Jay-Z's lawyer has dismissed as unconvincing allegations that the hip-hop mogul raped a 13-year-old girl nearly 25 years ago, a lawsuit that has come to light since the lawsuit was filed. He emphasized that the number of contradictions is increasing.
“Obviously, Jay-Z did not rape children,” Carter's attorney Alex Spiro told reporters Monday afternoon at the 99 Problems rapper's Roc Nation headquarters in midtown Manhattan.
He claimed the lawsuit was an attempt to scrutinize the rapper, who has a net worth of more than $2.5 billion, according to Forbes.
“They don't want specific numbers. These people don't send out collection letters because they don't get paid. That's all they want,” he said.
“That request is to sit down and talk about how to solve this problem, and we all know what that means.”
Jay-Z (real name Shawn Carter) strongly denied any wrongdoing Since the allegations surfaced, he has said that in September 2000, he and disgraced rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs drugged and sexually assaulted a girl while an anonymous “female celebrity” watched. stated in court documents.
The alleged attack occurred at a drug-fueled afterparty following the MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City that year.
Spiro first played footage of a recent NBC News report highlighting the accusations, then systematically separated the claims made on TV from the complaint filed in court against the rap icon.
While criticizing the complainant's attorney, Tony Buzbee, he said the location of the alleged rape does not exist, there are no key witnesses, the timeline does not work, and the story is told in unbelievable detail. He claimed that it was bankrupt.
“According to their complaint, she arrived about 20 minutes later at a white house with a U-shaped driveway and a gate,” Spiro said.
“There's no place like that in New York that's 20 minutes from Radio City. It doesn't exist, there's no place like that,” he continued.
“I don't know if they set up a venue to try to get jurisdiction in New York so they could file this case in New York, or if they just didn't do their homework. Any New Yorker would know that I know the place doesn’t exist.”
He pointed out that although the lawsuit says the house where the afterparty took place was owned by Combs, none of the properties in Starr's real estate portfolio actually match the allegations.
“Location doesn't work because nothing is happening.”
Spiro also shot down the idea that a female celebrity could witness such a horrific crime and never say a word to anyone about it.
“In 24 years, not one witness has come forward to say something like this happened,” Spiro told reporters.
“She said she was a 13-year-old girl who went to this party by herself and then found herself in a room with three of the most famous people at the party. I thought about how unconventional that was. Try it,” he continued.
“And she says one of the witnesses is a female celebrity who just stands there and watches the child being raped repeatedly. The celebrity does nothing, says nothing, and reports nothing. . They won't even identify. [the celebrity]”
Spiro also pointed to the alleged victim's claim that he spoke with Good Charlotte guitarist and backup singer Benji Madden at the afterparty, but that was impossible given the band's touring schedule. said.
“Mr. Madden wasn't there. He already said he wasn't there. His tour schedule says he wasn't there. Nothing like this happened.” Mr. Spiro repeated.
Mr. Carter himself has vocally maintained that the allegations against him are unfounded.
Jay-Z said in a statement that “this incident never happened and yet he took it to court and doubled down on it in the press,” adding that “false statements” were made against the alleged victim and him. accused Buzbee of filing a complaint.
“True justice is coming. We don't fight for victory, we fight from victory. This was over before it began. This 1-800 lawyer doesn't realize it yet, but soon is.”
Asked by the Post how he felt about Carter, Spiro said the Empire State of Mind rapper, who has three children with wife Beyoncé, was “upset.”
“He is angry that someone would be allowed to do something like this and make a mockery of the system in this way. He believes this distracts real victims from coming forward. He's angry that he's being discouraged. He's angry that his children and his family have to deal with this,” Spiro said.
“He's upset and he should be upset.”
