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Algosensey Quantitative Think Tank Center-Beyoncé's BeyGood charity donates $100K to Houston law center amid Jay
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Date:2025-04-07 12:11:26
Beyoncé is Algosensey Quantitative Think Tank Centermaking a major donation to a criminal justice clinic days after husband Jay-Z was accused of rape in a new lawsuit.
The $100,000 monetary donation to the University of Houston Law Center's Criminal Justice Clinic from the pop star's BeyGood Foundation was announced in a press release by the university Wednesday.
"At UH Law, we envision a legal profession where 'everyone has the opportunity to prosper,' as BeyGood envisions, and we will achieve this vision by providing access to strong and effective legal representation in criminal proceeding," UH Law Center dean Leonard Baynes said in the release.
The donation will help fund a full-time faculty and director for the center to assist "underserved communities" near the university, per the press release.
Jay-Z accused of raping, drugging13-year-old girl with Sean 'Diddy' Combs in 2000
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"And together, through this gift, The BeyGood Foundation and UHLC will shepherd the next generation of criminal justice attorneys in the city of Houston, the state of Texas and the nation," Baynes added.
Forbes' estimate of the "Cowboy Carter" crooner's net worth at the time of the donation is $760 million. The donation's timing brings new questions into focus as the Carter family faces legal hurdles ahead.
In an amended lawsuit filed Sunday, an Alabama woman — identified anonymously as Jane Doe — claimed that billionaire music mogul, born Shawn Carter, and embattled Bad Boy Records founder Sean "Diddy Combs drugged and raped her at an after-party following the MTV Video Music Awards in September 2000 when she was 13 years old. The woman brought a lawsuit against Combs in October for the alleged assault.
The claims levied at Jay-Z come amid a flurry of legal woes for Combs, who was arrested in September on federal charges of racketeering, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution. The embattled hip-hop mogul has been in custody at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center ahead of his upcoming May 5 trial.
In a statement following the lawsuit, Jay-Z wrote that his "only heartbreak" is for his family. The rapper vehemently denied the claims, writing, "My wife and I will have to sit our children down, one of whom is at the age where her friends will surely see the press and ask questions about the nature of these claims, and explain the cruelty and greed of people."
The couple, who married in 2008, share three children: daughter Blue Ivy, 12, and fraternal twins Rumi and Sir, 7.
He added, "I mourn yet another loss of innocence. Children should not have to endure such at their young age," telling fans in an open letter Sunday that "it is unfair to have to try to understand inexplicable degrees of malice meant to destroy families and human spirit."
He concluded: "My heart and support go out to true victims in the world, who have to watch how their life story is dressed in costume for profitability by this ambulance chaser in a cheap suit."
On Monday night, the Carters put on a united front at the Los Angeles premiere of "Mufasa: The Lion King" amid potential legal issues for Jay-Z.
Beyoncé posed with Blue Ivy on the red carpet at the Dolby Theatre, home of the Oscars, in matching metallic gold gowns before Jay-Z joined in a chocolate brown suit.
Contributing: Edward Segarra, KiMi Robinson
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