Judge Denies Jay-Z’s Motion To Dismiss Case Accusing Him Of R*ping 13-Year-Old Girl

Jay-Z’s (Shawn Carter) legal attempt to dismiss a case accusing him of raping a 13-year-old girl has been denied by a New York judge.

In the ruling, Judge Analisa Torres slammed Jay-Z’s legal team for their “aggressive tactics.”

Judge Analisa Torres, in a ruling, wrote, “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.”

Carter’s legal team has been pressing the Judge to drop the case, but the court has ruled that it “will not fast-track the judicial process merely because counsel demands it.”

🇺🇸 Jay Z criticised by judge for “combative” legal manoeuvres, “inflammatory language” and “ad hominem ATTACKS”.

Judge rules to keep anonymity of alleged victim Jay Z R*PED at age 13 despite Jay Z’s attempts at publicising her identity. pic.twitter.com/0e3XixQuIu

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Here’s what The Guardian reported:

Jay-Z’s legal efforts to dismiss a case accusing him of raping a 13-year-old girl in 2000 have been denied by a judge in New York, with the judge in the case condemning a lawyer for the hip-hop mogul for aggressive tactics.

Jay-Z, whose given name is Shawn Carter, has denied the allegations, but the judge in the case used strong language in attacking his legal team’s actions.

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“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,” Judge Analisa Torres wrote in the court order.

Carter’s legal team have been pushing for a dismissal of the rape claim. Torres said the court “will not fast-track the judicial process merely because counsel demands it”.

.@ChanleySPainter reports that a judge criticizes Jay-Z and his legal team for “relentless filings” aimed at delaying the sexual assault case. pic.twitter.com/t4SRfoDwZF

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Per CBS:

An Alabama woman who says she was raped by Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs when she was 13 can proceed anonymously, for now, in her lawsuit against the rap moguls, a New York federal judge ruled Thursday.

In her written order, U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres said the woman can proceed anonymously at this early stage of the litigation, but she may be required to reveal her identity at a later date, if the case proceeds. That would allow defense lawyers to collect facts necessary to prepare for trial. Torres also cited “substantial interest” from the public.

The Manhattan jurist also chastised Alex Spiro — the lawyer representing Jay-Z, whose legal name is Shawn Carter — for what she described as his “relentless filing of combative motions containing inflammatory language and ad hominem attacks” against the plaintiff’s lawyer, calling them “inappropriate, a waste of judicial resources, and a tactic unlikely to benefit his client.”

Torres wrote in her order Thursday that Spiro, who has been on the case less than three weeks, has submitted a “litany of letters and motions attempting to impugn the character of Plaintiff’s lawyer, many of them expounding on the purported ‘urgency’ of this case.”