Jigga is one step closer to getting a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a Jane Doe accuser alleging he and Sean “Diddy” Combs attacked her at an after-party for the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards. 

The Hip-Hop mogul’s high-powered attorney, Alex Spiro, recently asked the court for permission to file a motion to dismiss. Spiro argued several factors that allegedly invalidate Doe’s claims. Spiro offered a multi-layered defense of JAY-Z, arguing multiple issues that he claims warrant a dismissal. The unnamed woman alleges JAY-Z and Diddy drugged and assaulted her at a party in September 2000 when she was just 13 years old. Spiro contends that the New York City Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Act (GMV Law) was not implemented until three months later, in December of 2000. 

Additionally, JAY-Z’s legal team argues that Does’s claims she was driven approximately 20 minutes from Radio City Music Hall to the party means the alleged assault could not have happened in New York City and so GMV Law does not apply. Further, Spiro contends that the case is barred by the state’s Child Victims Act, which allowed expired abuse claims to be filed but closed in August 2021.Â