{"id":120876,"date":"2024-12-17T15:06:54","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T20:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/12\/17\/jay-zs-lawyer-expects-rape-lawsuit-to-be-dismissed-its-because-this-never-happened\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T15:06:54","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T20:06:54","slug":"jay-zs-lawyer-expects-rape-lawsuit-to-be-dismissed-its-because-this-never-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/12\/17\/jay-zs-lawyer-expects-rape-lawsuit-to-be-dismissed-its-because-this-never-happened\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay-Z\u2019s Lawyer Expects Rape Lawsuit to Be Dismissed: \u2018It\u2019s Because This Never\u00a0Happened\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- no image --><\/p>\n<div><!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/jay-z\/\">Jay-Z\u2019s<\/a> lawyer, <strong>Alex Spiro<\/strong>, expects the rap mogul to be cleared of any wrongdoing in the coming days in the lawsuit filed earlier this month accusing him and <a href=\"https:\/\/billboard.com\/artist\/diddy\">Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/jay-z-accused-diddy-civil-lawsuit-raping-13-year-old-girl\/\">raping a 13-year-old girl <\/a>at a 2000 MTV Video Music Awards afterparty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSpiro hosted a press conference at Roc Nation\u2019s headquarters in New York City on Monday afternoon (Dec. 16) where he defended his client\u2019s innocence in the case while laying out a slideshow aiming to poke holes in the apparent inconsistencies of Jane Doe\u2019s filing made by attorney <strong>Tony Buzbee<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-border-b-1 lrv-u-padding-t-050 lrv-u-padding-b-075 lrv-u-border-color-grey\">\n<div class=\"a-heading-border a-heading-border-background-color-grey a-heading-border-height-075 lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-050@mobile-max\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-u-color-brand-primary a-font-primary-bold-s lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-padding-r-1 a-article-related-module-title a-article-related-module-title--color-brand-primary\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card lrv-u-flex\">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/business\/legal\/jay-z-attorney-slam-inconsistencies-rape-allegations-civil-lawsuit-1235857064\/\" class=\"lrv-u-flex lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-color-brand-primary:hover\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-card__image-wrap lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-flex-basis-144 u-flex-basis-96@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-3x2 a-crop-1x1@mobile-max lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Jay-z-The-Book-Of-Clarence-jan-2024-a-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Jay-z-The-Book-Of-Clarence-jan-2024-a-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Jay-Z\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column lrv-u-justify-content-center lrv-u-padding-lr-1 lrv-u-padding-lr-075@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-primary-medium-m lrv-u-padding-b-050 u-letter-spacing-0028@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tJay-Z &amp; Attorneys Slam \u2018Inconsistencies\u2019 in Rape Allegations\u2026\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  a-font-primary-medium-xxs lrv-u-color-brand-primary lrv-u-order-100\" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><br \/>\n\t12\/13\/2024<br \/>\n<\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSpiro chose not to unmask the now 38-year-old woman from Alabama who filed the complaint but chose to sharply criticize her case and her attorney. \u201cThis is not for truth and justice,\u201d Spiro said. \u201cThis is for money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHe continued: \u201cWhen something isn\u2019t real, when something doesn\u2019t happen, you\u2019re going to get the details wrong because you weren\u2019t really there. [It\u2019s] not possible. It\u2019s because this never happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAccording to her complaint earlier this month, the accuser got a ride from Rochester, N.Y. to New York City as a 13-year-old in 2000 to attend the MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall, where she remained outside and later came into contact with Diddy\u2019s limousine driver.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tDoe claims she was taken to a \u201clarge white residence\u201d about 20 minutes from the award show venue where she was served a drink and then repeatedly sexually assaulted by Diddy and Jay-Z (born Shawn Carter) while another unnamed celebrity watched the rape take place. She says she then escaped the afterparty and made it to a gas station where she allegedly called her father to pick her up. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jay-Z\u2019s lawyer Alex Spiro hosted a press conference vehemently defending his client against the rape allegations made in the lawsuit. \u201cIt\u2019s because this never happened,\u201d he repeated. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XHfONUIMcd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/XHfONUIMcd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LordTreeSa\ud83c\udd7f\ufe0f (@LordTreeSap) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LordTreeSap\/status\/1869039069155803517?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBut in an interview with <em>NBC News<\/em> on Friday, the accuser admitted to multiple inconsistencies in her story. And in the same story, her father admitted he can\u2019t recall picking up his daughter following the alleged traumatic events 24 years ago. \u201cI feel like I would remember that, and I don\u2019t,\u201d he said. \u201cI have a lot going on, but I mean, that\u2019s something that would definitely stick in my mind.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAt Monday\u2019s event, Spiro focused on those seeming shortcomings in the story: \u201c[Jane Doe] said she\u2019s at the party alone, this 13-year-old girl, and she finds herself in the room with the three most famous people at the party \u2014 just think about how unnatural, how little common sense that makes. And according to her, one of the witnesses is a female celebrity who\u2019s just standing there watching the repetitive rape of a child,\u201d Spiro added. \u201cThere\u2019s an adult female in the room watching the rape of a child. Afterward, she says she runs out of the house naked \u2014 none of them notice that? None of them pay any notice? For 24 years, none of them has said anything?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWhile Jay-Z is named alongside Diddy, who will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/sean-diddy-combs-drops-bail-appeal-remain-in-jail-trial\/\">remain behind bars <\/a>until his trial in May, Spiro attempted to distance Hov from the embattled Bad Boy CEO.<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-border-b-1 lrv-u-padding-t-050 lrv-u-padding-b-075 lrv-u-border-color-grey\">\n<div class=\"a-heading-border a-heading-border-background-color-grey a-heading-border-height-075 lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-050@mobile-max\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-u-color-brand-primary a-font-primary-bold-s lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-padding-r-1 a-article-related-module-title a-article-related-module-title--color-brand-primary\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card lrv-u-flex\">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/jay-z-fires-back-court-extortionate-diddy-rape-lawsuit\/\" class=\"lrv-u-flex lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-color-brand-primary:hover\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-card__image-wrap lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-flex-basis-144 u-flex-basis-96@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-3x2 a-crop-1x1@mobile-max lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Jay-Z-june-2024-london-billboard-pro-1260.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Jay-Z-june-2024-london-billboard-pro-1260.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Jay-Z\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column lrv-u-justify-content-center lrv-u-padding-lr-1 lrv-u-padding-lr-075@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-primary-medium-m lrv-u-padding-b-050 u-letter-spacing-0028@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tJay-Z Fires Back in Court at \u2018Extortionate\u2019 Diddy Rape Lawsuit, Says Accuser Must Reveal\u2026\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  a-font-primary-medium-xxs lrv-u-color-brand-primary lrv-u-order-100\" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><br \/>\n\t12\/09\/2024<br \/>\n<\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cMr. Carter has nothing to do with Mr. Combs\u2019 case or Mr. Combs,\u201d he stated. \u201cThey knew each other professionally for a number of years. Just like in all professions, people know each other. At music awards, they support each other. They go to the NBA All-Star Game, they support each other. That\u2019s just how professions work. There is no closer association between any of them \u2014 that\u2019s also a matter of fiction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAccording to Spiro, Jay is \u201cupset\u201d about what he views as a baseless lawsuit. \u201cHe\u2019s upset that somebody would be allowed to do this, would be allowed to make a mockery of the system like this,\u201d he continued. \u201cHe\u2019s upset that this distracts and dissuades real victims from coming forward. He\u2019s upset that his kids and family have to deal with this. And he should be upset.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn an earlier response statement, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/jay-z-fires-back-court-extortionate-diddy-rape-lawsuit\/\">Jay-Z denied the allegations <\/a>against him and called Buzbee a \u201cdeplorable human.\u201d At Monday\u2019s event, Spiro hinted at further legal action being taken against Buzbee, who he said \u201cwill be dealt with\u201d separately following the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn an exclusive statement to <em>Billboard <\/em>on Tuesday (Dec. 17), Buzbee claimed that \u201cMr. Spiro has a history of making threats against opposing lawyers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBuzzbee continued: \u201cWe won\u2019t be intimidated and will raise his conduct with the relevant entities. As for us, we will continue to conduct ourselves professionally. The only reason this dispute is in the public sphere is that Mr. Spiro filed a frivolous case against my firm and claimed extortion with absolutely no support for such an outlandish claim. We will file the appropriate paperwork in due course.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/jay-z-lawyer-expects-rape-lawsuit-dismissed\/\">Aller \u00e0 la source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jay-Z\u2019s lawyer, Alex Spiro, expects the rap mogul to be cleared of any wrongdoing in the coming days in the lawsuit filed earlier this month accusing him and Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs of raping a 13-year-old girl at a 2000 MTV Video Music Awards afterparty. Spiro hosted a press conference at Roc Nation\u2019s headquarters in New [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120876\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}