Last week, Jay-Z’s attorney, Alex Spiro, angered a federal judge by filing “relentless” motions to dismiss a lawsuit against Jay-Z.
On Dec. 26, Spiro faced a scathing rebuke from Judge Analisa Torres for “wasting court resources”.
Judge Torres sided with an Alabama woman who accused the 55-year-old rapper of assaulting her when she was 13. The plaintiff added Jay-Z (real name Shawn Carter) to the lawsuit she filed against Sean Combs.
In a five-page ruling released on Dec. 26, Judge Torres condemned Spiro’s “litany” of legal filings, describing them as “combative” and filled with “inflammatory language and ad hominem attacks” against the plaintiff’s attorney, Tony Buzbee.
Judge Torres wrote: “Carter’s lawyer’s relentless filing of combative motions containing inflammatory language and ad hominem attacks is inappropriate, a waste of judicial resources, and a tactic unlikely to benefit his client.”
She continued: “The Court will not fast-track the judicial process merely because counsel demands it.”
But Spiro refuses to sit down quietly and allow the case to go to trial. His client, Jay-Z, is desperate to avoid a trial.
In a new motion filed on Monday, Spiro claims the case should be dismissed due to expired deadlines.
Spiro said that Buzbee – who is representing the victim – glossed over critical details that should nullify the case.
TMZ reported on Monday that Spiro told Judge Torres he intends to file yet another motion to dismiss, citing the expired statute of limitations.
Spiro claims the legal statute the woman is suing under was not in effect until three months after she was allegedly raped in 2000.
In legal documents obtained by TMZ, Spiro said that the statute “can’t be applied against the rapper retroactively.”
Again, Spiro argued that the mansion described in the woman’s lawsuit — located about 20 minutes away from Radio City Music Hall — does not exist. He added that the lawsuit was filed outside the statute of limitations, which expired in August 2021.
Spiro indicated that he will not stop pushing until Judge Torres drops the lawsuit against Jay-Z, who has a lot to lose if the case goes to trial.
Buzbee told TMZ in a statement Monday, “These are technical arguments being made and the law is clearly on our side and the side of alleged victims. The law is well settled that we are correct.”
