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NEW YORK. – Jay-Z’s lawyer Alex Spiro told reporters in New York on Monday that allegations from a woman who has accused the hip-hop mogul of sexually assaulting her with Sean “Diddy” Combs back in 2000 are just a FANTASY.
Spiro presented a power point presentation at Jay-Z’s Roc Nations offices in New York City.
“This is all a fantasy,” Spiro told reporters, including CNN, at a private meeting.
“We expect the case to be dismissed. If it’s not, we expect this all to crumble.”
Spiro showed a powerpoint presentation to a small room of reporters, walking through the timeline of the allegations from the accuser’s lawsuit that he said are demonstrably false.
“None of the details are right because this never happened,” Spiro said. “When something isn’t real and when something doesn’t happen, you’re going to get the details wrong because you weren’t really there.”
In an amended complaint filed by the woman named as Jane Doe, she accused Jay-Z of raping her at an after party for the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards, when she 13.
Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, was previously unnamed in her original complaint, which was initially filed in October against Combs.
Carter denied her allegations immediately when the amended complaint was filed.
Spiro’s presentation to reporters was made days after Doe admitted in an interview with NBC News that there are inconsistencies in her original story, including key corroborating witnesses, while maintaining her rape accusation against Carter.
“I have made some mistakes,” Doe told the outlet. “You should always advocate for yourself and be a voice for yourself. You should never let what somebody else did ruin or run your life. I just hope I can give others the strength to come forward like I came forward.”
“This is not an account of inconsistencies,” Spiro said Monday. “This never happened. This is completely false.” In Doe’s complaint against Combs and Carter, she said that she was taken to an afterparty after meeting a limo driver, who claimed to work for Combs, outside of Radio City Music Hall, where the MTV event was held.
Spiro said that the limousine line was blocked off and guarded by police to prevent public access.
Spiro also showed reporters photographs of Carter, Combs and other celebrities at a VMA after party, held at a commercial establishment in New York City.
He said Doe’s story was not plausible because of the time it would take to travel from the city to the suburbs, where the alleged party was held.
Doe’s attorney, Tony Buzbee, had previously been accused by Spiro of trying to extort Carter prior to making his name public in the amended filing.
In an email to CNN, Buzbee called Spiro’s accusations regarding him and his client “baseless” and said “courts exist to resolve factual disputes.”
“People like this, they don’t send demand letters out to not get money. This is not for truth and justice. This is for money,” Spiro said.
Spiro told CNN last week that he plans to ask the court to dismiss the case and that he’d seek disciplinary action against Buzbee and his team. – CNN
