The lady accusing Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping her when she was 13 years outdated has addressed some inconsistencies in her report.
Talking with NBC News, the lady, whose identification stays protected as Jane Doe, stated “not all of the faces are clear” in her recollection of what occurred to her over 20 years in the past. She advised NBC, “I’ve made some errors. I’ll have made a mistake in figuring out.”
NBC quotes Jane Doe and her father, whom they interviewed to fact-check the declare that he picked her up after the alleged assault. Jane Doe says he did, whereas the daddy refutes these claims. The report says he doesn’t keep in mind driving the greater than 5 hours it might’ve required to get from their residence to the situation of the alleged assault.
“I really feel like I might keep in mind that, and I don’t,” he stated. “I’ve loads happening, however I imply, that’s one thing that might positively stick in my thoughts.”
Concerning her father’s feedback, Jane Doe’s legal professional, Tony Buzbee, is quoted telling NBC Information, “We agree he states he doesn’t keep in mind. His daughter explains that he was in no state to recollect throughout that cut-off date resulting from private points he was having then. We’re speaking a couple of timeframe greater than 20 years in the past.”
The lady additionally claims she spoke to musician Benji Madden on the 2000s VMAs after-party the place she stated she was sexually assaulted, however NBC confirmed that neither Benji nor his brother Joel attended the 2000 VMAs.
“What’s the clearest is what occurred to me and route that I took to what occurred to me,” the lady stated. Among the many different inconsistencies addressed are the situation of the assault, though the precise whereabouts for the whole night stay unclear.
In flip, Jay-Z has launched his own statement and an additional comment from his lawyer.
“This ‘legal professional’ Buzbee filed a false grievance towards me within the pursuit of cash and fame,” wrote Jay-Z. “This incident didn’t occur and but he filed it in courtroom and doubled down within the press. True Justice is coming. We struggle FROM victory, not FOR victory. This was over earlier than it started. This 1-800 lawyer doesn’t understand it but, however, quickly.”
Jay-Z’s lawyer Alex Spiro shared his assertion by way of Roc Nation. “It’s beautiful {that a} lawyer wouldn’t solely file such a severe grievance with out correct vetting, however would make issues worse by additional peddling this false story within the press,” stated Spiro. “We’re asking the Courtroom to dismiss this frivolous case in the present day, and can take up the matter of further self-discipline for Mr. Buzbee and all of the legal professionals that filed the grievance.”
Buzbee advised NBC his shopper is in “excessive misery,” and has been experiencing seizures because of the stress. “Jane Doe’s case was referred to our agency by one other, who vetted it previous to sending it to us,” he stated. “Our shopper stays fiercely adamant that what she has acknowledged is true, to the most effective of her reminiscence. We are going to proceed to vet her claims and accumulate corroborating knowledge to the extent it exists. As a result of we now have interrogated her intensely, she has even agreed to undergo a polygraph. I’ve by no means had a shopper counsel that earlier than.”
“In any occasion,” he concluded, “we all the time do our greatest to vet every declare made, simply as we did on this case.”
Representatives for Buzbee Legislation Agency didn’t reply to Selection‘s request for remark.
