A civil lawsuit has emerged accusing Jay Z of raping a 13-year-old minor in 2000 alongside disgraced mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs.
The news came via NBC News, which cited court documents from an accuser identified as “Jane Doe.” The anonymous accuser initially filed their lawsuit in October against Combs alone; now, Jay-Z is named.
NBC News reports that the accuser alleges that in 2000 when Doe was 13, the rappers raped her at a house party following the MTV Video Music Awards in New York.
Doe alleges that a friend dropped her off at the VMAs at Radio City Music Hall and approached various limousine drivers to attempt to gain access to the show or an after-party because she didn’t have a ticket.
One driver, the lawsuit said, told her that he worked for Combs and she “fit what Diddy was looking for.” He invited her to a party following the show and told her to return to his car later in the evening after he transported Carter and Combs, the suit said.
NBC News adds that Doe alleges the driver picked her up and, after 20 minutes, arrived at a white house with a U-shaped driveway where she signed a document that she believed was a non-disclosure agreement and entered the party that included celebs allegedly doing marijuana and cocaine.
She was offered a drink that made her feel “woozy, lightheaded and felt [like] she needed to lie down,” the suit said. She went into a room to rest. Shortly after, the suit said Combs and Carter entered the room with Combs saying, “You are ready to party!”
That’s when she alleges that Carter removed her clothes and held her down, and raped her while Combs and another unnamed female celebrity watched. She says Combs also raped her as Carter and the woman looked on.
NBC News reports that she says she was able to resist being forced to perform oral sex on Combs by hitting him in the neck and that he “stopped.”
After the alleged assault, the suit says, she “grabbed her clothes” and left. She made her way to a gas station, where she called her father.
The accuser is seeking unspecified damages. The lawsuit is filed under New York’s Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Act.