After a very surprising turn of events, the lawsuit filed against Jay Z and Sean βDiddyβ Combs by Jane Doe has been dismissed, per a court filing made on Friday obtained by Variety.
As we reported, Jay was named in one of the many civil lawsuits against Diddy at the end of last year. In the suit, a Jane Doe alleged that Diddy and Shawn βJay-Zβ Carter raped her in back 2000. What followed was a very public back and forth between Jay and his lawyer Alex Spiro and Doeβs attorney Tony Buzbee, both in public and in the press.
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Now, it is reported that a voluntary dismissal was filed by attorneys Buzbee and Antigone Curis, claiming that Doe βhereby gives notice that the above-captioned Action is voluntarily dismissed, with prejudice,β per Variety.
Roc Nation released a statement, signed by Jay-Z, to their social media platforms, saying that βtoday is a victory.β
βThis civil suit was without merit and never going anywhere,β the statement reads, calling it a βfictional tale.β Jay-Z also goes on to say that his children and wife were affected by the suit.
βThe trauma that my wife, my children, loved ones and I have endured can never be dismissed,β it continues. βThis 1-800 lawyer gets to file a suit hiding behind Jane Doe, and when they quickly realize that the money grab is going to fail, they get to walk away with no repercussions.β
The statement then goes on to say that the βsystem has failed,β while calling for βtruth to prevail for all victims and those false accused equally.β
Jayβs attorney also released a statement, stating, βby standing up in the face of heinous and false allegations, Jay has done what few can β he pushed back, he never settled, he never paid 1 red penny, he triumphed and cleared his name.β
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