Jay-Z wants an emergency federal court hearing to address the recent bombshell allegations put forth by an anonymous woman on Sunday. The "Jane Doe" amended a previous lawsuit against Diddy to accuse the Roc Nation mogul of allegedly raping her at an afterparty for the 2000 MTV VMAs when she was just 13 years old. Jay's lawyer, Alex Spiro, addressed the situation in a formal letter to the court on Monday.
“Due to the highly sensitive nature of this matter and the intense media scrutiny it has generated, we respectfully request to be heard on an expedited basis. For the avoidance of doubt, Mr. Carter is entirely innocent. This is a shakedown,” Spiro stated, as caught by AllHipHop. He also reiterated that Jay is in no way linked to Diddy's ongoing criminal case. “JAY-Z is not a suspect or even a person of interest in that case," he said.
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Jay and his legal team also have requested that the woman be stripped of her anonymity. “Transparency in judicial proceedings is a fundamental principle,” Spiro argued. “The plaintiff has failed to demonstrate any compelling reason to depart from this rule.” Prior to the filings, Jay condemned the attorney behind the lawsuit, Tony Buzbee, in a public statement on Sunday night. “What he had calculated was the nature of these allegations and the public scrutiny would make me want to settle,” his statement reads in part. “No sir, it had the opposite effect! It made me want to expose you for the fraud you are in a VERY public fashion. So no, I will not give you ONE RED PENNY!!”
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Buzbee has since put out a statement labeling Jay-Z's description of the case as blackmail to be, "bogus and laughable." Check out Alex Spiro's letter to the judge below.
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