Beyonce’s huge 2025 tour and Christmas NFL appearance thrown into doubt after rape claim against husband Jay-Z
SUPERSTAR Jay Z has furiously denied “idiotic” claims he drugged and raped a girl of 13.
The music mogul, 55, is named in an anonymous lawsuit alleging he took turns in the attack with fellow rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs.
An unnamed female celebrity was also said to have been in the room at an MTV VMAs after-party in New York on September 7, 2000.
The lawsuit, filed against Combs in October, was resubmitted on Sunday to also list Beyoncé’s husband Jay Z as a defendant.
The claims throw doubt on Beyonce’s planned Christmas Day comeback and huge 2025 tour.
She is due to perform at NFL’s festive clash between her hometown Houston Texans and the Baltimore Ravens.
A source said: “Bey and Jay are one of the most dominant power couples on the globe so even though the claim has nothing to do with her, her name had already been dragged into online speculation.
“The plan was for Beyonce to perform a new song during her Christmas Day halftime show before kicking off a new era.
“Beyonce has Act III of her three act album saga to announce as well as a huge stadium tour.”
Jay Z asked for his accuser’s request for anonymity to be denied or the case dismissed.
His legal team claimed lawyer Tony Buzbee, who represents some alleged victims of Combs, had waged an “extortionate plot”.
They said he and the accuser had threatened to “unleash entirely fabricated and malicious allegations” against Jay Z if he did not comply with their demands.
In a statement, on X, Jay Z said: “My lawyer received a blackmail attempt, called a demand letter, from a ‘lawyer’.
“What he had calculated was the nature of these allegations and the public scrutiny would make me want to settle. No sir, it had the opposite effect! It made me want to expose you for the fraud you are in a VERY public fashion.
“These allegations are so heinous that I implore you to file a criminal complaint, not a civil one! Whomever would commit such a crime against a minor should be locked away, would you not agree?”
Referring to Beyoncé, 43, and their children Blue Ivy, 12, and seven-year-olds Rumi and Sir, he continued: “My only heartbreak is for my family.
“My wife and I will have to sit our children down, one of whom is at the age where her friends will see the Press and ask questions about the nature of these claims, and explain the cruelty and greed of people. I mourn yet another loss of innocence. Children should not have to endure such at their young age.”
The claimant, named as Jane Doe, says she was given a drink which made her “woozy”, then her attackers held her down and raped her.
Jay-Z's full statement following rape allegations
“My lawyer received a blackmail attempt, called a demand letter, from a “lawyer” named Tony Buzbee. What he had calculated was the nature of these allegations and the public scrutiny would make me want to settle.
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!!
These allegations are so heinous in nature that I implore you to file a criminal complaint, not a civil one!! Whomever would commit such a crime against a minor should be locked away, would you not agree?
These alleged victims would deserve real justice if that were the case.
This lawyer, who I have done a bit of research on, seems to have a pattern of these type of theatrics!
I have no idea how you have come to be such a deplorable human Mr. Buzbee, but I promise you I have seen your kind many times over. I’m more than prepared to deal with your type. You claim to be a marine?! Marines are known for their valor, you have neither honor nor dignity.
My only heartbreak is for my family. 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. 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.
My heart and support goes out to true victims in the world, who have to watch how their life story is dressed in costume for profitability by this ambulance chaser in a cheap suit.
You have made a terrible error in judgement thinking that all “celebrities” are the same. I’m not from your world. I’m a young man who made it out of the project of Brooklyn. We don’t play these types of games. We have very strict codes and honor. We protect children, you seem to exploit people for personal gain. Only your network of conspiracy theorists, fake physics, will believe the idiotic claims you have levied against me that, if not for the seriousness surrounding harm to kids, would be laughable.
I look forward to showing you just how different I am.”