Woman Claiming Jay-Z, Diddy Raped Her at 13 Granted Anonymity by Judge

A judge has ruled that the Alabama woman who has accused Jay-Z and Diddy of raping her at 13 years old can remain anonymous for now in her lawsuit against the music moguls.

The Associated Press reports that the woman, “Jane Doe” in the lawsuit, might have to reveal her identity eventually so that defense lawyers can prepare for trial. Hov and Diddy’s legal teams have tried to uncover her identity since she filed the complaint.

On Thursday, Judge Analisa Torres also denounced Jay’s lawyer in her decision.

“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,” Torres wrote. “The Court will not fast-track the judicial process merely because counsel demands it.”

Doe first filed the lawsuit in October, which claimed that Diddy and an anonymous celebrity raped her at a 2000 MTV Video Music Awards afterparty. In December, she amended the lawsuit, naming Jay as the second celebrity, alleging that she was drugged at the party and then assaulted by both men.

Jay-Z denied the accusations, calling them “heinous” in a statement. His attorney, Alex Spiro also pointed out multiple inconsistencies in her story, which she later acknowledged in an interview. Spiro tried to use those inconsistencies to get the case dismissed.

In the judge’s decision, she slammed Spiro for accusing the victim’s lawyer, Tony Buzbee of extorting Jay-Z.

“Since Carter’s attorney first appeared in this case seventeen days ago, he has submitted a litany of letters and motions attempting to impugn the character of Plaintiff’s lawyer, many of them expounding on the purported ‘urgency’ of this case,” Torres wrote.

“Although Carter’s attorney assails Plaintiff’s lawyer as having a ‘chronic inability to follow the rules,’ Carter’s counsel has failed to abide by this Court’s clear rules,” the decision said.

Buzbee is representing at least 120 accusers of Combs, who remains incarcerated as he awaits trial. He has pleaded not guilty to three federal charges: racketeering, sex trafficking by force, and transportation to engage in prostitution.

Buzbee commented on Spiro’s efforts, telling CNN, “The coordinated and desperate efforts to attack me as counsel for alleged victims are falling flat.”