Jay-Z rape accuser’s legal professional slams rapper’s ‘intimidation tactic’
Lawyer Tony Buzbee is status his flooring towards Jay-Z’s denial of explosive allegations involving Diddy and a 2000 MTV VMAs afterparty.
Responding to Jay-Z’s declare that the lawsuit is a “blackmail strive,” Buzbee took to X (previously Twitter) on Sunday, December 8, alleging that his shopper “by no means demanded a penny” and most effective sought “a confidential mediation.”
The lawsuit, which accuses Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping a then-13-year-old lady, has escalated tensions between the events.
Buzbee accused Jay-Z, whose prison title is Shawn Carter, of submitting a “frivolous case below a pseudonym” again in November in an try to intimidate him and his shopper. “Since I despatched the letter on her behalf, Mr. Carter has… attempted to bully and harass me and this plaintiff,” Buzbee said.
In the meantime, Jay-Z launched a fiery observation to Web page Six, calling Buzbee an “ambulance chaser in an inexpensive go well with” and rejecting any perception of settling. “No sir, it had the other impact! It made me wish to reveal you for the fraud you might be in a VERY public style,” the Empire State of Thoughts rapper wrote, vowing to not pay “ONE RED PENNY.”
Courtroom filings got by way of Web page Six element accusations that each Jay-Z and Combs sexually assaulted a minor whose identification was once no longer disclosed, with additional allegations that Combs hosted drug-fueled events the place attacks took place.
Buzbee, representing over 100 alleged sufferers in similar circumstances towards Combs, has promised to litigate those claims “in court docket, no longer within the media.”
The prison battles come as Combs faces separate fees of racketeering, prostitution, and intercourse trafficking. He stays in custody with out bail regardless of ongoing appeals.
