April 14, 2025
Alex Spiro said that his consumer ‘would by no means settle the lawsuit or pay any cash to resolve it, given it was a heinous false accusation.’
Jay-Z’s lawyer stated there isn’t a settlement settlement in place with lawyer Tony Buzbee, who was accused of attempting to defame the rap mogul.
In response to HipHopDX, Buzbee claims Jay-Z agreed to drop his defamation lawsuit in alternate for the voluntary dismissal from Jane Doe, who alleged that Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs sexually assaulted her when she was 13 in New York Metropolis in 2000.
Within the movement to dismiss the go well with, Buzbee said that the rapper used his place as a rich and well-known man to bully his consumer into dropping the case. He added that Jay-Z’s lawsuit was filed within the improper court docket however that each events have come to an settlement.
“Ultimately, the relentless strain that [Jay-Z] and his associates positioned upon [Jane] Doe grew to become an excessive amount of for her. On February 4, 2025, an settlement to resolve the litigation was reached between Doe and Mr. Carter, via their attorneys which included the voluntary dismissal of the SDNY Motion.”
Jay-Z’s lawyer, Alex Spiro, denied there was an settlement between the events.
“Complete lie. He introduced a false case, misplaced badly, and was compelled to dismiss shortly. Finish of story.”
Buzbee’s lawyer responded by telling the court docket that there was an “alternate of emails” between the attorneys, and as a part of the dismissal movement, Spiro agreed to withdraw “the rule 11 motions for sanctions that he had introduced in opposition to Mr. Buzbee’s regulation agency.”
Spiro, nonetheless, stated his consumer “would by no means settle the lawsuit or pay any cash to resolve it, given it was a heinous false accusation.”
The lawsuit filed by Jane Doe in opposition to Jay-Z and Diddy was dismissed with prejudice. Meaning she will by no means refile. Based mostly on the knowledge within the dismissal, there was no point out of an settlement between the events.
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