JAY-Z Has Filed a Motion To Dismiss Sexual Assault Lawsuit

JAY-Z has officially filed a motion to dismiss the ongoing lawsuit previously filed against him by a woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by the rapper and Sean “Diddy” Combs back in 2000 when she was 13-years-old.

Earlier this week, JAY-Z received permission from United States District Judge Analisa Torres to file the new motion. Variety has reported after viewing the request, that JAY-Z cites major inconsistencies from the woman’s account. The rapper’s attorney Alex Spiro has cited the Jane Doe accuser’s interview with NBC News last month where she admitted that she had “some mistakes” when retelling her story. While Judge Torres ruled that the accuser is able to remain anonymous in the case, she had previously condemned Spiro’s “relentless filing of combative motions containing inflammatory language and ad hominem attacks [on accuser’s lawyer, Tony Buzbee].” Spiro continues with his position, claiming there are too many “inconsistencies and outright impossibilities” in the accuser’s allegations. Spiro has argued that the Jane Doe’s lawyer Tony Buzbee is accusing JAY-Z of “a horrific crime without adequately vetting the allegation.” Buzbee already has a defamation case handed to him by JAY-Z and his team.

In the new motion to dismiss, JAY-Z and his team are requesting a monetary sanction or fee award against Buzbee and his law firm for “alleging facts without a sufficient investigation or by failing to withdraw those allegations once it is clear that they are false or exceedingly unlikely to be true.” Buzbee told Variety that he and his team are addressing “the utter lack of merit with his filing with the Court, rather than with the press.” He rebutted, “Mr. Spiro and his firm are paid by the hour. So, they file a lot of junk with the Court. With each frantic filing, his team reeks of desperation. He and his team think the laws and rules don’t apply to them. They are flat wrong. They also think they can bully or intimidate counsel for victims by filing meritless and frivolous pleadings full of lies and half-truths.” Buzbee doubles down and states, “They are dead wrong. We won’t be bullied or intimidated, ever.”