Jay-Z has requested for the id of a lady who has accused him of raping her when she was 13 to be revealed, or for the case to be dismissed.
The accuser, who’s recognized solely as “Jane Doe” (a US authorized phrases to say that she is nameless), says the assault occurred after the MTV Video Music Awards in 2000, allegedly alongside Sean “Diddy” Combs.
Jay-Z – whose actual title is Shawn Carter – and Combs each deny the allegations.
Mr Spiro mentioned Jay-Z was “respectfully seeking either dismissal of the allegations or disclosure of the plaintiff’s identity”.
He went on: “It is not consistent with justice, fairness or the rules governing federal proceedings for the plaintiff and her counsel to smear [the] defendant’s good name in ways that are calculated to feed media coverage and thus inflict maximum public relations damage while the core fact of [the] plaintiff’s identity… remains wholly hidden from view.”
Mr Buzbee mentioned: “Anyone that suggests that a demand letter, especially the one that I sent, is extortion or blackmail, is foolish.
“These sorts of demand letters are despatched every day throughout america, and trying to assault me to take the main target off of the alleged perpetrator will not work and it will not intimidate us.”
The federal lawsuit in opposition to Jay-Z and Combs was re-filed within the Southern District of New York on Sunday. It had initially solely named Combs.
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was named alongside Carter within the lawsuit. Pic: AP
One driver allegedly advised Doe he labored for Combs and he or she “fit what Diddy was looking for”. The motive force later picked her up, the lawsuit says, and after 20 minutes she was dropped off at a white home. The lady was then made to signal a doc she believed to be a non-disclosure settlement.
She was allegedly provided a drink that made her really feel “woozy, lightheaded and felt [like] she needed to lie down”.
Shortly afterwards, the swimsuit says, each Combs and Jay-Z entered the room, with Combs telling her: “You are ready to party!”
That is when, she alleges, Jay-Z eliminated her garments, held her down and raped her whereas Combs and an unnamed feminine celeb watched. She says Combs additionally raped her as Jay-Z and the lady seemed on.
After the alleged assault, she “grabbed her clothes” and ran to the closest petrol station the place she known as her father.
She is looking for unspecified damages.
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He wrote: “These allegations are so heinous in nature that I implore you to file a criminal complaint, not a civil one!! Whomever would commit such a crime against a minor should be locked away, would you not agree?
“These alleged victims would deserve actual justice if that had been the case.”
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Jay-Z and Beyonce on the premiere of Mufasa: The Lion King on Monday. Pic: Reuters
He went on: “My only heartbreak is for my family. My wife and I will have to sit our children down, one of whom is at the age where her friends will surely see the press and ask questions about the nature of these claims, and explain the cruelty and greed of people. I mourn yet another loss of innocence.
“Solely your community of conspiracy theorists, pretend physics, will imagine the idiotic claims you’ve got levied in opposition to me that, if not for the seriousness surrounding hurt to children, could be laughable,” he added.
Jay-Z has been married to Beyonce since 2008 after the couple met round 2000. They’ve three youngsters collectively.
In the meantime, Combs has been charged by federal prosecutors in New York with racketeering, intercourse trafficking and different offences. He’s in custody in Brooklyn and scheduled to go on trial on 5 Could.
Attorneys for Combs have denied allegations of rape, sexual assault and misconduct, saying in a earlier assertion: “Mr Combs and his legal team have full confidence in the facts, their legal defences, and the integrity of the judicial process.
“In courtroom, the reality will prevail: that Mr Combs has by no means sexually assaulted anybody – grownup or minor, man or lady.”
