Jay-Z is continuing his legal battle.
Weeks after the rapper was accused of raping a 13-year-old girl in lawsuit filed against him and Sean “Diddy” Comb his request to file a motion to dismiss the case has been granted by a judge, according to documents obtained by E! News.
Per the docs, Jay-Z (real name Shawn Carter) may officially file his motion to dismiss the lawsuit on Feb. 6. At that point, the plaintiff, who is identified as “Jane Doe,” may file an opposition against the motion by Feb. 28, and Jay-Z may issue a response—if he has one—by March 14.
Our team oo has reached out to attorneys for Jay-Z, as well as Tony Buzbee, who is representing the plaintiff, but has not yet heard back.
The granted request comes less than a month after Jay-Z, who has denied all allegations in the aforementioned lawsuit, filed a motion to reveal the name of the plaintiff. In the motion, Jay-Z’s lawyer Alex Spiro stated that the 55-year-old “is respectfully seeking either dismissal of the allegations or disclosure of the Plaintiff’s identity.”
“These allegations are so heinous in nature that I implore you to file a criminal complaint, not a civil one!!” Jay-Z said in a statement to NBC News Dec. 8. “Whomever would commit such a crime against a minor should be locked away, would you not agree? These alleged victims would deserve real justice if that were the case.”
The “99 Problems” artist, who stepped out with Beyoncé and their eldest daughter at the Mufasa premiere just one day after he was named in the lawsuit, further claimed that Buzbee had attempted to reach a settlement prior to refiling the suit, alleging, “What he had calculated, was the nature of these allegations and the public scrutiny would make me want to settle.”
In response, Buzbee said in a statement that he did send “a demand letter on behalf of an alleged victim,” noting that his client, “never demanded a penny from him. Instead, she only sought a confidential mediation.”
Jay-Z’s lawsuit is just one of the many surrounding Combs, who is currently in custody as he awaits a trial on federal sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges. For his part, Combs has also denied all claims made against him.
“Mr. Combs and his legal team have full confidence in the facts, their legal defenses, and the integrity of the judicial process,” his lawyers said in an October statement. “In court, the truth will prevail: that Mr. Combs has never sexually assaulted anyone—adult or minor, man or woman.”
Keep reading to untangle all of the legal trouble Combs faces.
