Jay-Z’s lawyer says he expects ‘demonstrably false’ sexual assault lawsuit to be dismissed soon
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A Jane Doe plaintiff accused Jay-Z of sexually assaulting her after the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards. Jay-Z’s lawyer eviscerated the allegations facing his client in a press briefing in New York on Monday. A federal lawsuit refiled on December 8 alleges Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jay-Z (real name Shawn Carter) sexually assaulted a “Jane Doe” plaintiff during an MTV Video Music Awards afterparty in 2000.
![[The lawsuit was initially filed against embattled rap mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, but was amended this month to include Jay-Z in the allegations]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/12/14/06/Sexual_Misconduct_Diddy_Jay-Z_28142.jpg)
The woman has since acknowledged certain inconsistencies in her story. Speaking to reporters at Roc Nation’s New York headquarters, Jay-Z’s attorney, Alex Spiro, said the woman’s claim relied on an “impossible timeline” and a nonexistent location. While the lawsuit said the assault happened at a “large white residence with a U-shaped driveway,” photos show both Jay-Z and Combs at a nightclub following the award show.
In the suit, the woman said she snuck out of a window of her home in Rochester and hitched a ride to the award ceremony from a friend, who has since died. She said she watched the event on a jumbotron outside, then befriended a limousine driver who drove her to the house party where she was assaulted by the two rap moguls.
Following the alleged rape, she said she fled the house and called her father for a ride home from a nearby gas station. The allegation, Spiro said, “defies credibility.” It would’ve taken her five hours to drive from Rochester, the lawyer noted, meaning she would’ve had to leave her home by 3 p.m. Permits and photographs show there was no jumbotron outside the VMAs in 2000, according to Spiro. The woman’s father has said he does not recall driving from Rochester to pick her up in New York City.
