Lawyer Alex Spiro claims that several people are willing to come forward to address alleged inconsistencies in the rape allegation made against jay-z.
“There are dozens and dozens of people who are going to 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, claimed that Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” combs he raped her at a party after 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, were named in civil lawsuit where the woman accused the two rappers of raping her when she was 13 years old. The lawsuit was initially filed in October and only Diddy is named in the paperwork, but the attorney Tony Buzbeewhich represents numerous people who claim to be Diddy’s victims, refiled paperwork on Dec. 8 to include Jay-Z in the lawsuit.
Jay-Z’s attorney, Alex Spiro, is setting the record straight about his client’s relationship with Sean “Diddy” Combs. “Mr. Carter had nothing to do with Mr. Combs’ case or with Mr. Combs. They had known each other professionally for several years,” Spiro told Us Weekly and other reporters during a press roundtable on Monday, December (… )
Both Jay-Z and Diddy have refuted the allegations, and the Roc Nation founder has filed a motion to dismiss the civil suit.
On Monday, Spiro began the roundtable by claiming that Jay-Z “didn’t rape a girl” before. giving a presentation which detailed alleged holes in the accuser’s story.
The woman showed up last week to recognize inconsistencies in his account, but stood by his claims. One of those inconsistencies is his description of the house where the incident allegedly occurred. Buzbee and his team shared that they were trying to determine the location the woman described. Spiro, for his part, criticized Buzbee on Mondays.
“You can see here now that this is starting to fall apart and the truth is coming out, he’s starting to walk away from her,” Spiro said. “He’s saying, ‘Oh, I’m sorry.’ This case was referred to our firm by another firm, so I didn’t really review it.’ That’s basically what he said, right? You make an accusation like this, you attack a man with Mr. Carter’s integrity, and all he has to say now is, ‘Well, I didn’t really check this out.’ I got a referral trying to make some money. So we just got to work.’”
Buzbee later responded to Spiro’s comments in a statement to Us.
“This client was registered and referred to our firm by another law firm. “That law firm wrote the initial complaint,” he said Monday. “However, four people from our firm also interviewed the client and verified the details after accepting the recommendation. A background check was performed on the client. We also hired an experienced investigator to examine some of the details she revealed to us. “Those results were consistent with what the client had told us.”
Buzbee continued: “We sent a letter to Mr. Carter’s attorney and offered to sit down to discuss the claims confidentially. Instead of accepting that offer, Mr. Spiro decided to file a public lawsuit accusing me personally of extortion. He made that statement knowing that we did not demand money at all nor did we post it in the public sphere. That case is absolutely frivolous. Additionally: At least three attorneys from our firm interviewed the client before filing the amended complaint naming Mr. Carter. The client has also signed two separate affidavits. Our client remains firm in her claim. Mr. Spiro tries to be a bully. But we will not be intimidated. Our conduct has been irreproachable and will continue to be so. In due course we will bring to light some of the conduct of our adversaries that is extremely worrying.”
If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673).
With information from Brody Brown
