(NewsNation) — Rapper Jay-Z has filed a defamation suit against a woman who claimed in a now-dropped lawsuit that he and Sean “Diddy” Combs raped her when she was 13.
In his suit, Jay-Z, whose legal name is Shawn Carter, claims the Alabama-based accuser identified as Jane Doe “completely fabricated” her story along with her attorneys “in a desperate attempt to leverage Mr. Carter into an extortionate payoff.”
The rapper also named Doe’s attorneys, Anthony Buzbee and David Fortney, as defendants, saying they were “soullessly motivated by greed, in abject disregard of the truth and the most fundamental precepts of human decency.”
Doe had filed a civil suit against both Combs and Jay-Z alleging the pair assaulted her at an MTV Video Music Awards afterparty in 2000. She added Jay-Z as a defendant in December, two months after the suit was filed against Combs in federal court in New York City.
Jay-Z had denied the allegations in a lengthy statement in response to the complaint.
Two months after naming Jay-Z, Doe voluntarily obtained a dismissal of the complaint in February. The court document submitted by the woman’s attorneys announcing the voluntary dismissal did not include any reason or explanation for the withdrawal.
“The fictional tale they created was laughable, if not for the seriousness of the claims,” he said after the complaint was dismissed. “I would not wish this experience on anyone. The trauma that my wife, my children, my loved ones and I have endured can never be dismissed.”
In his defamation suit, the rapper cited several inconsistencies in Doe’s filing and said her false statements were known to the accusers’ attorneys. These inconsistencies were also brought to light during an interview the accuser did with NBC News.
Jay-Z argues there is documented evidence that he was not present at the time or place she claimed to have been assaulted.
The suit also states that Doe alleged she called her father for a ride home from a gas station after the assault. However, her father told NBC News that he does not recall picking up his daughter, which would have been “something that would definitely stick in my mind,” according to the filing.
The accuser also alleged to have had a conversation with singer Benji Madden during her interview with NBC News, but the musician told the outlet that neither he nor his brother were at the awards show in 2000, the filing stated.
The defendants attempted to engage in conspiracy to “assassinate the impeccable and lifetime-earned character” of Jay-Z, “who did nothing to deserve or elicit the wanton, depraved attack,” the complaint states.
Jay-Z is seeking a jury trial and unspecified damages.
Buzbee said his firm is representing more than 150 people, both men and women, who have accused Combs of sexual abuse and exploitation.
Combs is in a Brooklyn jail awaiting a trial in May on sex trafficking and racketeering charges. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.