A woman who claimed that hip-hop artists Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jay-Z sexually assaulted her when she was 13 years old has withdrawn her civil lawsuit as of Friday. In December, Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, was accused of raping the girl along with Combs at a party after the MTV Video Music Awards in September 2000.
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00:00A woman who accused hip-hop stars Sean Dede Combs and Jay-Z of f*****g assaulting her
00:06when she was 13 dropped her civil lawsuit on Friday.
00:09Jay-Z, real name Sean Carter, was accused in December of f*****g the girl with Combs
00:15at a party following the MTV Video Music Awards in September of 2000.
00:20The document filed with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
00:25claims the accuser hereby gives notice that the above-captioned action is voluntarily
00:30dismissed with prejudice, meaning the suit cannot be refiled.
00:35It was not immediately clear if the stars had reached a settlement with the unidentified
00:39woman, but the 55-year-old rapper Jay-Z recently welcomed the closure of the case, which he
00:46slammed as frivolous, fictitious and appalling.
00:50Releasing a long-penned statement, Jay-Z mentioned,
00:53Today is a victory.
00:54The frivolous, fictitious and appalling allegations have been dismissed.
00:58This civil suit was without merit and was never going anywhere.
01:02The fictional tale they created was laughable, if not for the seriousness of the claims.
01:07Stating further, he said that the court should definitely protect the victims, but with the
01:11same ethical responsibility, they should also protect the innocent ones from being accused.
01:17Meanwhile, Sean Diddy Combs has also been charged separately with s**t trafficking and
01:22racketeering charges.
01:24As he denied them all, his criminal trial is slated to begin on May 5 this year.