Hov’s Lawyer Denies Claims in High-Profile Lawsuit
JAY-Z’s legal team has rolled out numerous evidence against the lawsuit accusing the rap icon of an alleged sexual assault incident that took place after the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards, per reports. Statements made by the lawyer Alex Spiro during a Monday press conference at the Roc Nation headquarters in New York City purportedly debunked the claims made by an anonymous accuser.
Spiro showed photographs that proved JAY-Z was at another event mentioned in the lawsuit and then claimed that none of Diddy’s properties during that time matched up with the location of the allegations. “The place doesn’t exist,” Spiro said. “It appears they’d either fabricated a location to establish jurisdiction in New York or didn’t do basic research.”
Also, Spiro said the timeline contradicts itself, showing that the alleged events probably couldn’t happen then. He raised some impossibilities, such as after the accuser claimed she was picked up by her dad from a gas station several hours away “shortly before dawn.”
Furthermore, Spiro added that the argument against the lawsuit was that the accuser alleged he watched the VMAs on some jumbotron screen located outside Radio City Music Hall, while such a screen did not exist that year. He mentioned that it also would not have been possible to access Diddy’s limousine as there were very heavy security curtains drawn for Eminem’s iconic VMAs performance.
Dismissing any close ties between JAY-Z and Diddy, Spiro clarified that their interactions were entirely confined to professional venues. “Mr. Carter has nothing to do with Mr. Combs’ case,” he emphasized.
In the end, Spiro was heard complaining about the weight of the lawsuit. “He is disturbed because this baseless charge distracts from the genuine voices that need justice,” he said, adding, “His family should not have to go through this.”
The case continues, with Spiro bubbling over the claims that ” no surviving documents have been lost in the prosecution,” he mused.