Beyonce’s mom Tina Knowles likes post about Jay-Z being sued and accused of raping a 13-year-old girl
BEYONCE'S mom has acknowledged the disturbing rape accusations against her son-in-law.
Tina Knowles liked an Instagram post about and Sean "Diddy" Combs allegedly after the bombshell lawsuit was filed on Sunday.
Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, and Combs allegedly took turns raping the unnamed teen at an after-party following the 2000 Video Music Awards, the amended civil suit claimed.
Eagle-eyed fans immediately spotted Knowles liked an Instagram about the news by ABC's Chicago affiliate WLS-TV on Sunday evening.
"Not ms Tina Knowles liking the post!" one Instagram user commented.
"Oooweee...Ms. Tina Knowles must know a little sump'tin???" another wrote.
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"BEYONCES MOM LIKED THE POST OMG," a third commented.
It's unclear if Knowles intentionally liked the post.
Her team hasn't responded to The U.S. Sun's request for comment.
Jane Doe's claims were initially filed against Combs, 55, in New York in October, but were changed on Sunday to include Carter.
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The lawsuit claims Combs has "abused, molested, raped, assaulted, threatened and coerced women, minors and others" for decades.
Carter, 55, was allegedly a witness to many of Combs' alleged crimes over the years, the lawsuit claims.
The rapper, who has been married to for over 16 years, hit back at the lawsuit with a statement on Sunday night saying the "heinous" allegations were false and "blackmail."
"My only heartbreak is for my family," he said in his statement, which was addressed to Doe's lawyer Tony Buzbee.
"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."
On September 7, 2000, Jane Doe tried to gain entry to the VMAs in New York City without a ticket, the lawsuit claims.
Jay-Z's full statement following rape allegations
JAY-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, released the following statement after a bombshell lawsuit filed by attorney Tony Buzbee revealed rape allegations against him.
"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."
She said that Diddy's limo drivers told her she "fit what Diddy was looking for" and invited her to an afterparty.
She reported being taken to a house where she reported seeing "widespread drug use" including "marijuana and cocaine."
The lawsuit claims she drank something that made her feel "woozy and lightheaded, making her need to lie down," leading her to go into a bedroom alone.
Combs, Carter, and an unnamed female celebrity referred to as "Celebrity B" in the lawsuit then allegedly entered the room.
The lawsuit alleges Combs grabbed the teen and threw her onto the bed.
Carter allegedly then removed her clothes, held her down, and raped her, the lawsuit claims.
He allegedly then stepped back, allowing Combs to do the same thing while the mystery celebrity woman watched.
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After his arrest in September, Combs is being held in jail in New York City ahead of his trial next May for racketeering and sex trafficking.
Recent lawsuits against Sean 'Diddy' Combs
Sean Combs was hit with a wave of lawsuits in late 2023 and 2024 with allegations of sex trafficking and sexual assault. He has denied all claims against him.
- November 17, 2023: Cassie, Combs' longtime girlfriend, sued him, claiming she endured “a cycle of abuse, violence, and sex trafficking” until their relationship ended in 2018. Combs and Cassie settled the suit the day after it was filed.
- Combs was hit with two more lawsuits a week after he settled with Cassie.
- November 23, 2023: Joi Dickerson accused Combs of drugging and raping her and filming the attack when she was a 19-year-old college student in January 1991.
- November 24, 2023: A second unidentified accuser in a separate lawsuit claimed that Combs and another man sexually assaulted her and a friend in 1990 or 1991, then showed up at her apartment and beat her several days later.
- December 6, 2023: Combs was sued again by an unidentified woman who claimed he and two men gang-raped her in 2003 when she was 17 years old.
- February 26, 2024: Rodney 'Lil Rod' Jones, who helped produce Combs' most recent album, claimed that the mogul sexually harassed, drugged, and threatened him from September 2022 to November 2023 as they worked together.
- May 21, 2024: Model Crystal McKinney accused Combs of sexually assaulting her after meeting at a Men's Fashion Week event in New York City in 2003. McKinney claims she was drinking alcohol and smoking weed with Combs and several of his colleagues when she took a hit off a joint that she claims was laced with another drug. McKinney claims she felt woozy, and Combs ordered her to the bathroom, where he allegedly forced her to perform oral sex on him.
- May 23, 2024: April Lampros, 51, claimed in her lawsuit that she met Sean Combs in New York City in 1994 while attending the Fashion Institute of Technology. Combs is accused of drugging and raping Lampros in a hotel after promising to help mentor her in the fashion industry.
- July 3, 2024: Adria English, an ex-porn star who went by Omunique, accused Combs of grooming her into sex trafficking in the early 2000s, according to .
- September 24, 2024: Thalia Graves sued Combs, alleging he and his former bodyguard, Joseph Sherman, violently raped her at the Bad Boy Records studio in New York City in 2001. Graves, who was 25 at the time, said Combs offered her a glass of wine, which made her feel "lightheaded, dizzy, and physically weak" before losing consciousness. Graves alleged when she awoke, she found herself tied up and restrained while Combs and Sherman raped her.
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673.
