JAY-Z & BEYONCÉ DAMAGE CONTROL

While Sean “Diddy” Combs remains in federal custody awaiting his May 5 trial after pleading not guilty to charges of racketeering and sex trafficking, he’s also been accused of sexual assault, rape and sexual exploitation in more than two dozen lawsuits that have been filed against him by individuals.

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In one civil lawsuit, initially filed in October, an unnamed woman, who is now in her mid-30s and seeking unspecified damages, amended her complaint on December 8 to name Jay-Z as one of the celebrities who she alleges assaulted her at an MTV Video Music Awards afterparty in 2000. The civil lawsuit alleges that “defendant Sean Combs, along with his longtime friend and collaborator Shawn Carter (a/k/a ‘JayZ’), drugged and raped a 13-year-old girl at an afterparty following the 2000 Video