Jay-Z handed ‘bench slap’ in ‘scathing ruling’ that sends powerful message to lawyers: expert [Video]

Jay-Z’s latest moves in his legal case against an anonymous woman drew a “scathing ruling” after he demanded a judge order the victim be publicly identified.

Jay-Z’s lawyers filed multiple court documents after the rapper was added to a lawsuit accusing him and Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping a 13-year-old girl at a 2000 VMAs after-party. However, the “bare-knuckle litigation” strategy used was met with a “bench slap” by New York Judge Analisa Torres, according to experts.

“Jay-Z’s lawyer, Alex Spiro of Quinn Emanuel, went too far in filing motion after motion and attacking the alleged victim and [her attorney] Tony Buzbee, though,” former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani explained to Fox News Digital. “We call a scathing ruling like that a ‘bench slap.’

“When a judge publicly chastises a lawyer like that, it is embarrassing professionally …