Jay-Z’s lawyer, Alex Spiro, has received a scathing rebuke from the presiding judge on the rapper’s rape case.

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

A judge has ruled that the Alabama woman who has accused Jay-Z and Diddy of raping her at 13 years old can remain anonymous for now in her lawsuit against the music moguls. The Associated Press reports that the woman,

A federal judge has ruled the woman accusing Jay-Z and Diddy of sexual assault can remain anonymous for now, and chided Alex Spiro.

Alex Spiro spoke at Roc Nation’s New York headquarters, saying the rap mogul is upset about the lawsuit and that “Mr. Carter has nothing to do with Mr. Combs’ case.”

Jay-Z and his hard-charging attorney were handed a setback Thursday by the judge overseeing a claim that the star raped a 13-year-old girl at a Diddy party. The billionaire rapper, real name Shawn Carter,

According to Rolling Stone, Judge Analisa Torres also chastised the mogul’s lawyer Alex Spiro in her ruling, admonishing the attorney for using ad hominem attacks in his filings. Spiro had requested for the case to be dismissed,

Jay-Z’s efforts to dismiss a case accusing him of raping a then-13-year-old girl in 2000 have been denied by a judge, who also granted the “Jane Doe” accuser the ability to proceed anonymously, despite efforts from the rap mogul’s legal team to have her reveal her identity publicly.

A woman accusing Jay-Z and Sean "Diddy" Combs of sexually assaulting her as a teen can remain anonymous in her lawsuit, a judge ruled Thursday.