The attorney argued in a hearing on Wednesday (Feb. 19) that the individual band members can't be held responsible for the festival's cancellation.
The hip-hop mogul's legal team claims the Mann Act, a 1910 law under which the charge was brought, was "used to target Black men and supposedly protect white women from them."
Lawyers for Duane “Keffe D” Davis win a delay in the trial, which was set to begin next month.
The rapper had been accused of firing a weapon at his former friend, A$AP Relli, near a Hollywood hotel in November 2021.
In a joint statement, the DJ and plaintiffs announced they have "amicably decided to resolve this matter and move on in peace."
"The trauma that my wife, my children, my loved ones and I have endured can never be dismissed," wrote Jay-Z in an Instagram post.
The ruling, which says Simmons is now a "stateless citizen," won't fully end of the lawsuit – nor other pending cases that the Def Jam co-founder is facing.
The 2nd Circuit rejected Kelly’s arguments that the trial evidence was inadequate, four jurors were biased and the trial judge made improper rulings, among other assertions.
The disgraced hip-hop mogul alleges the Peacock documentary knowingly makes false murder and sex trafficking allegations against him.
"I want my right to not testify," Rocky told Superior Court Judge Mark S. Arnold in court on Tuesday (Feb. 11).
