Jay-Z has moved one step closer in his legal effort to dismiss a lawsuit accusing him of the 2000 rape of a 13-year-old girl.

A motion by the legal team of Jay-Z has been granted a request to be allowed to file for a dismissal in his ongoing legal battle. The 55-year-old rapper – whose real name is Shawn Carter – has been accused of drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl at an MTV Video Music Awards after party in 2000 along with Sean ‘ Diddy ’ Combs, which he has denied.

Z" Carter of raping her after an awards show in 2000 when she was 13 can remain anonymous as her lawsuit proceeds, a federal judge has ruled.

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

Jay-Z and Sean 'Diddy' Combs' accuser does not have to reveal her identity, a judge ruled in new court documents. The woman alleges that Jay-Z and Combs sexually assaulted her in 2000 when she was 13 years old.

Jay-Z and Sean 'Diddy' Combs' accuser can proceed anonymously in her lawsuit alleging the moguls sexually assaulted her when she was a teen.

Judge Analisa Torres also ruled Thursday that the Alabama woman accusing the rapper of raping her in 2000 could proceed anonymously at this early stage of the litigation.