Jay-Z's Rape Accuser Can Remain Anonymous, for Now, NY Judge Rules | TMZ Live - video Dailymotion

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The woman accusing Jay-Z of allegedly raping her as a teenager just got the green light from a New York judge to keep her identity under wraps ... at least for now.

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00:00Jay-z, you know has been sued by a woman who?

00:04says that when she was 13 he along with Diddy raped her and

00:11She filed this lawsuit as a Jane Doe anonymously

00:15Jay-z and his lawyer have gone to court and they've said look

00:20We need to know who this person is by name and that person should name themselves

00:25She has dragged Jay-z and his family through the mud with this and she should at least have to come forward to reveal her identity

00:33Which would help them decide?

00:35What they're gonna do what their move is in court whether people contact them about this woman

00:40There have been some issues about her mental health and they want to know who this woman is

00:46Judge said no. I it does that mean that they'll never find out or it's just not made public

00:51Well, it's interesting you asked that because the judge actually in the ruling said that although I'm going to allow this woman to proceed

00:58Anonymously for now as the case progresses

01:01I am open to revisiting the issue because as Harvey was pointing to you have a right to you know

01:05Confront your accuser. It's a very sacrosanct right in the law and eventually she's gonna have to sit for a deposition and sort of

01:11Describe this event. So eventually the jig is up

01:13She's gonna have to expose herself at least to who she's suing

01:16But for now, the judge says her identity will remain confidential for now because it's a sensitive topic

01:22She says she was 13 years old and I'm gonna see how the case progresses now

01:25Remember that was in 2000 the alleged rape occurred

01:30So she is fully an adult now, so this is not protecting a child

01:35This is protecting her identity as an adult or a claim

01:40Involving her as a child. That's exactly right

01:43One of the reasons the judge pointed to was that there's a sensitive topic obviously her age and also that there's a risk of witness

01:49Intimidation reprisals, you know that's going on in the Diddy case

01:52That's the arguments that they're making to keep him locked up or that he's intimidating witnesses

01:56He is a co-defendant in this case and maybe that is influencing some of the judges reasoning here

02:01Maybe it's not necessarily Jay Z motivated, but potentially Diddy motivated

02:05Well, but you could have witness tampering in any case, right? That's exactly right

02:09That's a risk in any case and the judge is sort of tipping her hand by saying look later in this case

02:14Your identity will be revealed at least to Jay Z and Diddy as they try to depose you

02:18So at some point her identity won't be confidential at least in some setting but for now the judge said we'll keep it confident

02:25I'm curious. What do you think about that? Do you I mean did that she gets to keep her identity?

02:30secret and

02:32He now has this allegation of rape. It's gonna come out. I mean her identity is gonna come out at some point

02:37I think it's gonna she's gonna get deposed

02:39It's gonna leak like I think it you cannot make this high profile of an accusation and not have your name eventually come out

02:46I I get why I get the decision now because it's just preliminary and you know

02:51Especially with the concerns around Diddy, you know, I get it. Maybe it's like look

02:55Let's not cause the media storm right away, but it's gonna I mean they're gonna have to he's gonna have to know who he's defending himself

03:00Against yeah, but I gotta say

03:03it

03:04If this should be decided based on jay-z not based on Diddy

03:09Yeah that you know, I I don't understand how you say

03:12Well, she's also suing Diddy and because Diddy might have been involved in witness tampering

03:18We're going to apply that to jay-z and not reveal her identity. That seems unfair to me

03:23Yeah, that seems I'm the Diddy of all of it is kind of confusing

03:27But but it's like if you're gonna do that do it based on jay-z

03:33But to say well we're gonna protect her identity because some co-defendant

03:38Might tamper with a witness that seems kind of weird to me Derek

03:42Well, you know, there's only one identity you either protect it or not. It's binary

03:45What is influencing the judge may be related to Diddy but jay-z is a co-defendant in a case with Diddy and once her identities revealed

03:52It's revealed to all so I think she's just sort of playing it as conservatively as possible at this juncture

03:56That's my only guess Allie, Arkansas commenting on jay-z. I think the judge's ruling yesterday was excellent

04:04It gives lets the woman stay anonymous in jay-z's case. This is a victory for

04:11Justice and humanity for people who need protection. This wasn't about following the rules

04:17It's about standing up for what's right and honest. Yeah, but how do you know what's right and honest at this point?

04:24The

04:26Judge decides

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