Jay-Z accuser says on recording she was “pushed” to sue the rapper by her lawyer

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Jay-Z” Carter and Sean “Diddy” Combs of sexually assaulting her after the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards has been heard on a recording admitting Jay-Z “didn’t have anything” to do with the sexual acts – and that her lawyer “pushed” her to sue.As ABC News reports, the lawsuit against Carter and Combs has since been withdrawn with prejudice, meaning it cannot be revived.The recording is an exchange between the woman, known anonymously as Jane Doe, and two private investigators associated with Jay-Z.

ABC News and Rolling Stone obtained an excerpt of the recording.“He was just there, but he didn’t have anything to do with the any sexual acts towards you.

It was strictly…” one investigator asked.“Yeah,” Doe replied. She then said her lawyer, Tony Buzbee, “pushed” her to go forward with the lawsuit against Carter.The other investigator asked her if it was Buzbee who suggested Carter had a role in the alleged assault. “He was the one that kind of pushed me towards going forward with him.

with Jay-Z,” the woman replied.“Buzbee did?” the investigators asked. “Yeah,” the woman replied.However, Buzbee denied these allegations and called the recording a “pieced-together fabrication”, and said the idea that he pushed her into suing Jay-Z a “blatant lie”.“As far as the suggestion that I pushed Jane Doe to bring a case against Jay Z – That is a blatant lie that is directly contrary to all the documentary evidence,” Buzbee said in statements to ABC News.In a statement sent to Rolling Stone, he said: “Her position is very clear and has never changed.