Jay-Z's Lawyer Says Jane Doe Accusing Rapper of Rape Must Reveal Her Identity or Drop Lawsuit
Jay-Z Lawyer Says Jane Doe Accusing Rapper of Rape Must Reveal Her Identity or Drop Lawsuit https://t.co/glGWieQfC2
- The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) December 9, 2024
Jay-Z's attorney, Alex Spiro, has filed a motion requesting that the rape victim in a high-profile civil lawsuit reveal her identity. “Fair is fair,” Spiro wrote in the motion. “It is not consistent with justice, fairness or the rules governing federal proceedings for the plaintiff and her counsel to smear [the] defendant's good name in ways that are calculated to feed media coverage and thus inflict maximum public relations damage while the core fact of [the] plaintiff's identity… remains wholly hidden from view.”
“Mr. Carter deserves to know the identity of the person who is effectively accusing him - in sensationalized, publicity-hunting fashion - of criminal conduct, demanding massive financial compensation, and tarnishing a reputation earned over decades,” Spiro stated in a legal memo. “This Court has recognized the nearly identical claims brought by other Plaintiffs represented by Attorney Buzbee do not meet the criteria to proceed anonymously. Here, the balance of the equities afford all the more reason why this Plaintiff should be proceeding under her true name, if she wishes to proceed at all.”
The document also noted that Carter has built an "impeccable reputation," adding he "has never been accused of, let alone engaged in, any sexual misconduct."
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