Sean "Diddy" Combs (left) and Jay Z watch the Cleveland Cavaliers play the New York Knicksat Madison Square Garden in New York City on February 4, 2009. A woman dropped a lawsuit accusing the rappers of rape in 2000. File photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
Feb. 15 (UPI) -- A lawsuit by a woman accusing rappers Jay-Z and Sean "Diddy" Combs of rape when she was 13 in 2000 has been withdrawn, according to a court filing from her attorney. On Friday, the civil suit "is voluntarily dismissed with prejudice," the woman's attorney, Tony Buzbee, wrote in U.S. District Court in Manhattan. Advertisement
The woman, and her lawyers acknowledged to NBC News in an interview that there were inconsistencies in her account when the lawsuit was refiled in December to name Jay-Z.
She said "not all the facts are clear" in her recollection of the night's events.
But she stood by her allegations, attorneys Buzbee and Antigone Curis said.
On Wednesday, Combs sued NBCUniversal and its streaming service Peacock, accusing them of airing a documentary, Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy, that "shamelessly advances conspiracy theories" about him.
Jay-Z and Combs have denied any wrongdoing.
"Today is a victory," Jay-Z, whose real name if Shawn Carter, said in a statement. "The frivolous, fictitious and appalling allegations have been dismissed. This civil suit was without merit and never going anywhere. The fictional tale they created was laughable, if not for the seriousness of the claims. I would not wish this experience on anyone.
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"When they quickly realize that the money grab is going to fail, they get to walk away with no repercussions. The system has failed."
Combs' attorney, Alex Spiro, said in a written statement: "By standing up in the face of heinous and false allegations, Jay has done what few can - he pushed back, he never settled, he never paid 1 red penny.
A Jane Doe initially filed the suit against Combs in October, and added Jay-Z's name to the suit two months later.
In the lawsuit, the woman said she was outside the Video Music Awards in New York City, and a limo driver invited her to an after-party. She said she felt woozy after having a drink and was sexually assaulted.
Diddy has been in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, since September on charges of racketeering and sex trafficking. If convicted, he could face life in prison.
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