The lady accusing Jay-Z of allegedly raping her as a teen simply received the inexperienced gentle from a New York choose to maintain her identification below wraps … no less than for now.
In authorized docs filed Thursday, Choose Analisa Torres dominated the “Jane Doe” accuser can stay nameless at this level within the case. Within the ruling, the choose additionally referred to as out Jay-Z’s lawyer, Alex Spiro, saying he was being combative and attempting to “fast-track” the case.
Whereas Choose Torres did grant the plaintiff’s request to proceed anonymously for now, she famous that issues might change because the case strikes ahead and made it clear that she intends to revisit the difficulty if and when the case progresses.
The plaintiff’s lawyer, Tony Buzbee, tells TMZ he normally doesn’t touch upon rulings like this however, unsurprisingly, agrees with it. He additionally threw shade at Spiro, saying his makes an attempt to color him because the dangerous man aren’t touchdown.
The ruling follows Jay-Z’s lawyer submitting docs asking the courtroom to power the plaintiff to disclose her identification — or, if she refused, asking the choose to toss the case altogether.
As we reported, the alleged sufferer initially sued Diddy in October, claiming he and an unnamed celeb raped her at a VMA after-party in 2000 when she was simply 13, whereas an unnamed well-known feminine watched. Earlier this month, the accuser refiled the swimsuit, naming Jay-Z because the unnamed male celeb, however conserving the feminine star below wraps.
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Jay-Z has clapped again on the claims, accusing the girl and her lawyer, Buzbee, of attempting to blackmail him to maintain his title from going public.
We reached out to Jay’s lawyer — up to now, no phrase again.
Diddy’s legal professionals pointed to their earlier assertion about this swimsuit, telling TMZ … “This amended complaint and the recent extortion lawsuit against Mr. Buzbee exposes his barrage of lawsuits against Mr. Combs for what they are: 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. As his legal team has said before, Mr. Combs has full confidence in the facts and the integrity of the judicial process. In court, the truth will prevail: that Mr. Combs never sexually assaulted or trafficked anyone—man or woman, adult or minor.”