Jennifer Lopez caught up in Jay-Z rape scandal as unearthed photo shows her arguing with Diddy on night of alleged assault
Jennifer Lopez is embroiled in the Jay-Z scandal after she was caught on camera fighting with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs on the same night both men are now accused of raping a 13-year-old girl.
Jay-Z, 55, whose real name is Shawn Carter, was named Sunday in an amended lawsuit accusing the rappers of participating in the alleged assault of the minor at an after-party for the 2000 MTV VMAs in New York City.
According to the complaint, a third celebrity – a woman – was in the room and watched as the men took turns with their victim.
Newly unearthed photos obtained by DailyMail.com show J Lo, 55, engaged in a heated argument with Combs that same evening. There’s no suggestion that J Lo is the mystery celebrity.
But now, with Jay-Z’s naming, the eyebrow-raising altercation and the events of that sordid evening have once again been firmly placed in the spotlight.
J Lo dated Combs from 1999 to 2001 in a relationship that continues to cast a long shadow over the star to this day.
Jennifer Lopez, 55, is embroiled in the Jay-Z scandal after she was caught on camera fighting with 55-year-old Sean “Diddy” Combs, the same night both men are now accused of assaulting a 13-year-old raped a girl.
The photos were taken at the now defunct Lotus nightclub in New York on September 7, 2000. J Lo stands with her sister Lynda and glares at Diddy after their apparent argument.
Lopez changed into a mini tube dress with multicolored geometric patterns for the afterparty. She is seen walking away after her heated confrontation with Diddy
The lawsuit, which identifies the victim only as Jane Doe, was originally filed in October, but an amended complaint filed Sunday has now named Jay-Z as the second previously anonymous celebrity to have allegedly raped her while she was drugged, alone and drunk.
According to the lawsuit, obtained by DailyMail.com: “Defendant Sean Combs… along with his lifelong friend and associate Shawn Carter, drugged and raped a thirteen-year-old at an after-party following the 2000 Video Music Awards.
“Another celebrity stood by and watched as Combs and Carter took turns attacking the minor.”
That third celebrity has not been named, but is identified as a woman who the victim immediately recognized.
At the time of the assault, which the lawsuit alleges occurred on or about September 7, 2000, the victim had a friend drive her to Radio City Music Hall so she could attempt to attend the awards ceremony, which she was not authorized to attend. ticket.
She watched the show outside on a jumbotron before approaching several limousine drivers in hopes of talking her way into the event or an afterparty.
Jay-Z, 55, was also at the afterparty where Diddy and J Lo had their verbal spat. He was named in an amended lawsuit on Sunday accusing Diddy and him of raping a 13-year-old girl on the same night as this party.
When they arrived at the afterparty, Diddy and J Lo seemed close, but as the night went on, they started arguing.
The 13-year-old girl was handed a reddish-yellow drink at Diddy’s afterparty. After drinking it, she immediately felt ill and took refuge in an unlocked bedroom, before Jay-Z, Diddy and a third unnamed female celebrity entered the room where the alleged rape took place.
After throwing the girl against a wall and again onto a bed, she was allegedly raped first by Jay-Z and then by Combs as the female celebrity watched
A driver who drove Combs and others to the afterparty agreed to come back to take her to the afterparty, noting that she “fit what Diddy was looking for.”
Once at the party, the girl was asked to sign a document – of which she had not received a copy – before heading out under the stars.
After taking a few sips of a reddish-yellow drink, the girl reportedly felt “woozy and light-headed, causing her to feel the need to lie down.”
Looking for a place to rest, she found her way into what appeared to be an empty bedroom and left the door unlocked.
Moments later, ‘Combs entered the room, along with Defendant Carter and a female celebrity. Plaintiff immediately recognized all three celebrities.”
Combs allegedly approached the girl aggressively, “with a crazy look in his eyes, grabbed her and said, ‘You’re ready to party!’ the lawsuit continues.
Jay-Z vehemently denies the allegations, describing the accusations as “so heinous in nature” that he “begged” attorney Tony Buzbee to file a criminal complaint, not a civil one.
Buzbee is the Texas-based attorney representing more than a hundred of Combs’ alleged victims and was named in Jay-Z’s response to the allegations
After throwing her against a wall and again onto a bed, she was allegedly raped first by Jay-Z and then by Combs, while the female celebrity watched.
Jay-Z issued a lengthy statement to DailyMail.com on Sunday claiming that before the lawsuit was refiled with his name, his lawyers had received “a blackmail attempt, a so-called demand letter from a ‘lawyer’ named Tony Buzbee.”
Buzbee is the Texas-based attorney representing more than a hundred of Combs’ alleged victims.
According to Jay-Z, Buzbee calculated that “the nature of these allegations and the public scrutiny would make me want to settle.”
He stated, ‘No sir, it had the opposite effect! It made me want to expose you in a VERY public way for the fraud you are committing. So no, I won’t give you a single red cent!!’
The rapper continued, describing the allegations as “so heinous in nature” that he “begged” Buzbee to file a criminal complaint, and not a civil one. “Whoever would commit such a crime against a minor should be locked up, don’t you think?”
Jay-Z issued a lengthy statement to DailyMail.com on Sunday claiming that before the lawsuit was refiled with his name, his lawyers had received “a blackmail attempt, a so-called demand letter” from Buzbee.
“These victims,” he asserted, “would deserve real justice if that were the case.”
Shooting Buzbee as a man who has “neither honor nor dignity.” Jay-Z addressed his statement to the attorney, saying, “You have made a terrible error in judgment by thinking that all ‘celebrities’ are the same. I’m not from your world. I am a young man who survived the projects of Brooklyn.
‘We don’t play these kinds of games. We have very strict codes and honor. We protect children, it seems you are exploiting people for personal gain.
“Only your network of conspiracy theorists, fake psychics, will believe the idiotic claims you have made against me which, without the severity of the harm to children, would be laughable.”