Jay-Z’s lawyer claims ‘dozens’ of people can refute rape allegations

lawyer Alex Spiro He claims that many people are willing to come forward to address the supposed inconsistencies in the rape allegations made against him Jay Z.

“There are dozens and dozens of people who will say there was no party at the White House,” Spiro said. Us Weekly and other reporters during a press roundtable on Monday, December 16, at the Roc Nation offices in New York City.

Spiro was referring to the alleged location where the unnamed woman, referred to as Jane Doe, Jay-Z, and… Sean “Diddy” Combs He raped her at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2000. According to Spiro, the house in question does not exist.

Earlier this month, Diddy and Jay-Z, both 55, did as well His name is in a civil suit The woman accused the rappers of raping her when she was 13 years old. The lawsuit was initially filed in October with only Diddy mentioned in the papers, but the attorney Tony Buzbeewhich represents several people who claim to be Diddy’s victims, refiled paperwork on December 8 to include Jay-Z in the lawsuit.

Both Jay-Z and Diddy have refuted the allegations, as has the Roc Nation founder Submit a request for dismissal Civil lawsuit.

On Monday, Spiro began the roundtable by saying that Jay-Z has “never raped a child” before Make a presentation Which details the alleged holes in the defendant’s story.

The woman came forward last week Acknowledgment of contradictions In her account, but he stood by her claims. One such inconsistency is her description of the house where the incident allegedly occurred. Buzbee and his team said they were trying to determine the location the woman described. Spiro for his part Buzbee lashed out on monday.

“You can see here now that this is starting to unravel and the truth is starting to come out, and he’s starting to move away from it,” Spiro said. “He’s like, ‘Oh, sorry. This case was referred to our firm by another firm, so I didn’t really check it out.’ It’s basically what he said, right? He’s making an accusation like that, attacking a man of Mr. Carter’s integrity, and all he has to do is Now he’s saying to himself, “Well, I didn’t really check this out.” I got a referral trying to make a little money so we started living with it.

Buzbee later responded to Spiro’s comments in a statement to we.

“This client was registered and referred to our firm by another law firm. That law firm drafted the initial complaint,” he said on Monday. “However, four individuals at our firm also interviewed the client and verified the details after accepting the referral. A background check was performed on the client. We have also engaged an experienced investigator to examine some of the details you have revealed to us. These results were consistent with what the client told us.

Buzbee continued, “We sent a letter to Mr. Carter’s attorneys and offered to sit down to discuss the allegations confidentially. Instead of accepting that offer, Mr. Spiro chose to file a public lawsuit accusing me personally of extortion. He made this allegation knowing that we were never asking for money and taking it out.” Into the public domain. Moreover: at least three attorneys from our firm interviewed the client before filing the amended complaint to name Mr. Carter and the client also signed two separate statements that our client remains adamant about “Mr. Spiro is trying to be a bully. But we will not be intimidated. Our behavior has been and will continue to be, and we will raise some of our opponents’ behavior in due course,” she said.

If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, call National Sexual Assault Hotline At 1-800-656-HOPE (4673).

With reporting by Brody Brown