Jay-Z’s lawyer says anonymous accuser’s claims are too old to pursue

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Jay-Z‘s lawyer has told the court that the anonymous accuser’s claims against his client and Diddy are too old to pursue.Per Rolling Stone, the lawyer, Alex Spiro, filed new court paperwork yesterday (December 30) stating plans to challenge the lawsuit on grounds that the claim does not qualify for revival under the “lookback” window linked to New York City’s Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Act (GMVA).

Spiro argued that the GMVA was not enacted until December 19, 2000, which took place three months after the alleged rape.On December 8, it was reported that Jay-Z – real name Shawn Carter – was named in a lawsuit which alleged the rape of a 13-year-old girl in 2000 by the rapper and Diddy, real name Sean Combs.In a statement issued via Roc Nation, Carter called the allegations “heinous in nature” and dismissed them as a “blackmail attempt”, and filed a court letter seeking the dismissal of the suit while maintaining his innocence.

Combs also denies the accuser’s claims.In Spiro’s letter to the court, obtained by Rolling Stone, he wrote: “[The GMVA] cannot apply retroactively to create a cause of action unavailable to plaintiff at the time in question.

A contrary conclusion would violate both state and federal due process protections.”The letter also cites a prior ruling that involved the dismissal of a sexual assault lawsuit against Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler by former model Jeanne Bellino, who had claimed the singer had sexually assaulted her twice in one day when she was aged 17.