United Kingdom, Feb. 18 -- Jay-Z and his wife Beyonce were sent death threats after the rapper was accused of raping a 13-year-old girl.

The 55-year-old star and Sean 'Diddy' Combs had been accused by an unnamed woman of drugging and raping her at an after-party for the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards in New York City when she was a teenager, but the lawsuit was dismissed last week, though the '99 Problems' hitmaker is pressing ahead with legal action against his accuser's attorney, Tony Buzbee, for emotional distress.

And in a declaration to the court obtained by DailyMail.com, the Rock Nation founder argued the lawyer's "public statements about me and accusations against me have caused me harm" and detailed the threats he and his wife had...