Jay-Z “Upset” BeyoncĂ© and Kids Have to “Deal” With Rape Allegation, Lawyer Says
After Jay-Z was named in a lawsuit accusing him and Sean “Diddy” Combs of rape, his lawyer shared that Jay-Z is “upset” his wife BeyoncĂ© and their children Blue Ivy, Rumi and Sir have to be involved.
Jay-Z is looking out for his family.
After the “Empire State of Mind” rapper—real name Shawn Carter—was accused in a Dec. 8 civil suit of raping a 13-year-old girl alongside Sean “Diddy” Combs in 2000, his lawyer Alex Shapiro gave an update on how Carter and his family, including wife BeyoncĂ© and their children Blue Ivy Carter, 12, and twins Rumi Carter and Sir Carter, 7, are navigating the accusations.
“He’s upset. He’s upset that somebody would be allowed to do this, to make a mockery of the system like this,” Spiro said during a Dec. 16 press briefing, per CNN. “He’s upset that this distracts and dissuades real victims from coming forward.”
But most of all, Spiro noted that the 55-year-old is “upset that his kids and his family have to deal with this. He’s upset and he should be upset.”
And when it comes to Carter’s relationship with Combs—who is currently in jail awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges, for which he has pleaded not guilty—Spiro confirmed that the two know each other in a purely professional setting.
“Mr. Carter has nothing to do with Mr. Combs’ case or Mr. Combs,” he explained. “They knew each other professionally for a number of years.”
“[Carter] doesn’t know anything about the charges or allegations against [Combs],” he continued. “He has nothing to do with that case.”
E! News has reached out to Carter’s lawyer for comment, but has not heard back.
Shortly after the civil suit was filed against the “Run This Town” rapper, he released a statement noting how difficult it would be for him and BeyoncĂ© to talk to their children regarding the allegations against him.
“My only heartbreak is for my family,” Carter shared in a statement with E! News. “My wife and I will have to sit our children down, one of whom is at the age where her friends will surely see the press and ask questions about the nature of these claims, and explain the cruelty and greed of people.”
He added, “I mourn yet another loss of innocence. Children should not have to endure such at their young age. It is unfair to have to try to understand inexplicable degrees of malice meant to destroy families and human spirit.”
And the Grammy winner has continued to deny the allegations that he sexually assaulted the Alabama woman in 2000 at an MTV Video Music Awards after-party in New York—especially when NBC News reported that inconsistencies were found in his accuser’s allegations. These include the fact that her father had no memory of picking her up at a gas station after the alleged attack and that a celebrity the woman claims to have spoken to was not in New York at the time.
“This incident didn’t happen,” Carter said in a Dec. 13 statement to E! News. “True Justice is coming. We fight FROM victory, not FOR victory. This was over before it began.”
His lawyer added in the statement, “It is stunning that a lawyer would not only file such a serious complaint without proper vetting, but would make things worse by further peddling this false story in the press.”
The woman’s case was filed by lawyer Tony Buzbee, who has also filed a significant number of similar sexual abuse suits against Combs, all of which the “Last Night” rapper has denied.
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