A lawsuit accusing Jay-Z of rape has been voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiff who initially filed it.

In accordance with authorized paperwork obtained by Leisure Weekly, the Jane Doe plaintiff moved Friday to dismiss her lawsuit, which alleged that the "99 Issues" rapper, whose actual title is Shawn Carter, raped a 13-year-old woman at an MTV Video Music Awards afterparty in 2000 alongside Sean "Diddy" Combs. First filed in October, the grievance was amended in December to incorporate Carter's title in December. Representatives for Carter and Combs each denied the allegations.

Carter responded to the swimsuit's dismissal in an announcement to Leisure Weekly. "As we speak is a victory," the rapper wrote. "The frivolous, fictitious and appalling allegations have been dismissed. This civil swimsuit was with out advantage and by no means going wherever. The fictional story they created was laughable, if not for the seriousness of the claims. I’d not want this expertise on anybody. The trauma that my spouse, my kids, my family members and I’ve endured can by no means be dismissed."

Carter's assertion went on to assault one of many plaintiff's legal professionals, Tony Buzbee, who has filed a number of different lawsuits in opposition to Combs and in addition works as a private damage lawyer. "This 1-800 lawyer will get to file a swimsuit hiding behind Jane Doe, and after they shortly understand that the cash seize goes to fail, they get to stroll away with no repercussions. The system has failed," the assertion says. "The courtroom should defend victims, OF COURSE, whereas with the identical moral accountability, the courts should defend the harmless from being accused with no shred of proof. Could the reality prevail for all victims and people falsely accused equally."

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In the meantime, Combs' attorneys additionally responded to the information in the same assertion to EW. "As we speak’s full dismissal with no settlement by the 1-800 lawyer is yet one more affirmation that these lawsuits are constructed on falsehoods, not details," Combs' legal professionals wrote. "For months, we’ve seen case after case filed by people hiding behind anonymity, pushed ahead by an lawyer extra targeted on media headlines than authorized advantage. Identical to this declare, the others will disintegrate as a result of there is no such thing as a reality to them."

The assertion continued, "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. We are going to proceed to battle these baseless claims and maintain these accountable. That is simply the primary of many that won’t maintain up in a courtroom of regulation."

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Attorneys for the plaintiff didn’t instantly reply to EW's requests for remark.

The plaintiff admitted that she "made some errors" in her recollection of the alleged assault to NBC Information in December. "You need to all the time battle for what occurred to you,” she advised the outlet on the time. "You need to all the time advocate for your self and be a voice for your self. You need to by no means let what anyone else did damage or run your life. I simply hope I can provide others the energy to come back ahead like I got here ahead."

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The plaintiff stated that her father picked her up after the incident and that she spoke to Good Charlotte's Benji Madden on the VMAs afterparty. Nonetheless, her father stated he had no recollection of the incident, and reps for Madden advised NBC Information that he was on tour with Good Charlotte within the Midwest and didn't attend the VMAs that yr.

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Though this explicit case has been dropped, Combs nonetheless faces quite a lot of authorized challenges. The rapper-slash-mogul was arrested in September on fees of intercourse trafficking, racketeering conspiracy, and transportation to interact in prostitution. Combs pleaded not responsible to all fees. His arrest adopted a number of civil lawsuits accusing him of intercourse trafficking and sexual assault, in addition to federal raids on his properties that he criticized as "extreme present of power."

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