Posted on 12/12/2024 4:27:45 PM PST by conservative98
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Wednesday the league’s partnership with Roc Nation, the entertainment company founded by rapper and entrepreneur Jay-Z, is “not changing” amid the civil lawsuit accusing Jay-Z of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl.
Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, was accused Sunday in a lawsuit of raping a 13-year-old girl in 2000 along with Sean “Diddy” Combs.
“We are aware of the civil allegations and Jay Z’s really strong response to that," Goodell said at a news conference after a league meeting in Irving, Texas. "We know, obviously, that litigation is happening. But from our standpoint, our relationship is not changing with them, including our preparations for the next Super Bowl."
The NFL and Roc Nation entered a partnership in 2019 for the company to be the league’s “live music entertainment strategist.” Roc Nation has since annually produced the halftime show at the Super Bowl, including Kendrick Lamar’s upcoming performance in New Orleans in February.
The parties extended the partnership in October.
“I think they’re getting incredibly comfortable with not just the Super Bowl but other events that they have advised us on and helped us with,” Goodell said Wednesday. “They’ve been helpful in the social justice area to us on many occasions. They’ve been great partners that have provided a lot of value to us.”
Carter, 55, strongly denied the accusations in a statement Sunday.
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“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. “These alleged victims would deserve real justice if that were the case.”
He added: “You have made a terrible error in judgement thinking that all ‘celebrities’ are the same. I’m not from your world. I’m a young man who made it out of the project of Brooklyn. We don’t play these types of games. We have very strict codes and honor. We protect children.”
The lawsuit was originally filed in federal court in October with only Combs listed as a defendant; it was refiled Sunday to include Carter. Combs has denied the allegations.
The lawsuit claims that in 2000, when the accuser was 13, Combs and Carter raped her at a house party after the MTV Video Music Awards in New York.
I’m already done supporting the national felon league, Roger Goodell doesn’t need to convince me.
Choose love/end racism/inspire change-which is it?
Ah, the NFL. No standard too low.
Diddy says BK is open late
Where’s the Diddy pics with Barack Hussein Obama and Robert DeNiro?
What stupid, useless parents let a 13 year old go to the MTV Awards much less an after party?
And why wait 24 years?
They had to wait until his ass was locked up. Mofo has a history of witnesss tampering.
Nor with the flag disrespecting pricks. Who cares. I refuse to watch them
NFL is ghetto culture.
its their market, so don’t be surprised.
Homosexual Rape too, Goddell is down with that.
The NFL, fags, kneelers, rapists, oligarch owners, bread and circus for the rubes.
All about the money.
Wonder how many of the Diddy/Epstein gatherings the movers and shakers of profession sports attended?
Well no wonder the halftime shows at the superbowl suck.
A lifelong pro football fan, I gave it up, when they felt the need to lecture me about racism. I’m not a racist, I hate everyone equally.
The endzone messages, and crap on the back of some helmets is enough to ruin it for me. I won’t watch the thug derived halftime show, either. It’s over.
But if you dare to wear a MAGA hat to their stadiums a goon squad will beat the sh!t out of you.
Goodell is a leftist scumbag. As long as he is running the NFL it will be a woke DEI toxic dump.
What the hell kind of weasel-speak is that?
Coward. Or a closet pervert himself.
Sounds like they must’ve been at the Freak-Offs too.
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