Jay-Z Wants Assault Lawsuit Tossed, Citing Statute of Limitations
Jay-Z’s lawyer plans to challenge the sexual assault lawsuit on the grounds that the woman’s decades-old rape claim does not qualify for revival under the New York City statute known as the Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Act. The lawyer cited a prior ruling involving Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler to support the argument that the GMVA cannot apply retroactively to create a cause of action unavailable to the plaintiff at the time in question. In recent court records acquired by TMZ, Spiro is planning to file a request to dismiss the claim, arguing that Jane Doe’s statute is inapplicable retrospectively because it didn’t take effect until after the alleged attack. The provision was passed in December 2000, three months after Jane Doe claimed Jay-Z and Diddy assaulted her at an MTV Video Music Awards after-party, according to Spiro’s newest filing. Even if the act applied, Spiro claims it only covers conduct in New York City, not the alleged assault. In her complaint, Jane Doe claims she was transported 20 minutes from Radio City Music Hall to a “large, white residence with a gated U-shaped driveway.” Spiro claims that such a house would have been outside NYC’s borders.
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