The legal professional for music mogul Jay-Z has filed paperwork requesting the decide sanction legal professional Tony Buzbee.
Buzbee is the Houston-based legal professional who has filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of 120 individuals who accuse Diddy of an assortment of sexual crimes and violence.
Buzbee allegedly filed a false lawsuit claiming Jay-Z joined Diddy in drugging and raping a 13-year-old woman throughout an MTV Video Music Awards afterparty in 2000, in line with Jay-Z’s legal professional Alex Spirowho filed the paperwork.
Jay-Z’s legal professional outlines the alleged discrepancies within the accuser’s lawsuit
Within the submitting that TMZ obtained, Jay-Z contends there are main holes revealed within the accuser’s lawsuit account, together with:
- The complainant, named “Jane Doe,” mentioned her father dropped her off and picked her up from the awards present. However the father mentioned he doesn’t recollect making the 10-hour spherical journey drive from Virginia on the night time in query;
- Jane Doe, in her civil lawsuit, mentioned that she watched the MTV Video Music Awards on a jumbotron exterior of Radio Metropolis Music Corridor. Nonetheless, Jay-Z’s authorized group asserts that there was no jumbotron on that night time;
- The accuser mentioned the sexual assault occurred at “a big white residence with a gated U-shaped driveway” which is 20 minutes exterior of New York Metropolis. Nonetheless, Jay-Z’s legal professional acknowledged that photographers captured Hov on the Lotus nightclub after the VMA’s, which is way from the situation the place she mentioned the assault occurred;
- The complainant mentioned she interacted with Benji Madden of Good Charlotte that night time. However after she advised her story in an NBC interview, Madden mentioned he was on tour and was not within the metropolis on that night time.
Due to these discrepancies, Jay-Z’s authorized group claims that Buzbee didn’t correctly vet his consumer previous to submitting the lawsuit which has brought on irreversible harm to his picture.
Buzbee responds forcefully to Jay-Z
In line with TMZ, Buzbee fired again at Spiro after the submitting.
“With every frantic submitting, Mr. Spiro’s group reeks of desperation. Mr. Spiro and his group suppose the legal guidelines and guidelines don’t apply to them. They’re flat unsuitable. In addition they suppose they’ll bully or intimidate counsel by submitting meritless and frivolous pleadings filled with lies and half truths. Once more, they’re useless unsuitable. We gained’t be bullied or intimidated, ever.”