Jay-Z’s attorney, Alex Spiro, has shared new reasons why the rape lawsuit against the rapper should be dismissed.

The hip-hop star, real name Shawn Carter, vehemently denied the allegations on social media and his lawyer, Alex Spiro, subsequently sued the woman's attorney for extortion and filed a request to unmask the accuser and dismiss her claim.

Jay-Z is trying a different tack after a judge ruled that the woman suing him can remain anonymous. According to Rolling Stone and Deadline, the rap mogul’s lawyer, Alex Spiro, filed new paperwork on Monday,

A New York judge condemned the rapper’s attorney Alex Spiro for his “relentless filing of combative motions containing inflammatory language.”

An Alabama woman who says she was raped by Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs when she was 13 can proceed anonymously, for now, in her lawsuit against the rap moguls, a judge ruled Thursday.

A New York judge has ruled that the identity of the woman who accused Jay-Z, real name Sean Carter, of raping her when she was 13 years old be kept secret. The decision comes after the rap mogul's lawyer pushed for her name to be revealed.

A judge refused to dismiss rape allegations against Beyoncé's husband Jay-Z, making the singer feel “upset and concerned”.