The case against Jay-Z – real name Shawn Carter – in which he is accused of raping a 13-year-old can proceed a judge has ruled.
According to CNN, Judge Analisa Torres also criticized Jay-Z’s attorney, Alex Spiro, for the aggressive ways in which he attempted to dismiss the case in an order filed on December 26.
“Carter’s attorneys’ relentless motions to oppose containing inflammatory language and personal attacks are inappropriate, a waste of judicial resources, and a tactic unlikely to benefit for his client. The court will not expedite the trial simply because of counsel’s request,” the order reads.
This isn’t the only setback Jay-Z faces in the ongoing case. Judge Torres ruled that the accuser has the right to remain anonymous in the case despite Spiro’s request to reveal her identity.
Earlier this month, Jane Doe’s accuser filed an amended lawsuit accusing Diddy as well as an unnamed celebrity of raping her after the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards when she was 13 years old. Jay-Z is named in the updated lawsuit. The woman alleged that she was drugged at a party before being assaulted by both men.
Jay denied all allegations against him and released a lengthy statement after the allegations became public.
“My attorney received an extortion attempt, known as a demand letter, from a ‘lawyer’ named Tony Buzbee. What he calculated was the nature of the allegations and the oversight of The public will make me want to deal with it. No, sir. It does the opposite! It makes me want to expose your fraud VERY publicly !” the statement read.
“My only heartache is for my family. My wife and I will have to sit down with our children, one of whom is at an age where her friends will inevitably meet the press and question the nature of these claims and explain the cruelty.” and human greed. I mourn another loss of innocence. Children should not have to endure it at a young age trying to understand the inexplicable levels of malice that destroy families and the human spirit,” he continued.
The rapper ended his statement by saying that Buzbee “made a terrible error in judgment”.
Judge Torres also criticized Spiro for targeting defense attorney Tony Buzbee in her court order Thursday.
“Since Carter’s attorney first appeared in this case seventeen days ago, he has submitted numerous letters and motions attempting to impugn the character of Plaintiff’s attorney, many of them,” she said. one of them explained the ‘urgent’ purpose of this case.
Buzbee responded in an email to CNN.
“The coordinated and desperate efforts to attack me as attorney for the alleged victims are failing,” he said.
Buzbee represents more than 120 people who accused Diddy of assault.
Jay-Z’s lawyer declined to comment on the judge’s ruling, but has previously called Doe’s case “completely fantastical” and that he hopes it will be dismissed.
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