Rapper Jay-Z will not have his petition to dismiss rape accusations granted, U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres ruled on Thursday.
The anonymous plaintiff accused the 55-year-old recording artist and Sean “Diddy” Combs of sexually assaulting her when she was 13. Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, vehemently denied the allegations and immediately motioned to dismiss the case.
The judge also chastised Carter’s lawyer for “relentless filing of combative motions containing inflammatory language and ad hominem attacks [on accuser’s lawyer, Tony Buzbee],” per a court order obtained by Variety. “Since Carter’s attorney first appeared in this case seventeen days ago, he has submitted a litany of letters and motions attempting to impugn the character of Plaintiff’s lawyer [Buzbee],” the document said.
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The judge further described the flurry of complaints as “inappropriate, a waste of judicial resources, and a tactic unlikely to benefit his client [Jay-Z].”
Judge Torres also ruled that the plaintiff may remain anonymous for the time being, CBS News reported.
The Jane Doe originally filed the claim against Combs in October. It was re-filed earlier this month to include Jay-Z as an additional defendant, making him the first other person named in the multiple cases against Diddy.
She claims that after the VMAs in 2000, Carter held her down and raped her while Combs and an unnamed female celebrity watched, followed by Combs allegedly raping her while the woman stayed and observed.
Jay-Z issued his denial via social media through his Roc Nation account, as The Daily Wire previously reported.
“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 real justice if that were the case,” the statement said in part.
“You have made a terrible error in judgment thinking that all ‘celebrities’ are the same. I’m not from your moral world. I’m a young man who made it out of the project of Brooklyn,” the letter went on. “We don’t play these types of games. We have very strict codes and honor. We protect children, you seem to exploit people for personal gain. Only your network of conspiracy theorists, fake physics, will believe the idiotic claims you have levied against me that, if not for the seriousness surrounding harm to kids, would be laughable.”
Combs is currently being held in a Brooklyn jail awaiting trial, which is scheduled to begin in May.
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Rapper Jay-Z will not have his petition to dismiss rape accusations granted, U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres ruled on Thursday.
The anonymous plaintiff accused the 55-year-old recording artist and Sean “Diddy” Combs of sexually assaulting her when she was 13. Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, vehemently denied the allegations and immediately motioned to dismiss the case.
The judge also chastised Carter’s lawyer for “relentless filing of combative motions containing inflammatory language and ad hominem attacks [on accuser’s lawyer, Tony Buzbee],” per a court order obtained by Variety. “Since Carter’s attorney first appeared in this case seventeen days ago, he has submitted a litany of letters and motions attempting to impugn the character of Plaintiff’s lawyer [Buzbee],” the document said.
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The judge further described the flurry of complaints as “inappropriate, a waste of judicial resources, and a tactic unlikely to benefit his client [Jay-Z].”
Judge Torres also ruled that the plaintiff may remain anonymous for the time being, CBS News reported.
The Jane Doe originally filed the claim against Combs in October. It was re-filed earlier this month to include Jay-Z as an additional defendant, making him the first other person named in the multiple cases against Diddy.
She claims that after the VMAs in 2000, Carter held her down and raped her while Combs and an unnamed female celebrity watched, followed by Combs allegedly raping her while the woman stayed and observed.
Jay-Z issued his denial via social media through his Roc Nation account, as The Daily Wire previously reported.
“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 real justice if that were the case,” the statement said in part.
“You have made a terrible error in judgment thinking that all ‘celebrities’ are the same. I’m not from your moral world. I’m a young man who made it out of the project of Brooklyn,” the letter went on. “We don’t play these types of games. We have very strict codes and honor. We protect children, you seem to exploit people for personal gain. Only your network of conspiracy theorists, fake physics, will believe the idiotic claims you have levied against me that, if not for the seriousness surrounding harm to kids, would be laughable.”
Combs is currently being held in a Brooklyn jail awaiting trial, which is scheduled to begin in May.
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