Rapper and music mogul Shawn Carter a.k.a Jay-Z seem unfazed by allegations by a woman he and Sean Diddy Combs raped her when she was 13 year-old.
Jay-Z , his wife Beyoncé and daughter Blue Ivy made a rare red-carpet appearance at the Los Angeles premiere of Mufasa: The Lion King perhaps to show the family was well behind him.
In videos posted on YouTube by E!News, the chart-topping rapper and singer cheered on their 12-year-old daughter, who stars in the movie, before posing for photos alongside her, as well as with Beyoncé’s mother Tina Knowles.
Blue Ivy voices Kiara, the daughter of Simba and Nala (voiced by Beyoncé), in the movie that is a prequel to The Lion King, telling the origin story of Mufasa.
The couple’s red carpet appearance came a day after allegations against Shawn Carter, the rapper and businessman known as Jay-Z, emerged when a woman who alleges she was also assaulted by Combs amended her lawsuit to include Carter.
The woman, who is identified as a Jane Doe, says she was 13 years old at the time she was allegedly assaulted by Combs and Carter at an after party following the Video Music Awards in 2000.
In a statement addressed to CNN, Jay-Z called the allegations “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?”
Jay-Z is the first celebrity to be accused of sexual assault in connection to Combs, who was indicted in September on charges of sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and prostitution-related charges. He pleaded not guilty to the charges and has denied all wrongdoing in roughly 30 civil lawsuits that have been filed against him. With agency reports.
