The Diddy Files: Jay-Z Accused Of Raping Girl, 13

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Jay-Z, the star rapper and entrepreneur whose real name is Shawn Carter, was accused in a lawsuit Sunday of raping a 13-year-old girl in 2000 allegedly along with Sean “Diddy” Combs. 

NBC News reports the anonymous accuser, identified only as “Jane Doe,” said the assault happened after she was driven to an MTV Video Music Awards after-party.

The federal lawsuit was originally filed in October in the Southern District of New York, listing Combs as a defendant. It was refiled Sunday to include Carter.  

Jay-Z vehemently denies 'heinous' rape allegation, expresses 'heartbreak' for wife Beyoncé and their kids. The rapper, born Shawn Carter, said the "allegations are so heinous in nature" that the victim, who filed as Jane Doe, should "file a criminal complaint, not a civil one!!"

Carter's attorney, Alex Spiro, and his publicist, as well as Combs’ representatives, did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Texas-based attorney Tony Buzbee, who filed the suit, did not comment. 

Buzbee has filed several lawsuits in recent months — all have withheld their complainants’ names — accusing Combs of assault and rape. This is the first suit in which he has named another high-profile defendant.  

Combs has repeatedly denied all the accusations against him. Federal prosecutors in New York criminally charged him in September with racketeering, sex trafficking and other offenses, and he is behind bars at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center after he was denied bail for a third time last month. His trial scheduled for May 5. 

Before Sunday's lawsuit was refiled, "Carter received a letter from Plaintiff’s counsel requesting a mediation to resolve this matter," Buzbee wrote in the suit. NBC News has seen that letter. In response to the letter, Buzbee wrote in the suit, Carter filed his own lawsuit against the accuser's attorneys.

The lawsuit claims that in 2000, when Doe was 13, Combs and Carter raped her at a house party after the MTV Video Music Awards in New York.