Jay-Z forced into game of chicken’ ahead of bombshell sexual assault lawsuit: expert [Video]

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Jay-Z was publicly named in a lawsuit against Sean “Diddy” Combs weeks after the initial filing, raising questions about what legal moves went down behind closed doors.

The lawsuit accused Jay-Z and Diddy of raping a 13-year-old girl in 2000, Fox News Digital previously confirmed. Before Jay-Z was named, the rapper received a demand letter likely in an attempt to settle.

“Things have escalated,” Orange County criminal defense lawyer Lauren Johnson-Norris told Fox News Digital, as the back-and-forth between Jay-Z’s legal team and Texas-based attorney Tony Buzbee now plays out in the public eye.

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Jay-Z was named in a lawsuit accusing him of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Fox News Digital looks back at the timeline leading to Jay-Z being named in the …