A New York judge opted to keep the identity of the woman who accused Jay-Z of raping her when she was 13 years old more than two decades ago a secret — after the rap mogul’s attorney pushed for her name to be revealed.
Judge Analisa Torres scolded the rapper’s lawyer Alex Spiro for being combative and attempting to “fast-track” the judicial process after filing a request to deny the alleged victim’s request to remain anonymous.
“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,” Torres said in her filing on Thursday.
“The Court will not fast-track the judicial process merely because counsel demands it.”
The woman — referred to as “Jane Doe” in her suit — accused Jay-Z, whose real name is Sean Carter, and Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping her at an after-party for the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, according to the disturbing suit refiling in the Southern District of New York earlier this month.
The woman alleges she was approached by Combs’ alleged limo driver, who invited her to an after-party while she tried to get into the 2000 VMAs in New York City.
When she got to the after-party residence, she alleged she was asked to sign a nondisclosure agreement.
In court papers, the alleged victim claims she was allegedly drugged after being served a drink and then attacked by Combs and Carter at the drug-fueled party in September 2000 after the VMAs show at Radio City Music Hall as an unnamed “female celebrity” watched.
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