UPDATE — 12/9/24, at 5:10 p.m. ET:
Beyoncé’s mom, Tina Knowles, claimed that her Instagram account was hacked after she seemingly “liked” a news post in regards to the recent lawsuit against her son-in-law Jay-Z.
“I used to be Hacked!” Knowles wrote in a Notes app message shared via Instagram on Monday, December 9. “As you all know I don’t play about my family. So for those who see something uncharacteristic of me. Just know that is just not me!”
Knowles added within the caption, “Please stop fidgeting with me !!!!”
Original story:
Beyoncé’s mom, Tina Knowles, liked a post on social media in regards to the recent news of the lawsuit accusing her son-in-law Jay-Z of rape.
Knowles, 70, was one in every of the likes on a Sunday, December 8, post from ABC7 Chicago that announced Jay-Z, 55, had been sued for rape. The Instagram post read, “Jay-Z, Diddy named in a lawsuit alleging rape of girl , 13.”
Us Weekly has reached out to Knowles for comment.
News broke on Sunday that Jay-Z has been accused of rape in a civil lawsuit together with Sean “Diddy” Combs. NBC News reported that the rapper (real name Shawn Carter) and Diddy, 55, were accused of allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl in 2000. The accuser, who has remained anonymous, claimed the assault occurred at an afterparty for the MTV Music Video Awards.
Beyoncé, Tina Knowles, Jay-Z. Getty Images(3)
The lawsuit was originally filed in October in Recent York and only listed Combs as a defendant, per the outlet. Nonetheless, it was refiled on Sunday to incorporate Jay-Z. Jay-Z has denied the allegations and filed to dismiss the suit.
“My lawyer received a blackmail attempt, called a requirement letter, from a ‘lawyer’ named Tony Buzbee. What he had calculated was the character of those allegations and the general public scrutiny would make me wish to settle,” Jay-Z said in a press release to Us Weekly. “No sir, it had the alternative effect! It made me want to show you for the fraud you’re in a VERY public fashion. So no, I is not going to offer you ONE RED PENNY!!”
Buzbee is one in every of the attorneys who has filed lawsuits on behalf of several of Diddy’s alleged victims. He has previously claimed to be representing at the least 120 of the disgraced mogul’s alleged victims. Diddy, who has been in prison since his September arrest, has denied the allegations. Diddy has been denied bail 4 times and currently stays behind bars until his trial, which is scheduled for May 2025.
Jay-Z later responded to the lawsuit with an emotional statement saying, his “only heartbreak is for my family.” (Jay-Z and Beyoncé, 43, have been married since 2008 and share three children: Blue Ivy, 12, and twins Rumi and Sir, each 8.)
Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs faced ups and downs while constructing their successful hip-hop empires. Running in similar industry circles because the ‘90s — when Diddy and Jay-Z launched Bad Boy Records and Roc-A-Fella Records, respectively, in Recent York City — the pair formed a friendly rivalry as their individual music careers took off. Over […]
“My wife and I may have to sit down our kids down, one in every of whom is on the age where her friends will certainly see the press and ask questions on the character of those claims, and explain the cruelty and greed of individuals,” Jay-Z said in a press release to Us. “I mourn one more lack of innocence. Children mustn’t should endure such at their young age. It’s unfair to should try to grasp inexplicable degrees of malice meant to destroy families and human spirit.”
On Monday, December 9, Us confirmed that Jay-Z filed paperwork to dismiss the civil lawsuit “for lack of material jurisdiction as a result of the plaintiff’s lack of standing.”
