Monday, December 16, 2024 - Jay-Z is facing new calls to confirm the paternity of his 'illegitimate son' in another legal battle days after the rapper was accused of s3xually ass@ulting a 13-year-old alongside Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs.
The record executive, 55, real name Shawn Carter, is being
dragged back into the ongoing legal tussle over the paternity of Rymir
Satterthwaite who has been in a decade-long fight to prove that the rapper is
his biological father.
Satterthwaite, 31, is claiming Carter's legal team acted
fraudulently during previous attempts to get him to take a paternity test.
Satterthwaite, his late mother Wanda, and his guardian Dr.
Lillie Coley are listed as plaintiffs in a new lawsuit against
multiple New Jersey courts, judges, and officials, including the New
Jersey Supreme Court, alleging violations of their constitutional rights.
Filed on November 25, the suit argues that from 2012 to 2023
their ‘rights were violated through fraudulent court actions, which included
sealed records, wrongful sanctions, and obstruction of their legal
proceedings.’
Wanda, who died in 2019, alleged she had sex with Carter in
1992 when she was 16 and he was 22 in a sworn affidavit obtained by
DailyMail.com. Satterthwaite was born in the summer of 1993.
At the time, she was in an on-again-off-again romance with
her high school sweetheart Robert Graves.
In 2010 she requested that a Pennsylvania court make both
men take a paternity test in order to determine her son’s real father.
According to Mail Online, the case began with a pre-trial in
Camden County, New Jersey on August 13, 2012.
During the pre-trial, Carter's attorney argued that Dr.
Coley, who has acted as Satterthwaite's legal guardian since his mother handed
over custody in 2011 due to ailing health had 'no jurisdiction' over his case
because it was first filed by Wanda in Pennsylvania, and therefore should be
heard in the same state.
The case was dismissed outright because Satterthwaite was
over 18 years old at the time of the pre-trial and, according to Pennsylvania
state law, paternity must be established before a child reaches the age of
adulthood.
The court ruled that the case should be tried under New
Jersey law, which states that the age of 'parentage' is 23.
Carter's legal team then argued that the rapper should be
exempt from undergoing a DNA test in New Jersey because he did not live or own
any property in the state despite public records linking him to homes in Alpine
and Newport.
On December 12, 2012, his attorney in New Jersey, Lise
Fisher, admitted that she 'misspoke' when she said that Carter did not own
property in New Jersey.
In court transcripts obtained by DailyMail.com, Fisher said:
'I submitted as an exhibit to my client's cross-motion an introductory
statement, and verified the introductory statement, signed by her that
specifically gives Mr. Carter's residence in New York.
'I did misspeak at the last hearing, because I really did
think that, that was his home address. I didn't realize that was his business
address. So I do apologize for that.'
At the time, Carter's Roc Nation was located in New York -
the address that his attorney claimed was his home address.
Fisher continued: 'That having been said, he has a domicile
in New York. That's what counts. That's where he lives. That's where he
resides. And there's nothing that changes that.'
However, Fisher was made aware of Carter's New Jersey
properties from the motion for reconsideration that included the deeds and tax
records.
New Jersey law states that an attorney commits fraud when
knowingly making false statements.
The lawsuit came days before Carter was mentioned in a suit
with Combs, 55.
On Tuesday, Satterthwaite slammed Carter’s response to the
allegation that he r@ped a 13-year-old girl at an MTV VMAs after party on
September 7, 2000.
Carter denied the claims and insisted he has always fought
to ‘protect children.’
‘It is both heartbreaking and frustrating to see Mr. Carter
respond to allegations with such deflection and attacks,’ he told DailyMail.com
of the statement.
‘My late mother, Wanda, was just 16 years old when she
became pregnant with me, and for years I have sought clarity about my identity.
This is not about greed or spectacle - it’s about uncovering the truth and
ensuring all parties are held accountable.’
Satterthwaite took aim at the statement, claiming if Carter
'values the ideals of honor and protecting children' then he should stop
refusing to acknowledge his paternity.
'Despite my efforts, Mr. Carter has never once written a
letter to me to address these claims – whether to deny or acknowledge
paternity, or to address why his attorney’s committed this fraud,' he
continued.
'If Mr. Carter values the ideals of honor and protecting
children, as he claims in his letter, he should step forward with transparency.
He continues to deflect and avoid.’
The suit claims the woman, referred to as Jane Doe, was
driven to a house party and offered a drink that made her feel ‘woozy,
lightheaded and felt [like] she needed to lie down.’
Combs and Carter are then alleged to have entered the room
with Combs declaring: 'You are ready to party!'
She claims Carter then removed her clothes, held her down
and r@ped her while Diddy and an unnamed female celebrity watched. She says
Combs also r@ped her as Carter and the woman looked on.
'These allegations are so heinous in nature that I implore
you to file a criminal complaint, not a civil one!! Whomever would commit such
a crime against a minor should be locked away, would you not agree?’ Carter
said in his statement.
'These alleged victims would deserve real justice if that
were the case.'
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