A judge has denied Jay-Z’s efforts to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the rapper and Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping a 13-year-old girl more than two decades ago.
Carter has nothing to do with Mr. Combs’ case.” On Thursday, in her written order, Judge Analisa Torres denied Combs’ hopes to have the suit tossed out.
The judge also chastised Carter’s attorney for what she described as his “combative motions” and “inflammatory language” against the plaintiff’s lawyer, calling them inappropriate.
The Court will not fast-track the judicial process merely because counsel demands it,” Torres wrote in part in her order.
I will say that the coordinated and desperate efforts to attack me as counsel for alleged victims are falling flat.” THR has also reached out to Combs’ attorney for comment.
Attempts by Jay-Z to have a lawsuit against him and Sean “Diddy” Combs dismissed for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl over 20 years ago rejected by a judge.
A woman only known as “Jane Doe” filed the initial lawsuit in October, accusing Combs of raping her at a party after the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards. On Dec., the complaint was revised. 8 to include the claim that Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, was also there and took part in the attack.
In an NBC News story earlier this month, the Alabama woman admitted that her claims were inconsistent, and Jay-Z has refuted all of the accusations. His lawyer, Alex Spiro, then attempted to have the case dismissed. Speaking outside Roc Nation’s New York headquarters last week, Spiro went all out, claiming that the rap mogul is furious over the lawsuit and that “Mr. Carter is unrelated to the case of Mr. Dot Combs. “.”.
Combs’ attempts to have the lawsuit dismissed were rejected by Judge Analisa Torres in her written ruling on Thursday. At this early point in the legal process, Torres also decided that the woman who was accusing the two artists could continue to act anonymously, but that if the case goes forward, she might eventually have to disclose her identity.
Additionally, the judge reprimanded Carter’s lawyer for using inappropriate “combative motions” and “inflammatory language” against the plaintiff’s lawyer. The constant filing of combative motions by Carter’s attorney that contain inflammatory language and ad hominem attacks is improper, a waste of court resources, and a strategy that is unlikely to help his client. In part of her order, Torres stated, “The Court will not expedite the judicial process just because counsel demands it.
As he awaits a criminal trial on federal sex trafficking charges, Combs is still detained in New York. Numerous other sexual assault lawsuits are also pending against him.
“I don’t typically comment on court rulings,” Tony Buzbee, the Jane Doe’s attorney, wrote in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter after the judge’s decision. I will say that the concerted and desperate attempts to discredit me as the victim’s attorney are failing. “”.
For comment, THR has also contacted Combs’ lawyer.
