info@businessghana.com
Jay-Z's attorney claims the rape accusations against the rap mogul are "provably demonstrably false" and that multiple people are willing to come forward to debunk the allegations, according to multiple reports.
Alex Spiro spoke at Roc Nation's New York headquarters Monday to present evidence that he explained to various news outlets − including The Hollywood Reporter, Us Weekly, and The New York Times − would paint a picture of the story told by Jane Doe and prove it "never happened."
"This is not for truth and justice," Spiro said of the accusations brought against Jay-Z, per The Hollywood Reporter. "This is for money."
Jay-Z was accused on Dec. 8 in a freshly amended lawsuit of sexually assaulting a teenage girl alongside Sean "Diddy" Combs at a 2000 MTV Video Music Awards after-party. The lawsuit, filed originally in October on behalf of an unnamed Alabama woman, alleges Diddy and the Roc Nation founder drugged and raped her while another unnamed female celebrity watched.
USA TODAY reached out to representatives for Jay-Z and Roc Nation for comment.
The rapper has vehemently denied the accusations and filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit on Dec. 9, calling the legal action a "blackmail attempt" by lawyer Tony Buzbee, who filed the lawsuit on behalf of Jane Doe.
In an NBC News interview published Friday, the woman said she had "made some mistakes" in her recollection of the night. She added that she stands by her allegations, but the accuser's father pushed back on her earlier claims that he picked her up from the after-party.
"These are not minor consistencies," Spiro said Monday to reporters, per The Hollywood Reporter. "If you look at the time, it's not possible this could happen."
"I want to make sure this is clear: When people make up an account, whether intentionally or their mind is blank or something, they can always get that core part of the story right," Spiro added. "They can just keep repeating it over and over and over again; this is what happened, that core part. But they're always going to mess up the details. When something isn't real, when something doesn't happen, you're going to get the details wrong because you weren’t really there. (This was) not possible. It's because this never happened."
In addition to his statements, The Hollywood Reporter said Spiro played a six-minute clip of the NBC News report of Jane Doe's interview for reporters and said her lawyer, Buzbee, "created this narrative." Spiro expects "this case to be dismissed. If not, it will crumble."
Spiro also told reporters the rapper was "upset that somebody would be allowed to do this."
