NEW YORK – A choose has dominated that an Alabama lady who alleges she was raped by Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs when she was 13 can proceed anonymously in her lawsuit towards the rap moguls, at the least for now.
Decide Analisa Torres granted the lady’s request for anonymity in her lawsuit, however famous that she could also be required to disclose her identification later within the litigation to permit the protection to organize for trial.
The choose additionally criticized Jay-Z’s lawyer for his “combative motions” and “inflammatory language” towards the plaintiff’s lawyer, deeming them inappropriate.
The lady, recognized as “Jane Doe” within the lawsuit, claims she was dwelling in Rochester in 2000 when she traveled to New York Metropolis and was allegedly assaulted by Jay-Z and Combs at an after-party for the MTV Music Awards.
Jay-Z’s lawyer has denied the allegations and has pointed to inconsistencies within the lady’s story, together with her declare of watching the awards present on a jumbotron outdoors the venue, which has been disputed.
Combs, who’s at present jailed on federal intercourse trafficking costs, faces a wave of sexual assault lawsuits, lots of which have been filed by the identical lawyer representing the lady on this case.
This case remains to be in its early levels, and additional developments are anticipated.
