LEMON DROP | Allegations Against Jay-Z Face Scrutiny
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Are the Jay-Z sexual assault allegations showing major inconsistencies?
Is the Jay-Z accuser story falling apart? Well, it certainly looks that way, at least from the evidence we have so far, and it is big evidence. And now folks are saying justice for Jay-Z. That's what some are calling for after new media scrutiny has uncovered multiple glaring inconsistencies in the story of the woman who says that he raped her. Among them, and I'm quoting Jay-Z's attorney Alex Spiro here, there's a quote, the who, what, when, and where All of them are wrong. A reporter over at the NBC News, Chloe Malas, managed to track the anonymous woman down and press her on the apparent holes in her story. Here's part of Chloe's report. Watch.
Tonight, Jay-Z fighting back against a rape accusation. His attorney filing a letter to the judge to dismiss the rape lawsuit against his client, citing an NBC News exclusive that found inconsistencies with the accuser's story. You should always advocate for yourself. It comes after our interview with a 38-year-old mother from Alabama who accuses Sean Diddy Combs and Sean Jay-Z Carter of raping her. When she was 13 years old, she asked us not to reveal her identity. What made you want to come forward? Because I think that I've been quiet long enough. She says she went to the MTV Video Music Awards in 2000. The woman says she spoke to Combs' limo driver. who offered her a ride to an after party. She says at the party, she spoke to musician Benji Madden and his brother.
I'm talking to Benji Madden about his tattoo. It's the last supper. In a statement to NBC News, a representative for the Maddens confirmed that they did not attend the 2000 VMAs and that they were on tour in the Midwest at that time.
Look, to me, that is jarring. Now, the Me Too movement taught us all that every single claim of sexual assault and rape should be taken extremely seriously, right? It also taught us that inconsistencies in such claims should also be taken extremely seriously. And as always, innocent until proven guilty.
What new evidence did NBC reporter Chloe Malas uncover about the accuser's claims?
If one of your primary corroborating witnesses, in this case musician Benji Madden, was not only not at the VMA's afterparty, but was in fact not even in the same state where the afterparty was being held, and Madden can prove that, that's very troubling. But hold on. There's more. More from Chloe's story. Watch.
A representative for the Maddens confirmed that they did not attend the 2000 VMAs and that they were on tour in the Midwest at that time. At the after party, she says she had a drink that made her feel woozy. Then she says Combs and Carter both raped her. She says she ran to a gas station where she called her father, who picked her up. We wrote home in silence. He didn't ask me what happened. In an interview with NBC News, her father said he could not verify the claims. I feel like I would remember that and I don't, he said. When we asked the woman about the contradictions in a phone interview on Friday, she said she stands by her statements. I have made some mistakes, she said, in remembering what happened 24 years ago.
Honestly, what is the clearest is what happened to me. In a statement to NBC News, Sean Carter said this incident didn't happen. True justice is coming. We fight from victory, not for victory. A representative for Combs called the suit a shameless money grab. Is any part of you scared coming out against such powerful people?
I'm scared of what could happen, but I'm more afraid of letting it eat me alive. from the inside out.
Now, the one thing that the NBC News report neglected to mention is that it is not just the case that the accuser's father doesn't recall picking her up that night back in 2000, 24 years ago. He also expressed explicit doubt about his own daughter's claim. You see, according to their address at the time, her father would have had to have driven more than five hours from their home to pick her up at the Lotus nightclub in New York City. where the after party was being held. They would then have to drive five hours back. 10 hours, right? The accuser's father told reporters, quote, I feel like I would remember that and I don't.
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