Jay-Z demands court to reveal sexual assault accuser’s identity
Jay-Z is making a demand to the court after being accused of sexual assault last year. The Brooklyn rapper wants the judge to reveal the identity of the woman who filed a lawsuit against him.
Jane Doe dismissed her lawsuit with prejudice in February, having accused Jay of raping her when she was 13 years old in 2000. She alleged the incident took place at an after-party for the MTV Video Music Awards.
Jay then filed a defamation lawsuit against her over the claims, and he’s asking the court to share the name of the woman who made the allegations against him.
According to AllHipHop, his attorney, W Patton Hahn, said, “Their filings persist in advancing the same false and malicious narrative previously asserted in court and disseminated through global media, before dismissing those claims with prejudice and before Doe herself stated they were false.”
Hahn continued, “By reasserting and amplifying these knowingly false allegations, Defendants seek to continue their conspiracy to inflict reputational, emotional, and economic harm on Mr Carter, his children and his entire family, all while concealing Doe’s identity.”
Earlier this month, the woman begged for her name to remain anonymous due to psychological harm.
Her psychiatrist, Dr John T Olsen, said, “From a psychiatric standpoint, the forced disclosure of her identity in this context would have catastrophic consequences for her mental health. Such public exposure would destabilise her current mental health recovery.”
Olsen added, “The impact would likely be severe, with a high risk of exacerbation of her psychiatric symptoms, deterioration of her functioning, and a profound negative effect on her overall prognosis.”
The woman said she dropped her lawsuit out of fear, but Jay’s legal team claims the rapper wasn’t involved in any threats.
“Any insinuation that Mr Carter frightened or threatened Doe is false,” Hahn said. “Mr Carter has neither harassed nor threatened Doe, and such an accusation is a baseless attempt to prejudice the Court, as well as potential jurors, against Mr Carter. Mr Carter only learned of Doe’s identity after Doe voluntarily dismissed her fabricated lawsuit against Mr Carter with prejudice.”