Beyonce’s mother Tina Knowles liked a post on Instagram reporting that son-in-law Jay-Z was accused of raping a 13-year-old girl with Diddy.
The post she liked was shared on Instagram by abc7Chicago and was captioned: “Breaking news: Jay-Z, Diddy named in lawsuit alleging rape of girl, 13.”
Knowle’s social media action was spotted by eagle-eyed followers. “Not that Ms. Tina Knowles likes the post!” one person wrote, causing a flurry of speculation.
“Tina probably doesn’t even like him because of what he did to her daughter,” one person mused, in an apparent nod to Jay-Z’s previous admission that he cheated on Beyonce. Others pointed out that the like could have been a mistake.
Knowles, 70, has not publicly responded to the accusation against Jay-Z, real name Shawn Corey Carter, who is the father of her three grandchildren.
Jay-Z has denied the attack, which the victim said took place at a VMA after-party in September 2000 while an unidentified female celebrity looked on.
The anonymous victim previously referred to Jay-Z as “Celebrity A” in the bombshell complaint, accusing the female star of looking anonymized as “Celebrity B.”
This made Jay-Z the first celebrity named alongside Diddy in one of the numerous lawsuits filed against Combs. Both rappers have denied all allegations.
Beyonce’s mother Tina Knowles has quietly responded to Jay-Z’s unmasking as the first celebrity named in a Diddy lawsuit in a subtle move on social media. (Image: Beyonce, Tina Knowles and Jay-Z at the 46th Annual Grammy Awards in October 2002)
The 70-year-old ‘liked’ an Instagram post from ABC (shown above) announcing the news that his son-in-law was accused of raping a 13-year-old girl with Sean Combs
Beyonce and Jay-Z married in 2008 and share three children: Blue Ivy, 12, and twins Rumi and Sir, seven. The family is pictured in 2021
The accuser said she was attacked at a party after the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards, which took place at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on September 7, 2000.
In the lawsuit, she said that at the after-party she had a drink containing “a reddish-yellow mixture that tasted like orange juice, cranberry juice, and something bitter” and “began to feel dizzy and light-headed, which caused her to lie down.” ‘
She said she lay down in “what appeared to be an empty bedroom” until Combs, Jay-Z and a female celebrity referred to as “Celebrity B” entered the room.
“Combs aggressively approached plaintiff with a crazy look in his eyes, grabbed her and said, ‘You’re ready to party!’,” according to legal documents.
The prosecutor said Combs threw her “against a wall,” causing her to fall, and then “grabbed her again and threw her on the bed.”
She said Jay-Z began undressing her “as she became increasingly disoriented” and held her down while “he vaginally raped her” while Combs and Celebrity B watched.
‘After [Jay-Z] finished, he stepped back to the wall. Combs then stepped forward and vaginally raped plaintiff while Carter and Celebrity B watched,” the document said.
The lawsuit was initially filed in the Southern District of New York against Combs last October, with a new filing on Sunday identifying Jay-Z.
Jay-Z has been unmasked as the mysterious celebrity accused of raping a 13-year-old girl with Diddy at a VMA after-party in 2000, a lawsuit has revealed. (Image: Jay-Z and Sean Combs at Puffy’s Fourth of July party at Sean Combs’ House on July 2, 2000)
The anonymous victim previously referred to the rapper, whose real name is Shawn Corey Carter, as “Celebrity A” in the bomb complaint. Jay-Z has denied the allegations. (Image: Diddy and Jay-Z during “SOS” The BET Telethon Relief Show at CBS Studios in 2005)
Tony Buzbee, who represents more than a hundred alleged Diddy victims, has now also named Jay-Z as the celebrity who allegedly “filed a frivolous case under a pseudonym” against the accuser’s legal team.
Beyonce and Jay-Z have been an R&B power couple for more than twenty years. They married in April 2008 and by April 2014 they had sold a combined total of 300 million records.
They share three children together: Blue Ivy, 12, and six-year-old twins Rumi and Sir Carter.
But their relationship was marred in the early days by rumors that Jay-Z had cheated on her with his protege Rihanna, and there was speculation that they went on a break for a while in 2005.
Jay-Z admitted to cheating on Beyonce in a New York Times interview published in 2017, but did not say who the betrayal was with.
Beyonce is not involved in any of the Diddy lawsuits.
Jay-Z, 55, responded to the lawsuit via DailyMail.com, accusing the victim of trying to “blackmail” him.
The rapper claimed he feared his three children with Beyoncé would have to “endure” harassment in the wake of the allegations.
Jay-Z said he’s especially concerned about Blue Ivy. He is afraid that she will receive questions from her friends about the lawsuit. The couple also share twins Rumi and Sir, seven.
“My only heartbreak is with my family,” Jay-Z told DailyMail.com on Sunday.
Jay-Z pictured at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York
Jay-Z issued a lengthy statement on Sunday denying the claims in the refiled lawsuit
“My wife and I will have to sit down our children, one of whom is at the age when her friends will surely see the press and ask questions about the nature of these claims, and explain the cruelty and greed of people.”
Jay-Z said he was mourning “yet another loss of innocence” and stated that his “children should not have to endure the explicit accusations at a young age.”
“It is unfair to have to try to understand the inexplicable level of malice intended to destroy families and the human spirit,” he said.
Tony Buzbee, who along with more than a hundred others is representing the alleged Diddy victim at the 2000 VMA after-party, also named Jay-Z as the celebrity who allegedly “filed a frivolous lawsuit under a pseudonym” against their legal team.
The Texas-based lawyer claimed that Jay-Z had ‘attempted to bully and harass’ him and his client over the incident which allegedly took place at a VMA after-party in 2000 – but this has backfired by causing them’ to encourage’ to take the matter to court.
“Concerning the Jay Z case and his attempts to silence my clients, Mr. Carter previously denied being the one who sued me and my firm,” Buzbee said in a statement.
‘He filed his frivolous case under a pseudonym. What he fails to say in his recent statement is that my firm sent his attorney a demand letter on behalf of an alleged victim, and that victim never demanded a dime from him.
“Instead, she merely requested confidential mediation. Since I sent the letter on her behalf, Mr. Carter has not only sued me, but has attempted to bully and harass me and this accuser.
‘His behavior has had the opposite effect. She is encouraged. I am very proud of her determination. “As to the allegations in the filed complaint, we will let the filing speak for itself and litigate the facts in court, not in the media.”
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