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Judge Denies Jay-Z’s Efforts to Dismiss Rape Accuser’s Lawsuit

Judge Denies Jay-Z’s Efforts to Dismiss Rape Accuser’s Lawsuit

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A judge has denied Jay-Z’s efforts to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the rapper and Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping a 13-year-old girl more than two decades ago. In the lawsuit, originally filed in October, a woman identified only as “Jane Doe” sued Combs for allegedly raping her at a party following the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards. The complaint was amended on Dec. 8 to include the allegation that Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, was also present and participated in the assault. Jay-Z has denied all allegations, and his attorney Alex Spiro sought to dismiss the case after the Alabama woman acknowledged inconsistencies in her allegations in an NBC News report published earlier this month. Spiro doubled down last week, speaking outside Roc Nation’s New York headquarters, saying the rap mogul is upset about the suit and that “Mr. Carter has nothing to do with Mr. Combs’ case.” On Thursday, in her written order, Judge Analisa Torres denied Combs’ hopes to have the suit tossed out. Torres also ruled the woman accusing the two artists that …

Nick Carter Claims Sexual Battery Accuser’s Allegations Are a ‘Factual Impossibility’

Nick Carter Claims Sexual Battery Accuser’s Allegations Are a ‘Factual Impossibility’

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Nick Carter claims it is a “factual impossibility” that he raped Shannon Ruth in 2001 when she was 17, and the Backstreet Boy singer is requesting that the judge make a ruling as such. According to new court documents obtained by ET, Carter claims that more than a year after Ruth filed her sexual abuse lawsuit against him he’s now “obtained all of the evidence necessary to prove that he has been telling the truth all along,” which is that “he did not rape Ruth or anyone else for that matter.” In her lawsuit, Ruth claimed Carter invited her back to his tour bus following a Tacoma, Washington, concert. Ruth, who claimed she was 17 at the time, alleged Carter spiked her drink before sexually assaulting her in the bathroom and then again on his bed. But Carter claims Ruth’s lawsuit has been orchestrated by former Dream singer Melissa Schuman, who in April 2023 also sued him, claiming sexual assault and battery. Carter claims Ruth and Schuman’s lawsuits are part of a coordinated effort “to garner …

Drake Bell accusers face online attacks

Drake Bell accusers face online attacks

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Supporters of former Nickelodeon star Drake Bell have rallied behind him after he came forward with his child sexual abuse story in an explosive docuseries. But some people have gone to extremes, harassing women who previously shared their own abuse allegations against Bell, who pleaded guilty to attempted child endangerment in 2021. In the wake of “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV,” dozens of TikTok videos have been published discussing the child endangerment case, casting doubt on his alleged victims’ claims of abuse against Bell. Some have received millions of views. Some commenters under these videos called the victim in the case a liar, comparing her to the actor Amber Heard (who was similarly attacked online for her claims of abuse) and speculating that she was hired by Bell’s convicted abuser Brian Peck to destroy him. Peck didn’t respond to a request for comment.  Melissa Lingafelt, Bell’s ex-partner who separately accused the actor in 2020 of physical and emotional abuse, which he denied, shared on her Instagram Stories last week that she …

Epstein planned cash reward to disprove accuser’s claims, files reveal | World | News

Epstein planned cash reward to disprove accuser’s claims, files reveal | World | News

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Jeffrey Epstein told accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell she could offer a cash reward to friends of accuser Virginia Giuffre if they could help prove sex claims were false. Files reveal an email the billionaire paedophile sent about a claim that British physicist Stephen Hawking was in an “underage orgy”. Newly released court documents reveal the disgraced financier, who took his life in 2019, sent an email in 2015 showing he was happy to issue a reward to counter her claims, shortly after Ms Guiffre filed a civil claim in the US. The disclosed filings show that, in the same email, Epstein told Maxwell the “strongest” of Ms Giuffre’s claims was that former US President Bill Clinton had dined on Epstein’s private island. Mr Clinton has denied this. It said: “You can issue a reward to any of Virginia’s friends, acquaint, family that come forward and help prove her allegations are false. The strongest is the Clinton dinner, and the new version in the Virgin Islands that Stephen Hawking participated in an underage orgy.” The globally-revered Cambridge …