Judge denies Jay-Z’s efforts to dismiss case accusing him of raping girl, 13
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Jane Doe alleges Shaun Carter and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sexually assaulted her at a 2000 MTV awards afterparty. Jay-Z’s legal efforts to dismiss a case accusing him of raping a 13-year-old girl in 2000 have been denied by a judge in New York, with the judge in the case condemning a lawyer for the hip-hop mogul for aggressive tactics.
Jay-Z, whose given name is Shawn Carter, has denied the allegations, but the judge in the case used strong language in attacking his legal team’s actions. “Carter’s lawyer’s relentless filing of combative motions containing inflammatory language and ad hominem attacks is inappropriate, a waste of judicial resources, and a tactic unlikely to benefit his client,” Judge Analisa Torres wrote in the court order.
Carter’s legal team have been pushing for a dismissal of the rape claim. Torres said the court “will not fast-track the judicial process merely because counsel demands it”. Torres separately granted Carter’s accuser the ability to pursue her claim anonymously as a Jane Doe, despite efforts from the defense team to have her reveal her identity publicly.
The Jane Doe claim against Carter comes from an amended lawsuit against Sean “Diddy” Combs, filed in October, that accused Combs of raping her after the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards, when she was 13 years old. In the amended claim, the woman accused Combs and Carter of sexually assaulting her at a post-awards party and that she had begun to feel woozy after consuming a drink at the event and wandered into a nearby bedroom.
