The choose overseeing the case of a girl who says she was raped by Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs when she was 13 has criticised the “inappropriate” behaviour of Jay-Z’s lawyer.
In a written order, Decide Analisa Torres hit out at Alex Spiro for what she described as his combative motions and “inflammatory language” towards the plaintiff’s lawyer, Tony Buzbee.
Mr Spiro – who has been appearing for Jay-Z for round three weeks – beforehand referred to as for the Alabama girl’s identification to be revealed. She is presently recognized solely as “Jane Doe”, a US authorized time period to say she is nameless.
The Manhattan choose has mentioned she will be able to proceed anonymously at this stage however could also be required to disclose her identification at a later date.
Combs stays in a Brooklyn jail awaiting trial on federal intercourse trafficking and racketeering expenses. He has pleaded not responsible.
He’s going through a wave of sexual assault lawsuits, lots of which have been filed by Texas lawyer Mr Buzbee, who says his agency represents greater than 150 individuals, each women and men, alleging sexual abuse and exploitation by Combs.
The lawsuits allege many people have been abused at events in New York, California and Florida after being given drugged drinks.
Combs’ attorneys have dismissed Mr Buzbee’s lawsuits as “shameless publicity stunts, designed to extract payments from celebrities who fear having lies spread about them, just as lies have been spread about Mr Combs”.
Jay-Z, whose actual identify is Sean Carter, beforehand mentioned in a press release that Mr Buzbee was making an attempt to blackmail him to settle the plaintiff’s allegations.
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was named alongside Carter within the lawsuit. Pic: AP
In her lawsuit, the lady claims Jay-Z and Sean Combs raped her when she was 13 after the MTV Video Music Awards in 2000.
Each males strenuously deny the allegations.
Mr Spiro has beforehand requested the choose to dismiss Jay-Z from the lady’s lawsuit.
The girl has admitted inconsistencies, saying she had “made some mistakes”, however standing by her allegations general.
Decide Torres wrote in her order on Thursday that Mr Spiro had submitted a “litany of letters and motions attempting to impugn the character of Plaintiff’s lawyer, many of them expounding on the purported ‘urgency’ of this case”.
She added: “Carter’s lawyer’s relentless filing of combative motions containing inflammatory language and ad hominem attacks is inappropriate, a waste of judicial resources, and a tactic unlikely to benefit his client. The court will not fast-track the judicial process merely because counsel demands it.”
She mentioned Mr Spiro – who had accused the plaintiff’s lawyer of getting a “chronic inability to follow the rules” – had did not observe the foundations himself. She warned him towards future “unacceptable” behaviour.
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In the meantime, in a brand new lawsuit filed on 20 December, a girl has accused Combs of drugging and sexually assaulting her in 2006 at a New York occasion, which she attended after profitable a radio station contest.
The girl, who was 23 on the time, mentioned she felt sick and fell unconscious after being served two premade drinks by waitresses, later waking up in hospital with a ripped shirt, lacking underwear and sneakers, and no recollection of how she obtained there.
The swimsuit mentioned the lady was left with ache in her vagina for round every week, which she believed was from tough intercourse.
She additionally mentioned an unknown girl with a New York quantity later referred to as her, allegedly threatening her to maintain quiet.
Combs’ lawyer has referred to as the allegations “pure fiction”.
In addition to Combs, the lady can be suing Dangerous Boy Leisure Holdings, which Combs based; Atlantic Information, which she mentioned facilitated the occasion; Mike Savas, a promoter for Atlantic on the time; Delta Airways, which flew her to New York; KKJamz 105.3, the radio station she mentioned held the competition; and the Roger Smith Lodge, the place she stayed.
Ten “John and Jane Does” are additionally listed as defendants.
