Jay-Z's rape accuser can proceed anonymously in her lawsuit against him and Sean “Diddy” Combs, a New York judge has ruled.
In court documents post got On Thursday, Judge Annalisa Torres ruled that “the weight of the factors favors the plaintiff's anonymity, at least at this stage of the litigation.”
Mr. Torres explained his reasoning in various bullet points, saying that the court should not “enumerate each factor, so long as it is clear that the court is balancing the interests at stake in reaching its conclusion. , there is no need to use any particular formulation.
Ultimately, the judge ruled that because the alleged victim “continues to experience depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and seizure disorders related to the stress of the sexual assault,” the “particularly vulnerable to possible damage.”
Torres went on to demand that Jay-Z (real name Shawn Carter) and his attorney Alex Spiro deny the Alabama woman's request to pursue her claim as a “Jane Doe.” I scolded him for that.
“Attorney Carter's persistent presentation of combative motions, including inflammatory language and attacks on humanity, was inappropriate, a waste of judicial resources, and a tactic unlikely to benefit his client.” she wrote in her judgment.
“Courts are not going to expedite the judicial process just because a lawyer requests it.”
Earlier this month, the plaintiffs amended their October complaint against Combs, naming Jay-Z (both 55).
Doe claimed that she felt “dizzy” and “lightheaded” after being offered a drink while attending a house party in New York, so she went into her bedroom and laid down.
Shortly after, the rapper's longtime friends entered the room and Combs told her, “We're ready to party!”, she claimed.
The woman alleged that Jay-Z stripped her, held her down and raped her while Combs and an unidentified female celebrity looked on.
According to Doe, Combs allegedly raped her while Jay-Z and an unnamed woman watched.
Shortly after news of the amended lawsuit broke, the Roc Nation founder denied the “heinous” allegations and called the woman's attorney, Tony Buzbee, “deplorable” in a scathing statement.
He also filed a motion to dismiss the “cynical and calculating” lawsuit and demanded that the name of his accuser, who has since acknowledged several inconsistencies in her story, be made public.
Spiro submitted a separate letter to the judge asking for his client's request to be expedited, citing the “intense media scrutiny” and “extremely sensitive nature” of the case.
A representative for Torres did not immediately respond to Page Six's request for comment on Torres' sentence.
Combs is currently incarcerated at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center, awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking, extortion and prostitution, but has pleaded not guilty.
A representative for the Bad Boy Records founder previously told Page Six in a statement that the amended complaint (one of dozens filed against him) “reveals: “I'm doing it,” he said. [Buzbee’s] The barrage of lawsuits against Mr. Combs is a shameless publicity stunt aimed at extracting rewards from celebrities who fear that lies will be spread about them just as lies about Mr. Combs are being spread. . ”
The attorney continued, “As his legal team has previously stated, Mr. Combs has full confidence in the facts and the integrity of the judicial process.'' But the truth will prevail: I have never been sexually assaulted or trafficked, even if I am a minor.”
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