The unidentified woman who accused both Jay-Z and Diddy of sexually assaulting her when she was 13 years old has come forward and admitted there were some “inconsistencies” in her allegations.
In a sit-down with NBC News on Friday (December 13), the Alabama woman, identified as Jane Doe in the lawsuit against the music moguls, explained, “I have made some mistakes” in recalling the events of the night the alleged incident happened during a 2000 MTV Video Music Awards after-party.
But while she admitted to making “some mistakes,” Jane Doe said her allegations against Jay-Z and Diddy are still valid.
According to NBC News, one of the inconsistencies in the woman’s account is that she claimed her dad picked her up after the alleged rape. However, the woman’s dad reportedly confirmed he has no recollection of doing so.
“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 the news outlet. “It actually causes a lot of fights sometimes in the household.”
Additionally, Jane Doe claimed she spoke to Benji Madden at the alleged afterparty. However, a rep for the Good Charlotte rocker stated that he and his brother were on a tour nowhere near New York 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 said about the blurriness of her claims. “So, I have made some mistakes. I may have made a mistake in identifying.”
Images from the night in question also show Jay-Z and Diddy at different locations, though it’s unclear where exactly they were that evening.
“You should always fight for what happened to you,” she told the outlet about her decision to go public. “You should always advocate for yourself and be a voice for yourself. 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.”
Following her admissions, Jay-Z and his attorney, Alex Shapiro, issued a response saying that the woman’s inconsistencies prove that Tony Buzbee “filed a false complaint against me in the pursuit of money and fame.”
“Today’s investigative report proves this ‘attorney’ [Tony] Buzbee filed a false complaint against me in the pursuit of money and fame,” Jay-Z wrote in his statement.
“This incident didn’t happen, and yet he filed it in court and doubled down in the press. True Justice is coming. We fight FROM victory, not FOR victory. This was over before it began. This 1-800 lawyer doesn’t realize it yet, but soon.”
Jay-Z’s attorney said in his statement to the press:
“It is stunning that a lawyer would not only file 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.”
Spiro also filed a letter to the judge on Friday regarding the inconsistencies in the woman’s account, calling her allegations a “sham.”
“Basic facts in her narrative – the who, what, when, and where – are wrong,” he wrote to the judge. “When pressed, the Plaintiff admitted she was ‘guessing’ about key details… She admits she has no single corroborating witness over the last 24 years.”
The lawsuit, initially filed in October in the Southern District of New York against Diddy, was refiled on Sunday to include Jay-Z as a defendant.
On Monday, Jay-Z’s legal team filed a motion arguing that the accuser should either reveal her identity or have the lawsuit dismissed, citing a lack of evidence to justify her anonymity.
Jay-Z has previously filed an extortion suit against Jane Doe’s attorney Buzbee, claiming that the Texas lawyer was trying to “shakedown innocent celebrities, politicians, and businesspeople with an army of masked accusers.”
