Jay Z’s rape accuser remains anonymous.
A New York judge has ruled that the woman who accused Jay-Z and Sean “Daddy” Combs of raping her can go forward with her lawsuit and remain anonymous.
According to court documents obtained Post On Thursday, Judge Annalisa Torres decided that “the factors weigh to allow the plaintiff to remain anonymous, at least for this stage of the litigation.”
Torres explained his reasoning by saying that the court “does not have to use a list of each factor or a particular formulation as long as it is clear that the court balanced the interests at stake in reaching its conclusion. is.”
The judge determined that the alleged victim is “particularly vulnerable to the potential harms of disclosure” because she allegedly “continues to suffer from depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and seizure disorder related to the stress of her sexual assault.”
Torres also criticized Jay Z — born Shawn Carter — and her attorney, Alex Spiro, calling her a “Jane Doe” for defying the Alabama woman’s request to remain anonymous.
“The continued filing of adversarial motions by Carter’s counsel containing inflammatory language and ad hominem attacks is inappropriate, a waste of judicial resources and a tactic unlikely to benefit his client,” he wrote in his ruling. is.”
“A court will not expedite a judicial process simply because a lawyer asks for it.”
Earlier this month, the plaintiffs amended their October complaint against Combs to also name Jay-Z, both 55, as the other male celebrity who allegedly assaulted Combs after the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards. Raped her at a party when she was 13.