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