JAY-Z‘s lawyer has presented a catalog of evidence refuting a lawsuit that accuses the rap legend of raping a 13-year-old girl with Diddy following the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards.
Speaking at Roc Nation’s New York City headquarters on Monday (December 16) in front of reporters, Alex Spiro poked holes in the anonymous woman’s story in an attempt to prove that the alleged rape “never happened.”
During his presentation, Spiro showed photos of Hov at a different event to the one his accuser said he was at and claimed that none of the properties owned by Diddy at the time matched that of the description in the lawsuit.
“There is no such location,” he said. “We don’t know whether they created a location in order to try to get jurisdiction in New York so they could bring this case in New York or that they just didn’t do their homework.”
The attorney also highlighted several inconsistencies in the woman’s timeline of events, arguing it would have been impossible for her to have been driven to the afterparty, raped, fled to a nearby gas station and picked up by her father (who was five hours away) “shortly before dawn,” as she claimed in her suit.
“These are not minor inconsistencies … If you look at the time, it’s not possible this could happen,” Spiro said, adding that he expects the case “to be dismissed. If not, it will crumble.”
Spiro also disputed the woman’s claim that she watched the VMAs on a jumbotron outside Radio City Music Hall, where the awards show was held, as there was not a jumbotron that year.
He further pointed out that she would not have been able to reach Diddy’s limousine as the streets had been heavily blocked off due to Eminem‘s now-famous VMAs performance.
Spiro also downplayed JAY-Z’s relationship with Diddy, who is facing a large number of other sexual assault lawsuits as well as federal sex trafficking and racketeering charges.
“Mr. Carter has nothing to do with Mr. Combs’ case or Mr. Combs,” he said. “They knew each other professionally for a number of years. At music awards, they support each other. They go to the NBA All-Star Game, they support each other. That’s just how professions work.
“There is no closer association between any of them — that’s also a matter of fiction. That’s all that there is. He doesn’t know anything about the charges or allegations against him. He has nothing to do with that case and there’s nothing more to say.”
As for how his client is handling the lawsuit, Spiro said: “He’s upset that somebody would be allowed to do this, would be allowed to make a mockery of the system like this. He’s upset that this distracts and dissuades real victims from coming forward. He’s upset that his kids and family have to deal with this. And he should be upset.”
In response, the woman’s lawyer Tony Buzbee told Complex: “Courts resolve factual disputes. They aren’t resolved in press conferences.”
Spiro’s presentation comes shortly after the woman herself admitted in an interview with NBC News that she made “some mistakes” in her recollections of the night of the alleged assault.
JAY-Z responded by issuing a statement that said: “Today’s investigative report proves this ‘attorney’ Buzbee filed a false complaint against me in the pursuit of money and fame.
“This incident didn’t happen and yet he filed it in court and doubled down in the press. True Justice is coming. We fight FROM victory, not FOR victory. This was over before it began.”
Everyone suddenly aren’t friends & don’t know anything. Yeah, heard that one before.
Yup do you know everything your friends are into? You have family members that are doing things, you have no clue about but now you want people to know about their friends secret lives?
The accusers father not remembering driving 5 hours to pick up his daughter is a pretty big red flag. Just to add to the pile of inconsistencies from her story.
So puffy being invited to Jay’s infamous once a year party and on video they are raising their glasses up saying “black excellence” in Jay’s backyard is strictly business? Lmao clowns. Their besties.
Yes, dumbass. White businessmen do it all the time. How many of them used to go meet with Jeffrey Epstein? You think they were bending girls over with him in the boardroom?
Diddy slapped Jay-Z’s ass on live tv. You don’t do that with strictly business partners. Even Kanye isn’t that weird with his business. Shut your dumbass up.
@Silent_Partner Get off Fluffy’s and Gay Z’s d!ck. You’re sus af defending them
It’s always been strange how they tie him and Puffy together. I can’t think of two more different people. When white dudes have business interests together, nobody automatically ties them together, but brothers always get this shit. We knew all this sick shit about Puffy for decades.
They’re both billionaires from rap who are around the same age and came up at the same time. Both owners of their own record label. Both from New York That’s why they’re compared. Save the race card for another day
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all these cocksuckers straight up homos Tyler twats and Benderick buffoons on this site want to see Jay Z go down for some rotten fucking white lawyer lie 🤓 think anyone gives a fuck about your worthless “rap opinion” we will put a bullet in your mama and bust a rap tune💥🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Give it a rest gay greg. Drake isn’t going to fvck you.
You love calling people homos when everyone knows that you Greg are the biggest light skin craving Drake meat slobber to ever be on this site. White girls don’t want to be penetrated by Drake more than you. You probably got enough baby oil to make Diddy look straight. You probably faked being sick so your mom would put the thermometer in your ass. They probably have pride parade flags dedicated to just how fucking gay you are.
@🤔 aka gay greg. Greg is the whitest name ever created
cry some more cocksucker nobody respects your homo rap scene you all just some 🤓a bunch of dorks
Jeffrey Epstein and Trump were both white billionaires into fucking little girls together. We have some of them saying so, but you don’t tie them together. Get off Jay nuts.
Jay Z new every little thing did he was up to every little thing and he was still dabbing him up in public and hosting parties left and right
beyonce his wife has a skin fetish
i thought you were talking about Beyonce, the girl from ipanema.
If getting your butt cheeks taken by Diddy is wrong, then I don’t want to be right
So is Elon musk a rapist because trump is .. racists here make it make sense
what are the odds jay z won’t kill himself if found guilty and told he off to the pokie
unfortunately jay z just has one of those faces where he would have to violate someone to get laid