A lawyer for Jay-Z argued in a submitting on Monday that the lady who on Sunday accused the rapper of raping her when she was 13 should reveal her identification or drop the lawsuit altogether.
In the lawsuit, initially filed in October, a girl recognized solely as “Jane Doe” sued Sean “Diddy” Combs for allegedly raping her at a celebration following the the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards, when she was 13. The go well with was amended on Sunday to incorporate the allegation that Jay-Z (aka Shawn Carter) was additionally current and took part within the assault.
Jay-Z’s lawyer Alex Spiro stated in a submitting in Manhattan federal courtroom on Monday that the Jane Doe has not offered substantial proof to justify her anonymity, saying her “obscure assertions of potential hurt fall far wanting the stringent necessities.”
“Mr. Carter deserves to know the identification of the one who is successfully accusing him — in sensationalized, publicity-hunting trend — of prison conduct, demanding large monetary compensation and tarnishing a repute earned over many years,” Spiro wrote. “He has by no means been accused of, not to mention engaged in, any sexual misconduct.”
Spiro additionally pointed to different sexual misconduct lawsuits in opposition to Combs — who was lately denied bail for a 3rd time as he awaits trial for intercourse trafficking fees — introduced ahead by this lady’s lawyer, Tony Buzbee, which Spiro stated don’t meet the factors to proceed anonymously.
In an announcement on social media Sunday, Jay-Z wrote that he had anonymously sued Buzbee, claiming that the lawyer was attempting to blackmail him.
When Buzbee wrote that he had despatched a request for mediation to resolve the matter, Jay-Z responded saying, “What he had calculated was the character of those allegations and the general public scrutiny would make me wish to settle.” He went on to accuse Buzbee of “fraud” and write “I can’t provide you with ONE RED PENNY!!”
Buzbee responded once more saying that “my agency despatched his lawyer a requirement letter on behalf of an alleged sufferer and that sufferer by no means demanded a penny from him.” He went on to say that Carter “has tried to bully and harass me and this plaintiff” and promised to “litigate the info in courtroom, not within the media.”
