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Maddy Mussen

A timeline of Jay Z and Beyoncé's relationship drama: From age gaps to the Diddy scandal

Beyoncé and Jay Z in 2005 - (Getty Images)

It’s only Monday and yet it is already clear that this will be the worst week of PR that Beyoncé and Jay Z have had to face in a very long time. The previously untouchable married music moguls have been caught in the crossfire of the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs allegations, with Jay Z accused in a civil suit of having raped a 13-year-old girl at a Diddy party in 2000.

Jay Z, real name Shawn Carter, has denied the allegations. In the legal action, an anonymous victim claims that she was raped by Carter and Combs at VMAs afterparty in 2000. She claims that after arriving at the afterparty and being handed a glass of something that made her feel “woozy”. She then recalls lying down in a bedroom, where she claims Combs and Carter raped her while an unnamed female celebrity watched.

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