Jay-Z Files for Dismissal of Sexual Assault Lawsuit

variety.com:

Thania Garcia Jay-Z has filed a motion to dismiss the ongoing lawsuit against him filed by a woman who alleges the rapper and Sean “Diddy” Combs sexually assaulted her when she was 13 years old during a VMAs after party in 2000.

Jay-Z, real name Shawn Carter, filed the new motion on Wednesday after securing the greenlight to do so from United States District Judge Analisa Torres.

The request, viewed by Variety, claims there are a series of inconsistencies in the woman’s account. Carter’s attorney Alex Spiro cites the Jane Doe accuser’s interview with NBC News in December, where she told the publication she had made “some mistakes” in her retelling of her story (also in December, Judge Torres ruled the accuser can remain anonymous in the case).

Spiro argues that the accuser’s lawyer — Tony Buzbee, who already has a defamation case pinned against him from Carter — is accusing Carter of “a horrific crime without adequately vetting the allegation.” Buzbee did not immediately return Variety‘s request for comment.