A federal judge may compel Jay-Z to undergo a DNA test to verify Rymir Satterthwaite’s assertion that he is the rap mogul’s unacknowledged son.
On Thursday, Judge Analisa Torres ruled in favor of an Alabama woman who alleged that Jay-Z and Sean Combs assaulted her when she was 13 in the year 2000.
The judge scolded Jay-Z and his attorney, Alex Spiro, for “squandering court resources” by filing “an array of letters and motions” to dismiss the lawsuit against the rapper.
In a five-page ruling on Thursday, Judge Torres criticized Spiro’s confrontational legal submissions, characterizing them as “belligerent” and packed with “provocative language and personal attacks.”
Jay-Z faces the public spectacle of a potentially career-ending trial if he does not reach an out-of-court settlement with his accuser beforehand.
Judge Torres also permitted “Jane Doe” to continue her lawsuit anonymously on Thursday. Legal experts suggest that the judge could mandate Jay-Z to provide a DNA sample to prove he did not father a child with a 16-year-old girl.
Rymir Satterthwaite believes he may be Jay-Z’s unrecognized son and contends that his mother was underage when she gave birth to him. Rymir claims his mother was only 16 when she engaged in relations with Jay-Z. The age of consent in New York is 17, meaning a 16-year-old cannot consent to sexual activity with an adult in the state.
Suggestions have arisen that Jay-Z has evaded the DNA test because it would corroborate longstanding speculation about his preference for underage virgins.
If it is confirmed that Jay-Z fathered a child with a minor, a jury may be more inclined to accept that he would take advantage of an underage girl.
A trial could pave the way for numerous lawsuits from women asserting they lost their virginity to Jay-Z when they were.