Jay-Z hits out at rape accuser’s lawyer for “getting basic facts wrong”

Jay-Z has hit out at the lawyers of Jane Doe who have accused him of raping a 13-year-old girl.

The lawsuit against the rapper – real name Shawn Carter –  was first filed back in December by a woman who alleges that Jay-Z and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sexually assaulted her at a VMAs party in 2000, when she was 13-years-old.

He went on to issue a statement via Roc Nation, denying all accusations and calling them “heinous in nature”. He also dismissed them as a “blackmail attempt” by the plaintiff’s lawyer, Anthony Buzbee.

Combs has consistently denied all allegations raised against him, including this one, and is currently in jail on sex trafficking charges.

Now, according to HipHopdx, Carter has filed a memo with additional arguments to dismiss the suit brought against him. Earlier this month, the rapper filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, with him and his lawyers requesting a monetary sanction be placed on Buzbee, alleging that he failed to adequately investigate the woman’s allegations before he filed the lawsuit.

In the memo, Carter’s lawyer Alex Spiro argued that Buzbee had “got basic facts wrong” in the complaint. Spiro noted that Doe’s father claimed to have no recollection of her version of events, which included an alleged 10-hour drive from Rochester to NYC to pick her up on the night of the 2000’s VMAs party, the party in which she claims she was sexually assaulted by Carter and Diddy.

“Mr. Carter seeks only to hold Mr. Buzbee to the ethical standards that constrain any responsible attorney who would solemnly sign his name to allegations in court,” Spiro wrote, arguing that Doe’s attorney should be sanctioned for not certifying the alleged victim’s claim or knowingly filing a false claim.

Previously, Spiro had cited an interview the woman gave to NBC News last year, in which she stood by her allegations, although she admitted to “some mistakes” in her account when it came to naming witnesses.

Carter’s legal team also pointed out what they consider impossibilities in the claims and argued that “the fact that nearly every step in Plaintiff’s narrative – from her arrival at the VMAs to her interactions with the limousine driver and celebrities to the ride with her father – turns out to be false or highly unlikely casts considerable doubt on Plaintiff’s allegation that Mr. Carter raped her, which he did not,” (via The Guardian).

The new memo filed by Spiro also addressed various points Buzbee had raised in defence of his suit which was filed last week (January 22) which was in response to Spiro’s motion to dismiss the suit.

Buzbee had said that he had investigated the woman’s story before filing the suit and “ran a background check on plaintiff and retained a retired police detective to research and confirm other aspects of plaintiff’s account.”

In response, Spiro said: “[N]one of those individuals has even been named, let alone produced as a declarant. Nor does the Opposition specify which ‘aspects’ of Plaintiff’s complaint were ‘fact-checked.’”

In a statement given to HipHopDX, Buzbee said: “With every frantic filing the defense in this case grows more desperate. The rules apply equally to everyone, even those who wrongly think they are above the law. No one is above the law. The ‘basic fact’ that is obvious to everyone is that the defendant’s motion is frivolous.”

Elsewhere, back in December, Judge Analisa Torres declared that Jane Doe would be able to proceed anonymously in the case after Jay-Z had sought to reveal her name.

The judge pointed to the “weight of the factors” including the “highly sensitive and extremely personal” nature of the claim in making her decision, arguing it “tips the favour of allowing Plaintiff to remain anonymous, at least for this stage of the litigation”.

Before then, Carter’s team sued Buzbee for extortion and defamation, and the latter called the claim “patently frivolous” and added that it “will be dismissed,” per Rolling Stone. “I’ve never said a word about him. This is just another attempt to bully and intimidate me. It just won’t work.”

“I’ve never said a word about him. This is just another attempt to bully and intimidate me. It just won’t work.”

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