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

Jay-Z and his hard-charging attorney were handed a setback Thursday by the judge overseeing a claim that the star raped a 13-year-old girl at a Diddy party. The billionaire rapper, real name Shawn Carter,

A New York judge condemned the rapper’s attorney Alex Spiro for his “relentless filing of combative motions containing inflammatory language.”

Jay-Z’s efforts to dismiss a case accusing him of raping a then-13-year-old girl in 2000 have been denied by a judge, who also granted the “Jane Doe” accuser the ability to proceed anonymously, despite efforts from the rap mogul’s legal team to have her reveal her identity publicly.

The judge denied the motion for dismissal on Thursday, as well as a motion to reveal the accuser’s identity; she is currently anonymously known as “Jane Doe.” U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres ruled that Doe is “particularly vulnerable to the possible harms of disclosure” ( per ABC News) and that her identity will remain protected at this “exceedingly early stage in this case.