Jay Z walks the red carpet with Beyoncé, Blue Ivy amid rape allegations

Jay Z made his first public appearance after being charged Rape of a 13-year-old girl with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs in the early 2000s.

The rapper, 55 years old, went out with his wife, beyonce, The Blue Ivy Carter’s daughter and mother-in-law, Tina Knowles, At the Disney premiere Mufasa in Hollywood, California, on Monday, December 9.

The family put on a united front at the event, posing arm-in-arm on the red carpet. Beyoncé voices Nala the lioness in the film – which serves as a prequel to the 2019 adaptation of the lion king – while Blue Ivy makes sounds of lion cub Kiara.

The outing comes after Jay-Z was accused of rape in a civil lawsuit along with Combs.

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Jay-Z addressed his wife, Beyoncé, and the couple’s three children in a statement denying the rape allegations filed against him in a civil lawsuit. Jay-Z, 55, was accused in a lawsuit refiled Sunday, Dec. 8, of allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl in 2000 with Sean “Diddy” Combs. The accuser, who has (…)

per NBC Newsthe The rapper was accused He allegedly raped a 13-year-old girl in 2000 with Combs, 55. The accuser, who remains anonymous and has been identified only as “Jane Doe,” claimed the assault took place at an after-party for the MTV Music Awards.

Jay-Z, whose real name is Sean Carter, responded to the lawsuit on Sunday, December 8. The statement, provided to Us Weeklydenied the accusations and said that “his only heartbreak is for my family”. (Jay-Z has been married to Beyoncé, 43, since 2008, and the couple has three children, Blue Ivy, 12, and twins Rumi and Ser, both 8.)

“My wife and I will have to sit our children down, one of whom is at an age where her friends will surely see the press and ask questions about the nature of these allegations, and explain the cruelty and greed of people,” J-Z’s statement read. “I am grieving another loss of innocence. Children should not suffer such at a young age. It is unfair to try to understand inexplicable degrees of malice designed to destroy families and the human spirit.”

The statement also spoke of Jay-Z’s “strict codes and honor,” claiming that he strives to protect all children. Refers his response to a Texas attorney Tony BuzbyFiling the lawsuit Sunday after its initial filing in October that only involved Diddy’s alleged involvement, Jay-Z wrote, “It appears you are exploiting people for personal gain. Only your network of conspiracy theorists, fake physics, would believe the idiotic claims you made against me, that if it weren’t for the serious Around the harm to the children, they were funny.”

Buzby is one of the attorneys who filed lawsuits on behalf of some of Didi’s alleged victims. He previously claimed to represent at least 120 of the disgraced mastermind’s alleged victims. Didi, who has been in jail since his arrest in September, has denied the allegations. Didi was denied bail four times and currently remains behind bars until his trial, scheduled for May 2025.