Jay Z's lawyer denies rapper's 'close association' with Diddy as he shuts down 'demonstrably false' rape claim
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Jay Z's lawyer Alex Spiro has insisted that the rapper 'doesn't know anything' about the charges or allegations against Sean 'Diddy' Combs and claimed that the billionaire musicians did not share a 'closer association' than professional friends. Last week, the 55-year-old rapper - real name Shawn Carter - was named in a civil lawsuit accusing him of raping a 13-year-old alongside Combs in 2000 after the MTV Video Music Awards.
![[Last week, the rapper - real name Shawn Carter - was named in a civil lawsuit accusing him of raping a 13-year-old alongside Combs in 2000 - he issued a statement denying the claims]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/16/22/92941699-14199271-Last_week_the_rapper_real_name_Shawn_Carter_was_named_in_a_civil-a-13_1734388047447.jpg)
The Empire State Of Mind rapper has since condemned and vehemently denied the allegations while slamming her attorney Tony Buzbee for the alleged 'blackmail attempt'. Speaking at Roc Nation's New York headquarters on Monday, Carter's attorney took efforts to make it clear that his client was not connected to sex trafficking and racketeering charges Combs is set to go on trial for.
![[His lawyer claimed on Monday that the billionaire musicians did not share a 'closer association' than professional friends (pictured in 2019)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/16/22/93142693-14199271-His_lawyer_claimed_on_Monday_that_the_billionaire_musicians_did_-a-16_1734388047461.jpg)
'Mr. Carter has nothing to do with Mr. Combs' case or Mr. Combs,' the Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP lawyer began. 'They knew each other professionally for a number of years, just like in all professions, people know each other.'. He continued: 'At the Music Awards, they support each other. If you go to the NBA All Star game, they support each other. That's just how professions work.'.
![[Spiro said that the case is 'provably demonstrably false' and proceeded to provide evidence to prove that Jane Doe's allegations 'never happened' (Jay Z at the 2000 MTV VMAs)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/16/22/92941923-14199271-Spiro_said_that_the_case_is_provably_demonstrably_false_and_proc-a-14_1734388047456.jpg)
Jay Z's lawyer Alex Spiro has insisted that the rapper 'doesn't know anything' about the charges or allegations against Sean ' Diddy ' Combs (pictured in 2020). Spiro added: 'There is no closer association between any of them, that's also a matter of fiction. That's all that there is.
![[Diddy seen at an public afterparty shot taken the same evening alongside ex-girlfriend Jennifer Lopez - Jane Doe claimed the assault took place at a 'large white residence']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/16/22/92941975-14199271-Diddy_seen_at_an_public_afterparty_shot_taken_the_same_evening_a-a-17_1734388047462.jpg)
