Jay-Z’s lawyer says he expects the rapper to soon be ‘cleared’ from rape lawsuit
Jay-Z’s lawyer expects the hip-hop mogul, whose real name is Shawn Carter, to soon be “cleared” from a lawsuit that accuses him and rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping a minor in 2000, he told NBC News on Monday.
Jay-Z’s lawyer expects the hip-hop mogul, whose real name is Shawn Carter, to soon be “cleared” from a lawsuit that accuses him and rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping a minor in 2000, he told NBC News on Monday.
Carter’s lawyer, Alex Spiro, told NBC News in an on-camera interview his client “isn’t going to get shaken down” after he was accused in a civil lawsuit last week of raping a 13-year-old girl at an MTV Video Music Awards after-party in New York more than two decades ago.
“This case needs to be dismissed, and Mr. Carter’s name needs to be fully cleared,” Spiro said.
The anonymous accuser, identified only as “Jane Doe,” alleged Carter removed her clothes, held her down and raped her while Combs and an unnamed female celebrity watched. She said Combs also raped her as Carter and the woman looked on.
On Monday, Spiro distanced Carter from Combs, who faces federal criminal charges in New York of racketeering, sex trafficking and other offenses. Combs is behind bars at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center after he was denied bail for a third time last month. His trial is scheduled for May 5 and he has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
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