Less than 24 hours after Jay-Z was publicly named in a lawsuit accusing the “99 Problems” rapper and the currently incarcerated Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping a 13-year-old over 20 years ago, a flurry of filings Monday finds the musician/entrepreneur – born Shawn Carter – wanting the whole thing tossed in the legal dumpster or brought out into the light of day.
“Defendant is respectfully seeking either dismissal of the allegations or disclosure of the Plaintiff’s identity,” reads a memorandum accompanying a motion filed in federal court in New York this morning from Jay-Z’s high-powered attorney Alex spiro. “Fair is fair.”
The horrific alleged attack on the then teen Jane Doe is said to have occurred on september 7, 2000 during one of Diddy’s drug-fueled so-called “freak offs” just after that year’s MTV VMAs. A graphic October 20 filed lawsuit named combs for the rape, but merely mentioned a male Celebrity A and a still unnamed Celebrity B who also participated.
“Mr. carter deserves to know the identity of the person who is effectively accusing him – in sensationalized, publicity-hunting fashion – of criminal conduct, demanding massive financial compensation, and tarnishing a reputation earned over decades,” Spiro’s memo states. “This Court has recognized the nearly identical claims brought by other Plaintiffs represented by Attorney Buzbee do not meet the criteria to proceed anonymously. Here, the balance of the equities affords all the more reason why this Plaintiff should be proceeding under her true name, if she wishes to proceed at all.”
In a long statement not long after that refiling, the usually media-reticent Jay-Z admitted he was the celebrity in the LASC case, and personally wrote of the amended civil complaint: “These allegations are so heinous in nature that I implore you to file a criminal complaint, not a civil one!! Whomever would commit such a crime against a minor should be locked away, would you not agree?”
Throwing some Brooklyn street “strict codes and honor” out there, the renowned wordsmith multi-grammy winner added: “This lawyer, who I have done a bit of research on, seems to have a pattern of these types of theatrics! I have no idea how you have come to be such a deplorable human Mr. Buzbee, but I promise you I have seen your kind many times over. I’m more than prepared to deal with your type. You claim to be a marine?! Marines are known for their valor, you have neither honor nor dignity.”
Failing in late November in his third attempt at getting a proposed $50 million bail approved, Combs is set to go on trial for racketeering, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution on May 5, 2025. Behind bars at Brooklyn’s notoriously harsh Metropolitan Detention Center since his arrest in a NYC hotel lobby on September 16, the 55-year-old Combs, who has entered a not guilty plea, faces life in prison if found guilty by a jury of his peers.
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