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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Larry Neumeister

Jay-Z's lawyers challenge rapper's inclusion in rape lawsuit after accuser's TV interview

Sexual Misconduct Diddy Jay-Z - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Jay-Z’s lawyers asked a judge Wednesday to speedily extract the rapper from a lawsuit in which a woman alleges she was sexually assaulted by Jay-Z and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs when she was 13.

The unidentified woman recently added Jay-Z, whose legal name is Shawn Carter, to her lawsuit against Combs in Manhattan federal court, alleging that she was attacked by the singers in 2000 after Combs’ limo driver offered her a ride to an MTV Video Music Awards after-party.

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