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Heartache for Beyonce as rape accusation against Jay-Z revives questions about their age gap relationship: Rapper, 28, vowed 'she will be mine' when he met his future wife at 16 - after pursuing Aaliyah


Jay Z has claimed that his 'only heartbreak' is for his family after being accused of raping a 13-year-old girl, which has revived uncomfortable questions about the early days of his relationship with his wife.

The rapper, 55, was hit with a civil lawsuit filed on Sunday that claims he sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl on September 7, 2000 with Sean ' Diddy' Combs, but insists he is the victim of a 'blackmail attempt' and fears his daughter Blue Ivy, 12, and seven-year-old twins, Rumi and Sir, will have to 'endure' harassment. At the time of the alleged incident, Jay Z, then 30, was in the early stages of wooing Beyonce, who had just turned 19, and was pictured deep in conversation with the Destiny's Child star at the opening of an Armani exhibition, just weeks after the night in question. As the power couple prepare to navigate the storm amid the accusations, we take a look at the start of their romance as well as the younger women Jay has been linked to in the past.

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