Getty(2) A woman who alleges and sexually assaulted her in 2000, when she was 13 years old, does not have to reveal her identity, a judge ruled on Thursday, Dec. 26. The woman, who filed her lawsuit under the name Jane Doe, alleged she was raped after she was driven to an MTV Video Music Awards afterparty 24 years ago.
She , and two months later amended her complaint, adding Jay-Z (whose legal name is Shawn Carter). In response, Jay-Z's attorney, Alex Spiro, filed a motion to strike the complaint, stating the filing if the accuser does not reveal her identity. U.
S. District Judge Analisa Torres denied the motion on Thursday. "Carter’s lawyer’s relentless filing of combative motions containing inflammatory language and ad hominem attacks is inappropriate, a waste of judicial resources, and a tactic unlikely to benefit his client," wrote Judge Torres in her ruling, per court docs obtained by PEOPLE.
Related: "The Court will not fast-track the judicial process merely because counsel demands it," Judge Torres added. She noted that Jay-Z's attorney Spiro said he "intend[ed]" to "immediately" file the motion to strike the amended complaint but he failed to give Doe the required five days to respond. "This is unacceptable," wrote Judge Torres.
PEOPLE reached out to Spiro for a comment but have not received a response at this time. "The coordinated and desperate efforts to attack me as counsel for alleged victims are falling flat," Tony Buzbee, the attorney representing Jay-Z's a.
