Two major names have been removed from a sexual assault lawsuit involving music mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs.
According to People magazine, the accuser named Joseph Manzaro, filed an amended complaint in Florida on April 11, officially withdrawing Beyonce and Jay-Z from the list of individuals allegedly present during the 2015 incident.
The change came after attorneys for the celebrity couple presented credible documentation proving they were not at the Miami party in question.
Reports obtained by People magazine show that Jay-Z was engaged in a public event at New York University around the time of the alleged assault, followed by a vacation in Hawaii with Beyonce, as verified by contemporaneous media coverage.
Manzaro originally claimed that he was drugged and humiliated at a birthday party for Combs’s son, held at a Star Island residence owned by Gloria and Emilio Estefan, People magazine has reported. According to the lawsuit, he was later transported to another gathering and publicly degraded, including being forced to wear a sex toy mask. The updated filing no longer references the couple as witnesses or bystanders.
“Jay-Z wasn’t in Florida at that time to witness this incident — he was engaged in easily findable public activities that prove he was not at this event,” said Jay-Z’s attorney Alex Spiro in a statement, adding, “This is more nonsense that erodes the trust in our ‘justice’ system,” as quoted by People magazine. (ANI)
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