Jay-Z’s lawyer advised reporters on Monday that the rape case in opposition to the rap mogul is “provably demonstrably false,” presenting proof that he says explains why the story advised by Jane Doe “by no means occurred.” Alex Spiro additionally declared, “This isn’t for fact and justice. This is for cash.”
Spiro spoke at Roc Nation’s New York headquarters, saying that the lawyer who filed the lawsuit — Tony Buzbee — took benefit of the now 38-year-old girl who says Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs raped her at a celebration following the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards. The Jane Doe acknowledged inconsistencies in her allegations final week in a NBC News report and Spiro says he desires the general public to know that “these aren’t minor inconsistencies. … If you have a look at the time, it’s not attainable this might occur.”
“I need to be certain that that is clear: When individuals make up an account, whether or not deliberately or their thoughts is clean or one thing, they will all the time get that core a part of the story proper. They can simply hold repeating it over and over and over; that is what occurred, that core half. But they’re all the time going to mess up the main points. When one thing isn’t actual, when one thing doesn’t occur, you’re going to get the main points incorrect since you weren’t actually there,” he mentioned. “[This was] not attainable. It’s as a result of this by no means occurred.”
Days after Buzbee’s submitting, Spiro sought to dismiss it, citing inconsistencies. The girl claimed her father picked her up after the alleged sexual assault, however he says he doesn’t bear in mind doing that. The Jane Doe additionally says she spoke to a different movie star on the afterparty the place the sexual assault befell, however that particular person — Benji Madden of the rock band Good Charlotte — says he was not in New York that evening however on tour within the Midwest.
On Wednesday, Spiro mentioned the home she claims she was raped at isn’t actual: “There isn’t any such location. We don’t know whether or not they created a location in an effort to attempt to get jurisdiction in New York so they might convey this case in New York or that they simply didn’t do their homework.”
He additionally says on the time she claimed Jay-Z assaulted her, he was at one other occasion, and he confirmed images of Jay-Z there. Spiro mentioned the sufferer mentioned she watched the awards present from a jumbotron outdoors of Radio City however defined there was no jumbotron on the present that 12 months. He additionally mentioned the lady wasn’t capable of attain Combs’ limousine however mentioned the streets had been closely blocked off as a result of Eminem’s VMA efficiency was there.
Spiro performed a six-minute clip of the NBC News report for reporters and mentioned Buzbee “created this narrative” and that he expects “this case to be dismissed. If not, it can crumble.”
“[The Jane Doe] mentioned she’s on the get together alone, this 13-year-old lady, and she or he finds herself within the room with the three most well-known individuals on the get together — simply take into consideration how unnatural, how little widespread sense that makes. And in accordance with her, one of many witnesses is a feminine movie star who’s simply standing there watching the repetitive rape of a kid. … There’s an grownup feminine within the room watching the rape of a kid,” he mentioned. “Afterwards, she says she runs out of the home bare; none of them discover that. None of them pay any discover. For 24 years, none of them has mentioned something?”
Spiro additionally acknowledged Jay-Z, saying he was upset on the state of affairs. “He’s upset that any person can be allowed to do that, can be allowed to make a mockery of the system like this. He’s upset that this distracts and dissuades actual victims from coming ahead. He’s upset that his children and household should take care of this. And he must be upset.”
When requested about Jay-Z’s relationship with Combs, Spiro mentioned: “Mr. Carter has nothing to do with Mr. Combs’ case or Mr. Combs. They knew one another professionally for numerous years. Just like in all professions, individuals know one another. At music awards, they assist one another. They go to the NBA All-Star Game, they assist one another. That’s simply how professions work. There isn’t any nearer affiliation between any of them — that’s additionally a matter of fiction. That’s all that there’s. He doesn’t know something concerning the prices or allegations in opposition to him. He has nothing to do with that case and there’s nothing extra to say.”
Regarding Buzbee, Spiro mentioned: “This concern … goes to be handled.”
