Jay-Z embraces mother-in-law Tina Knowles after ‘hacker’ liked post about rape lawsuit
Jay-Z isn’t letting an alleged hacker get between him and his mother-in-law.
The music mogul stood — seemingly strategically — next to Tina Knowles while posing for pictures at the premiere of his daughter Blue Ivy’s first movie, “Mufasa: The Lion King.”
Jay-Z made sure to put his arm around Knowles’ shoulder and squeeze her tight as they joined Blue, 12, and the preteen’s “proud” mom, Beyoncé, on the red carpet at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Calif., Monday night.
The rapper, 55, embraced the matriarch, 70, as they smiled for photographers.
Meanwhile, Beyoncé, 43 — who also has a voice-over role in the Disney adventure-musical — stood between her husband and their eldest child.
The couple — who tied the knot in April 2008 — are also parents to twins Rumi and Sir, 7.
Hours before the event, Knowles insisted to her Instagram followers that she didn’t “like” a post about her son-in-law being sued for rape.
“I was Hacked!” the former fashion designer insisted in a statement.
“As you all know I do not play about my family. So if you see something uncharacteristic of me. Just know that it is not me!”
Jay-Z — born Shawn Carter — was named in a civil lawsuit that was re-filed Sunday by attorney Tony Buzbee.
The original complaint — which was filed by an anonymous accuser in October — only listed Sean “Diddy” Combs as a defendant.
It alleged he had raped “Jane Doe,” then 13, with the help of two other celebrities at an MTV Video Music Awards afterparty at a New York house in September 2000.
Doe claims in the suit that she was offered a drink that made her feel “woozy” and “lightheaded,” prompting her to go into a bedroom to lie down for a moment.
Shortly after, she claims the hip-hop stars and longtime friends entered the room and that Combs, also 55, said to her, “You are ready to party!”
The woman alleges that Jay-Z then removed her clothes, held her down and raped her while Combs and an unidentified female celebrity looked on.
According to Doe, Combs then allegedly raped her as Jay-Z and the unnamed woman watched.
Soon after news of the amended complaint broke, the Roc Nation founder denied the “heinous” allegations and slammed Buzbee as “deplorable” in a scathing statement.
He also filed to dismiss the lawsuit and demanded that the accuser be named publicly.
Though Beyoncé has not yet addressed the situation, an insider told Page Six exclusively that she’s “sticking by Jay, as evidenced by last night’s family outing.”
The pop superstar “has no intention of leaving” the fellow Grammy winner, a second insider added, noting that she “wholeheartedly believes him” and is “supporting him throughout” the ordeal, which they will “face … together.”
As for Combs, he is currently in jail at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn awaiting trial for sex trafficking, racketeering and prostitution, to which he pleaded not guilty.
The Bad Boy Records founder’s reps told Page Six in a statement that the amended complaint — one of dozens that have been filed against him — “exposes [Buzbee’s] barrage of lawsuits against Mr. Combs for what they are: shameless publicity stunts designed to extract payments from celebrities who fear having lies spread about them, just as lies have been spread about Mr. Combs.”
The reps added, “As his legal team has said before, Mr. Combs has full confidence in the facts and the integrity of the judicial process. In court, the truth will prevail: that Mr. Combs never sexually assaulted or trafficked anyone — man or woman, adult or minor.”
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-330-0226.
