jay Z has filed a defamation lawsuit against lawyers Tony Buzbee, David Fortney and an anonymous woman, who withdrew her lawsuit against the rapper after accusing him of raping her when she was 13 at a party in 2000.

The rapper’s lawsuit, filed in Alabama, comes after the unidentified woman added Jay-Z, whose legal name is Shawn Carter, to a lawsuit she had filed against Diddy in Manhattan federal court in December, alleging she was attacked by the rappers after Diddy’s limo driver offered her a ride to an MTV Video Music Awards afterparty.

In February, the woman’s lawyers submitted a court document  announcing the voluntary dismissal but did not include any reasons or explanation for the withdrawal. The lawsuit was voluntarily dismissed with prejudice, which means the plaintiff cannot refile the same complaint in court.

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