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.

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 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’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 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.

Judge Analisa Torres granted a request issued by the 55-year-old rapper's legal team, led by attorney Alex Spiro, to enter a dismissal motion in the case.