July 2, 2025
The Brooklyn rapper filed a go well with accusing the lawyer of extortion, defamation, and intentional infliction of emotional misery.
A Los Angeles choose has dismissed Jay-Z’s extortion lawsuit in opposition to Texas legal professional Tony Buzbee.
Based on The New York Instances, Jay-Z filed authorized paperwork in November in opposition to Buzbee, accusing the lawyer of extortion, defamation, and intentional infliction of emotional misery after a shopper of Buzbee stated the rapper and Diddy sexually assaulted her when she was underage in New York Metropolis in 2000.
The lawsuit was ultimately withdrawn by Buzbee after discrepancies within the lady’s recollection of the alleged incident. Jay-Z and Diddy had each vehemently denied the accusation.
The extortion lawsuit was initially filed underneath a John Doe alias shortly earlier than the accusation in opposition to the rapper was revealed. Buzbee took to social media to brag in regards to the dismissal of what he labeled a “fully meritless” lawsuit.
Yet one more big win!! John Doe’s case in opposition to me and The Buzbee Legislation Agency alleging extortion and defamation was thrown out by the courtroom. As I stated when it was filed, the case was fully meritless. We’ll now search attorneys’ charges in opposition to John Doe for bringing the legally…
— Tony Buzbee (@TonyBuzbee2) July 1, 2025
In his ruling, Choose Mark H. Epstein of the Superior Courtroom in Los Angeles wrote that he had “come out on the aspect of dismissing the motion, though the courtroom just isn’t wholly happy that that is the result that finest serves the legislative and constitutional doctrines.”
“This courtroom is barely the primary cease,” he added. “It will likely be for the Courtroom of Enchantment to find out whether or not the courtroom received it proper or fallacious, and whether or not the go well with must go ahead or ought to finish. Keep tuned.”
Jay-Z’s legal professional, Alex Spiro, stated he’ll enchantment the choice.
“What does it say about our justice system if somebody can knowingly result in fully false claims of probably the most heinous nature conceivable in opposition to an harmless particular person and get away with it on a technicality?” Spiro stated in a written assertion.
Buzbee stated he’s trying to be reimbursed for legal professional’s charges.
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