Entertainment mogul, Sean Carter III, better known as Jay-Z, was recently hit with a lawsuit by an anonymous woman who accuses him and Sean “Diddy” Combs of sexually assaulting her at a party in 2000 when she was 13 years old.
Jay-Z has since denied these allegations in a lengthy statement, and accused the lawyer representing the alleged victim of being a fraud.
“What he had calculated was the nature of these allegations and the public scrutiny would make me want to settle,” the statement reads in part. “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!!”
The lawsuit has reportedly resulted in varied reactions from countless social media users, as well as a man who has alleged for years that he is Jay-Z’s illegitimate son.
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31-year-old Rymir Satterthwaite recently called out Jay-Z for his response to the allegations, and demanded a DNA test, according to The Jasmine Brand.
“Despite my efforts, Mr. Carter has never once written a letter to me to address these claims, whether to deny or acknowledge paternity, or to explain why his attorneys committed this fraud,” he alleged, per the outlet. “If Mr. Carter values the ideals of honor and protecting children, as he claims in his letter, he should step forward with transparency. He continues to deflect and avoid.”
Jay-Z, however, is yet to publicly respond to Satterthwaite. Recently, his lawyer Alex Spiro requested an emergency meeting regarding the anonymous woman’s allegations. “Due to the highly sensitive nature of this matter and the intense media scrutiny it has generated, we respectfully request to be heard on an expedited basis. For the avoidance of doubt, Mr. Carter is entirely innocent. This is a shakedown,” the request reads, per AllHipHop.
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