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Jay-Z is a step closer in his attempt to dismiss a lawsuit accusing him of rape 2000 of a 13-year-old girl.
Thursday, January 2, Judge Analisa Torres of the Southern District of New York granted a request from the rap mogul’s lawyer, Alex Spiroto file a motion to dismiss the case on procedural grounds, per court documents shared through it X by a legal affairs journalist Meghann M. Cuniff.
Spiro argued in a letter Monday, December 30, to Judge Torres that the woman suing Jay-Z cannot make a claim against the rapper (real name Shawn Carter) under New York City’s Sexual Incentive and Violence Protection Act law because it only came into effect after she claimed Jay-Z assaulted her.
In her lawsuit, the woman – identified only as “Jane Doe” – claiming she was raped by Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs at the MTV Video Music Awards after-party in September 2000 when she was just 13 years old. (Both stars have denied the allegations.) A NYC law offering civil rights to victims of gender-based violence went into effect in December of that year. (It was amended in December 2022 to allow a two-year window for people to submit historic claims that might otherwise have passed the statute of limitations.)
According to Judge Torres’ decision on Thursday, Jay-Z’s lawyer has been given permission to file a motion to dismiss the case by February 6. Jane Doe’s attorneys will then have until February 28 to file opposition papers. Jay-Z has until March 14 to respond.
“Plaintiff cannot recover for her individual claim under the Victims of Sexually Motivated Violence Act (GMV Law), as a matter of law, because the statute does not have retroactive effect,” Spiro wrote in a letter to the Judge Torres on Monday. .
He continued, “Plaintiff alleges a violation of the GMV Law for conduct that allegedly occurred in September 2000. But the GMV Law was not enacted until December 19, 2000, three months after the FAC alleged that the conduct had occur, and cannot make a retrospective application to create a cause of action not available to the Plaintiff at the time in question.”
attorney Doe, Tony Buzzbeewrote a letter to Judge Torres on Tuesday, December 31, opposing Jay-Z’s request to file for dismissal. Buzbee wrote “Defendant’s argument regarding the GMVA is unpersuasive, as it runs counter to the law’s primary intent: to make it easier for victims of gender-based violence to seek civil remedies in court—it does not, as it would The Defendant gets it, does it. it’s harder,” per court documents share by Cuniff on Thursday.
Jay-Z’s lawyer, Alex Spiro, is setting the record straight on his client’s relationship with Sean “Diddy” Combs. “Mr. Carter has nothing to do with Mr. Combs than Mr. They knew each other professionally for a number of years,” Spiro told Us Weekly and other reporters during a press roundtable on Monday, December (…)
Last week, Judge Torres He said in court documents obtained by TMZ that Jane Doe can remain anonymous as she rejected Jay-Z’s first attempt to get the lawsuit was dismissed and Doe’s revelation. However, the judge noted that the circumstances could change as the case progressed. Torres said she plans to revisit the issue if and when the case proceeds.
Doe’s attorney, Buzbee, and Jay-Z are also locked in their own legal battle. Jay-Z is suing Buzbee, accusing him of extortion and defamation. Buzzbee filed his own suit against Jay-Z’s Roc Nation earlier this month, alleging that the firm bribed its clients to file suits against his firm, threatened former clients and impersonated state officials. (Roc Nation called the lawsuit “baloney.”)
