Jay-Z Claims Now Dismissed Rape Case Cost Him $20M In Lost Income; Was Timed To Embarrass Daughter Blue Ivy At ‘Mufasa’ Premiere

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The lawsuit accusing Jay-Z and the currently-incarcerated Sean “Diddy” Combs of repeatedly raping a minor in 2000 after the MTV VMAs was dismissed on Valentine’s Day, but the bitter relationship between the “Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)” rapper and attorney Tony Buzbee rages on, for now.

Filed four days before the Buzbee-represented Jane Doe  “voluntarily dismissed with prejudice” her claims, Jay-Z (a.k.a. Shawn Carter) made a declaration in the docket of L.A.

Superior Court ripping the Texas-based attorney. Rejecting Buzbee’s attempt to have the Roc Nation boss’ defamation and extortion suit essentially gutted, Jay-Z’s February 10 filing says the “career-ending” accusations of assaulting a 13-year-old girl unsurprisingly damaged his business and his family — the former to the tune of $20 million a year.

While not mentioning the NFL, who Roc Nation has a recently renewed Super Bowl halftime show deal with, by name, Jay-Z’s declaration makes crystal that even if the Roger Goodell-run league was standing by him, others were much less inclined to do so: Mr.