to start in Could.