Whereas everybody was celebrating the vacation, it looks as if Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter had a particular present for Texas lawyer Tony Buzbee…within the type of a lawsuit.
The battle between the rapper and the lawyer has escalated since Jane Doe, who Buzbee represents, accused Carter and Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping her whereas she was 13 years previous. Now greater than two weeks after Jay-Z was named within the swimsuit, he’s turning the tables and suing Buzbee.
Within the amended grievance, which was filed on Dec. 20, the rapper accused Buzbee of defamation and “bare extortion,” in line with PEOPLE. “Briefly, Defendants [Buzbee and his law firm] positioned a gun to Mr. Carter’s head,” the submitting, obtained by Uproxx, mentioned. “They have been demanding that Mr. Carter both: (a) pay ‘one thing of substance’ to cease Defendants from making public the wildly false allegations of sexual assault that might topic Mr. Carter to opprobrium and irreparably hurt his status, household, profession and livelihood, or (2) endure that monetary and private wreck.”
When the civil lawsuit in opposition to Carter was first made public, the rapper responded to Buzbee and the allegations saying “no, I can’t provide you with ONE RED PENNY!!” after accusing the lawyer of blackmail.
If that wasn’t sufficient, Hov’s new submitting additionally alleges Buzbee went to the media earlier than ending vetting the accuser’s story. Due to this, he claims Buzbee deliberately defamed him to attempt to power a settlement, in line with Uproxx.
“Starting in October 2024, Buzbee spoke on any information platform that might have him, threatening that his agency has ‘an extended listing of names’ of individuals within the leisure business who he accused of ‘horrible conduct,’ and who ‘must be prosecuted and put beneath [sic] the jail,’” the grievance claims. “And Buzbee then gleefully introduced to the world that one title on his ‘lengthy listing’ was Mr. Carter, claiming that he had engaged in prison sexual assault.”
In a press convention, Buzbee responded to those allegation saying “the brand new declare is patently frivolous and might be dismissed.” He continued saying “I’ve by no means mentioned a phrase about him. That is simply one other try to bully and intimidate me. It simply received’t work.”
This marks simply one other chapter within the beef between Buzbee and Jay-Z. For those who want the loaded historical past of all occasions main thus far, The Root broke all of it down.