Is People Waiting For Jay-Z Downfall?

 

Over the last year, there’s been a music industrywide reckoning brewing from the mounting sex abuse and assault allegations against Sean “Diddy” Combs. With his infamous star-studded soirees becoming a common thread in some of the civil lawsuits (and now criminal case) involving him, many have asked which alleged celebrity abusers could be named next. Well, this week, Jay-Z found himself pulled into one of the latest allegations against Combs.

On Sunday, the hip-hop mogul, born Shawn Carter, was accused of raping a 13-year-old girl with Combs at an awards show afterparty over 20 years ago. The lawsuit was originally filed in October by Texas-based attorney Tony Buzbee — the same lawyer who announced plans to file over 120 civil suits against Combs — with Combs named as the defendant but was recently refiled to include Carter, NBC News first reported. Combs has denied all allegations.

As swiftly as the allegation was made public, Carter quickly condemned the “heinous” claim and Buzbee for allegedly attempting to blackmail the rapper into settling with the accuser.

“What [Buzbee] had calculated was the nature of these allegations and the public scrutiny would make me want to settle,” Carter wrote in a searing statement on his Roc Nation company’s social media accounts, denying the allegation. “No sir. It had the opposite effect! It made me want to expose you for the fraud you are in a VERY public fashion. So no, I will not give you ONE RED PENNY!”

Carter added: “You have made a terrible error in judgment, thinking that all ‘celebrities’ are the same. I’m not from your world. … Only your network of conspiracy theorists, fake physics, will believe the idiotic claims you have levied against me. … I look forward to showing you just how different I am.”

This is the first time Carter has personally spoken out to defend his name against serious allegations. The hip-hop star remained quiet when Piers Morgan aired an interview with Jaguar Wright — who’s known for trafficking conspiracy theories — in October, in which she spewed baseless accusations about Carter and his wife, Beyoncé. Morgan apologized for airing the interview shortly after the Carters’ lawyers contacted him. But now many are questioning the stark difference in Carter’s replies in light of the fallout from his most recent comments.

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