Jay-Z scored a ‘W’ in court this week after a judge granted his attorney’s request to file a motion to dismiss the case on procedural grounds.
Jay-Z was added to a lawsuit against Sean “Diddy” Combs, accusing the pair of the 2000 r*pe of a 13-year-old girl.
“Plaintiff cannot recover for her sole claim under the Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Act (the GMV Law), as a matter of law, because the statute does not have retroactive effect,” Jay’s attorney, Alex Spiro wrote to the judge.
NEW YORK, NY – JANUARY 27: Jay-Z and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs attend Roc Nation THE BRUNCH at One World Observatory on January 27, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Roc Nation)
He continued, “Plaintiff asserts a violation of the GMV Law for conduct that purportedly occurred in September 2000. But the GMV Law was not enacted until December 19, 2000, three months after the FAC claims the conduct occurred, and cannot apply retroactively to create a cause of action unavailable to Plaintiff at the time in question.”
The judge has not ruled on whether to throw out the case.
Last week, the judge ruled that Jane Doe can proceed anonymously despite Spiro trying to have her identity revealed to the public.
