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A lawyer for Jay Z argued in a filing Monday that the woman who accused the rapper on Sunday of raping her when she was 13 must reveal her identity or the lawsuit should be dropped altogether.

In the lawsuit, originally filed in October, a woman identified only as “Jane Doe” sued Sean.DiddyCombs for allegedly raping her at a party after the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards when she was 13. changed on Sunday to include the claim that Jay-Z (aka Shawn Carter) was also present and participated in the attack.

Jay-Z’s attorney, Alex Spiro, said in a filing in Manhattan federal court on Monday that the Jane Doe has not provided substantial evidence to justify her anonymity, saying her “vague claims about possible harm fall far short of the strict requirements.”

“Sir. Carter deserves to know the identity of the person who is actually accusing him – in a sensational, publicity-seeking manner – of criminal conduct, seeking massive financial compensation and tarnishing a reputation he has built over decades,” Spiro wrote. “He has never been accused of, let alone involved in, sexual misconduct.”

Spiro also pointed to other sexual misconduct lawsuits against Combs — who recently was was denied bail for the third time as he awaits trial on sex trafficking charges — brought forward by this woman’s attorney, Tony Buzbee, who Spiro says does not meet the criteria to proceed anonymously.

In a statement on social media Sunday, Jay-Z wrote that he had sued Buzbee anonymously, claiming the lawyer was trying to blackmail him.

When Buzbee wrote that he had sent a request for mediation to resolve the matter, Jay-Z responded: “What he had calculated was the nature of these allegations and the public scrutiny would make me want to settle.” He then accused Buzbee of “fraud” and wrote: “I won’t give you a single red cent!!”

Buzzbee responded again saying that “my firm sent his attorney a demand letter on behalf of an alleged victim and that victim never demanded a dime from him.” He went on to say that Carter “has attempted to bully and harass me and this accuser” and vowed to “litigate the facts in court, not in the media.”