An unidentified woman who accused both Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping her when she was just 13 years old in 2000 is now admitting that there were some inconsistencies in her allegations.
“I have made some mistakes,” the Alabama woman told NBC News Friday, addressing the allegedly “catastrophic event” she claims happened at a house party following the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards.
During the interview, the woman acknowledged three inconsistencies in her account of what allegedly went down that evening. As a result, Jay-Z’s attorney has requested to expedite the case’s dismissed in a legal document obtained by Page Six.
Lawyer Alex Spiro asked the judge Friday night to shorten the filing deadline for the case dismissal from 21 days to one.
The request was made in light of “today’s stunning public disclosures and severe ongoing harm to Mr. Carter’s reputation,” he said in the letter filed to the New York court.
According to NBC News, the anonymous woman — who went by Jane Doe in the court documents previously obtained by Page Six — claimed her father picked her up after the alleged rape. However, her dad reportedly confirmed he has no recollection of doing so.
The alleged victim said she still stood by her memory, however, and claimed that her father has a hard time recalling events from that time period.
“There are a lot of things, and this is stuff that we argue about constantly, something he said or did back in New York around that time period he just doesn’t remember,” she alleged to NBC News. “It actually causes a lot of fights sometimes in the household.”
The woman also claimed she spoke to Benji Madden at the alleged afterparty. However, a representative for the Good Charlotte rocker said he and his brother, Joel Madden, were on tour halfway across the country at the time of the alleged incident.
“Honestly, what is the clearest is what happened to me and [the] route that I took to what happened to me. Not all of the faces there are as clear,” the woman told the outlet about some of the blurriness of her claims. “So I have made some mistakes. I may have made a mistake in identifying.”
Additionally, images from the night in question show Jay-Z and Combs, both 55, at a location that does not match the alleged victim’s description.
NBC News obtained and reviewed photos of the longtime friends at Lotus nightclub after the 2000 VMAs, but the woman’s attorney, Tony Buzbee, said she did not state that the assault took place at the now-shuttered nightclub.
“We have attempted to confirm the correct location. We have never suggested the location was the Lotus club,” Buzbee told NBC News. “Our client has been very specific and detailed about the description of the venue she says she was taken to, and she has never stated it was the Lotus Club.”
Despite the uncertainties in her memory, the accuser said she still stands by her allegations overall.
The woman originally only named Combs in her initial filing from October, but amended her complaint to include Jay-Z over the weekend.
Representatives for Combs have continously maintained his innocence as he faces dozens of civil suits alleging sexual assault, rape, sex trafficking and more.
In response to the latest news, Combs’ rep told Page Six in part, “Today, for the second time this week, a Buzbee plaintiff has been exposed.”
Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, vehemently denied the rape claims and celebrated Doe’s admission of inconsistencies in a statement to Page Six Friday.
“Today’s investigative report proves this ‘attorney’ Buzbee filed a false complaint against me in the pursuit of money and fame,” the “Empire State of Mind” hitmaker said. “This incident didn’t happen and yet he filed it in court and doubled down in the press. True Justice is coming.”
He added, “We fight FROM victory, not FOR victory. This was over before it began. This 1-800 lawyer doesn’t realize it yet, but, soon.”
Attorney Spiro also addressed the latest news, telling Page Six, “It is stunning that a lawyer would not only file such a serious complaint without proper vetting, but would make things worse by further peddling this false story in the press.”
He continued, “We are asking the Court to dismiss this frivolous case today, and will take up the matter of additional discipline for Mr. Buzbee and all the lawyers that filed the complaint.”
Buzbee is a Texas-based attorney who is representing over 120 men and women who claim Combs sexually assaulted them.
Jay-Z accused Buzbee of filing the lawsuit as a “blackmail attempt” in a statement to Page Six earlier this week.
In response, the lawyer tweeted that his firm “sent [Jay-Z’s] lawyer a demand letter on behalf of an alleged victim and that victim never demanded a penny from him.”
Furthermore, on Tuesday, Page Six obtained a filing in which Jay-Z’s lawyer accused Buzbee of encouraging another woman to lie about her connection to Combs in a separate suit.
“She felt directed and coached by Mr. Buzbee’s firm to say that someone held her down and
put drugs in her mouth when that was not her experience,” the filing claims. “She felt forced to lie.”
Buzbee has backed all of his clients, however, including Jay-Z’s accuser.
“Jane Doe’s case was referred to our firm by another, who vetted it prior to sending it to us. Our client remains fiercely adamant that what she has stated is true, to the best of her memory,” he wrote in an email to NBC News.
“We will continue to vet her claims and collect corroborating data to the extent it exists. Because we have interrogated her intensely, she has even agreed to submit to a polygraph. I’ve never had a client suggest that before.”
Despite Jay-Z and Combs’ teams fighting back so adamantly, Doe does not regret coming forward.
“You should always advocate for yourself and be a voice for yourself,” she told the outlet. “You should never let what somebody else did ruin or run your life. I just hope I can give others the strength to come forward like I came forward.”
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-330-0226.
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