Woman who accused Jay-Z of rape heard on recording saying lawyer pushed her to sue

 

The unnamed woman who alleged that Jay-Z raped her has been heard stating that he never sexually assaulted her in a new audio recording.

In a lawsuit filed last year, the rapper – real name Shawn Carter – was accused of drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl at a VMAs after-party in 2000, along with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs.

The 55-year-old fiercely denied all allegations and the lawsuit was recently dropped, with the star now taking legal action against his accuser’s lawyer, Tony Buzbee.

In new audio obtained by ABC News, the woman, known only as Jane Doe, appeared to be heard during an interview with two private investigators, where she detailed her allegations.

A male official clarified the alleged assault, questioning: ‘But Jay-Z, you’re saying he was definitely there? But he had no part in it? Or he was just…’

‘He was there,’ Doe interjected.

A female investigator then asked: ‘He was just there, but he didn’t have anything to do with any sexual acts towards you, it was strictly…’

‘Yeah,’ she simply replied.

In a twist, she also alleged that it was Buzbee that ‘pushed her’ towards going forward with the allegations against Carter, having previously only named Combs in her initial lawsuit in October.

‘He was the one that kind of pushed me towards going forward with him, with Jay-Z,’ Doe said.

When the investigators clarified that she was referring to Buzbee, she said, ‘Yeah’, adding that she did not know why.

Buzbee hit back at her claims, branding it a ‘blatant lie’ that he spurred her to sue Carter.

‘As far as the suggestion that I pushed Jane Doe to bring a case against Jay Z – That is a blatant lie that is directly contrary to all the documentary evidence,’ he told the outlet in a statement.

The lawyer also shared his own audio footage with ABC News, in which he told his client: ‘They say they have you on tape denying that Jay-Z assaulted you. Is that true?’

Doe replied: ‘No, no. I don’t… I never said that.’

‘They also say that you told them – and they have it on tape – that I, Tony Buzbee, came up with this plan and told you to say that Jay-Z assaulted you so you would get more money,’ he responded.

‘No,’ she added.

Carter’s attorney, Alex Spiro, insisted that the first tape ‘speaks for itself’ in an interview with the publication.

‘She says in no uncertain terms Mr Carter did not do this,’ he added. ‘It’s effectively a lie and the only reason Mr Carter is even involved in this is because she was pushed to involve him.’

Doe filed a lawsuit in October, alleging that Combs sexually assaulted her as a teenager, in 2000 – the documents were refiled in December to include Carter.

According to the paperwork, obtained by NBC, she claimed that a friend dropped her off at the VMAs, which was held at Radio City Music Hall in New York, and she attempted to get a ticket to the ceremony, or an invite to an after-party.

She was reportedly driven to an after-party held at a white house with a U-shaped driveway, where she saw celebrities, and people doing drugs – she was offered a drink which made her feel ‘woozy, lightheaded and felt [like] she needed to lie down.’

After consuming the drink, she claims Carter and Combs entered the room she was resting in, when the latter told her: ‘You are ready to party.’

Doe alleges Carter then removed her clothes and they both raped her while an unnamed female celebrity watched – they have denied all the allegations.

After inconsistencies were discovered in Doe’s story, Carter’s lawsuit was dropped earlier this year – he is now suing Doe and Buzbee for defamation, civil extortion, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

He claimed that the allegations caused him severe financial damage, including the loss of $20million in business contracts.