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name is Shawn Carter, to a lawsuit she had filed against Combs in Manhattan federal court, alleging she was attacked by the singers in 2000 after Combs’ limo driver offered her a ride to an MTV Video Music Awards afterparty.</p><p>The court document submitted by the woman’s lawyers announcing the voluntary dismissal did not include any reasons or explanation for the withdrawal. 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negative press.”</p><p>The <em>Empire State of Mind </em>rapper also claims that he lost $20 million in contracts due to false allegations in Buzbee’s lawsuit. He also says that he has been going through deep “mental anguish” since it was filed.</p><p>“I felt that Mr. Buzbee was placing a gun to my head that I either bow to his demands or endure personal and financial ruin,” Jay-Z reportedly wrote in the declaration.</p><p>Diddy has been in a Brooklyn federal jail since <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/10759688/sean-diddy-combs-arrested-charged-sex-trafficking-racketeering/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">his September arrest</a> on racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking charges. He also faces a wave of sexual assault lawsuits, many of which were filed by Buzbee. 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