The woman who accused Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping her at an MTV Video Music Awards afterparty when she was 13-years-old in 2000, now admits there are inconsistencies in her story.
The woman, known only as a “Jane Doe,” filed a civil lawsuit in October naming Combs. An amended complaint filed in federal court by her attorney Tony Buzbee on Sunday, Dec. 8, added Jay-Z’s name to the lawsuit.
On Friday night, NBC aired an interview with the woman.
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Jane Doe, now 38 and a mother, said she has autism and at some point suffered a head injury. She admitted she is fuzzy on some of the details from that night in 2000.
“I have made some mistakes,” she said about her recollection of the alleged assault.
During the interview, the woman said she spoke to musician Benji Madden about a distinctive tattoo on his arm after arriving at the afterparty.
But in a statement to NBC News, a rep said Madden did not attend the 2000 VMAs and was on tour in the Midwest at the time.
The woman claimed a friend drove her from Rochester, New York, to New York City where the VMAs were held in 2000 and dropped her off. NBC pointed out that the drive takes about five hours. Buzbee told NBC the woman’s friend has since died and cannot corroborate her story.
In her lawsuit, the woman said she was taken to the party by Combs’ limo driver. She signed an NDA to enter the gathering, and was given a beverage laced with drugs. She started to feel drowsy and looked for a place to rest.
A short time later, Diddy allegedly entered the bedroom where the then-13-year-old was resting and said, “You are ready to party!”
The amended complaint alleges Diddy and Jay-Z took turns raping the teen while an unnamed female celebrity watched. Both Jay-Z and attorneys for Diddy have vehemently denied the woman’s claims.
After the alleged assault, the woman said she ran to a gas station and called her father, who picked her up and drove her home, according to the complaint.
The woman said in the interview with NBC News, “We rode home in silence. He didn’t ask me what I did or where I was.”
However, her father told NBC he didn’t remember picking his daughter up that night.
“I feel like I would remember that and I don’t… I have a lot going on but I mean, that’s something that would definitely stick in my mind,” the woman’s unidentified father told the outlet.
Meanwhile, Buzbee responded by saying the media attention has been “distressing” for the woman, and she has agreed to submit to a polygraph to prove she is telling the truth.
Jay-Z fired by back saying the woman’s interview “proves” Buzbee “filed a false complaint against me in the pursuit of money and fame.”
“This incident didn’t happen and yet he filed it in court and doubled down in the press,” the hip-hop mogul said in a statement to CNN on Saturday. “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.”
Watch the woman’s interview below:
EXCLUSIVE: Jay-Z rape accuser comes forward to NBC News; acknowledges inconsistencies in her allegations. pic.twitter.com/tzk8qIKSFJ
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 14, 2024
