The girl accusing Jay-Z of rape has come ahead to deal with the inconsistencies in her allegations.
“It is best to all the time struggle for what occurred to you,” the unidentified lady, who has passed by Jane Doe in authorized paperwork, stated in an interview with NBC Information printed on Friday, December 13. “It is best to all the time advocate for your self and be a voice for your self. It is best to by no means let what any individual else did break or run your life. I simply hope I may give others the power to come back ahead like I got here ahead.”
In a civil lawsuit filed towards Jay-Z (actual title Shawn Carter) and Sean “Diddy” Combs on December 8, Doe claimed that she was invited to an MTV Music Video Awards afterparty in 2000 by a driver who claimed he labored for Diddy. The girl, who was 13 on the time of the alleged incident, claimed she was given a drink that she believed was drugged. (The lawsuit was initially filed on November 18 itemizing simply Diddy and was refiled the next month by lawyer Tony Buzbee to incorporate Jay-Z.)
Doe claimed that she went to seek out an empty room to relaxation in when Diddy, Jay-Z and an unnamed feminine movie star got here in. Doe alleged that Diddy “threw her on the mattress” and Jay-Z eliminated her garments and held her down as he raped her, whereas each Diddy and the feminine star watched.
“Jay-Z comes over, holds me down. I begin making an attempt to push away,” she claimed to NBC Information on Friday. “He places his hand over my mouth, tells me to cease it, to chop the shit and after which he rapes me like he had me overpowered.”
Jay-Z and Diddy, each 55, have vehemently denied the allegations.
“These allegations are so heinous in nature that I implore you to file a prison criticism, not a civil one!! Whomever would commit such a criminal offense towards a minor needs to be locked away, would you not agree?” Jay-Z stated in a press release to Us Weekly after information broke of the lawsuit. “These alleged victims would deserve actual justice if that had been the case.” (Jay-Z’s assertion was additionally shared through Roc Nation’s official Instagram account.)
After the alleged incident, Doe fled the house and went to a close-by fuel station to name her father to choose her up.
“I used to be upset, and the particular person on the fuel station may inform that I used to be clearly upset, and she or he let me use the telephone. I referred to as my dad as a result of he was the one particular person I [trusted] at the moment. I advised him I tousled and I wanted a trip house,” she recalled to the outlet. “We rode house in silence. He didn’t ask me what occurred. He didn’t ask me what I did or the place I used to be.”
Along with Jay-Z and Diddy claiming the incident by no means occurred, Doe’s father got here ahead to NBC Information on Thursday, December 12, saying he didn’t recall selecting up his daughter that night on the fuel station, which was about 5 hours away from their house. Doe, for her half, is standing by her claims.
“There are loads of issues, and that is stuff that we argue about always, one thing he stated or did again in New York round that point interval he simply doesn’t bear in mind,” she stated on Friday. “It really causes loads of fights typically within the family.”
Doe additionally claimed that she spoke with Joel and Benji Madden throughout the afterparty, however the Good Charlotte band members acknowledged that they didn’t attend since they had been on tour at the moment. Doe defined that the opposite faces on the occasion weren’t as clear.
“Actually, what’s the clearest is what occurred to me and [the] route that I took to what occurred to me. Not the entire faces there are as clear,” she stated. “So I’ve made some errors. I’ll have made a mistake in figuring out.”
There have additionally been discrepancies in Doe’s description of the home the place the incident allegedly came about. Doe’s lawyer and his group have been making an attempt to substantiate the situation.
Doe shared that earlier than the lawsuit, she by no means advised anybody concerning the alleged assault.
“Even when any individual came upon, who was gonna consider me?” she advised NBC Information. “I imply, it was the phrase of two celebrities towards mine.”
Us Weekly has reached out to Jay-Z for remark.
In the event you or somebody you realize has been sexually assaulted, contact the Nationwide Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673).
