Maite Amorebieta

Hip-hop mogul Jay-Z filed a defamation lawsuit Monday against the woman who alleged in a now-withdrawn complaint that he and Sean “Diddy” Combs raped her when she was 13, arguing the woman had made false and defamatory statements about him for financial gain.

Jay-Z filed a defamation lawsuit Monday against the woman who alleged in a now-withdrawn complaint that he and Sean Combs raped her when she was 13.

An attorney representing Sean "Diddy" Combs in his sex trafficking case announced that he is stepping down as counsel.

Jay-Z’s lawyer expects the hip-hop mogul, whose real name is Shawn Carter, to soon be “cleared” from a lawsuit that accuses him and rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping a minor in 2000, he told NBC News on Monday.

An Alabama woman who accused Jay-Z and Diddy of raping her when she was 13 years old sat down with NBC News and acknowledged that there were some inconsistencies in her account.

HOUSTON — An Alabama woman who accused Jay-Z and Diddy of raping her when she was 13 years old sat down with NBC News to recount what she called a “catastrophic event”: a limo ride to a white house, a drink that made her feel woozy, a sexual assault by rap stars that would ruin her life.

Three men accused Sean “Diddy” Combs of rape and sexual assault in separate lawsuits filed Thursday that allege the rap impresario plied them with doctored drinks and then attacked them while they were unconscious.

A lawyer for Shawn Carter, the hip-hop mogul known as Jay-Z, asked a judge Monday to deny a request to remain anonymous from the woman who has accused Carter of raping her in 2000 when she was a 13-year-old girl, allegedly along with rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs.

Dr. Darius Paduch was convicted in federal court in May after a 10-day trial that left a key question unanswered: How was he allowed to practice for so long?

Sean “Diddy” Combs, the spotlight-adoring music impresario who helped launch the careers of some of the biggest names in hip-hop and R&B, was denied bail and sent to jail Tuesday after being accused in a three-count federal indictment of having used his sprawling business empire to abuse, threaten and traffic women in order to “fulfill his sexual desires” and protect his reputation.

Ravaged by the opioid epidemic, West Virginia has seen its foster care population balloon by 57% in the past decade, overwhelming an already strapped system.