- Attorney Tony Buzbee accused Jay-Z’s Roc Nation of attempting to flip his purchasers to sue his agency.
- Buzbee is representing a girl who accused Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter and Sean “Diddy” Combs of rape.
- Roc Nation mentioned Buzbee’s lawsuit is a distraction and a “sham.”
The authorized battle between Jay-Z, whose actual identify is Shawn Carter, and legal professional Tony Buzbee is heating up.
In a lawsuit filed on Wednesday, Buzbee, the legal professional representing a girl who accused Carter and Sean “Diddy” Combs of rape, accused Carter’s Roc Nation of utilizing “shadowy operatives” to solicit Buzbee’s former purchasers to flip and sue him.
“These of us have stooped to a brand new low to attempt to intimidate the attorneys of the Buzbee Law Firm from doing their vital work. This conduct was particularly focused at our agency so we’d not pursue instances associated to the Diddy litigation,” Buzbee mentioned in an announcement to Business Insider. “But, we won’t be bullied or intimidated.”
Buzbee’s lawsuit — which was filed in Harris County, Texas, on behalf of a former shopper of Buzbee’s agency and consists of allegations of barratry and conspiracy — accused Roc Nation of financing the scheme, and different defendants, together with two authorized corporations, an legal professional, and an investigator, of orchestrating and executing it.
“Unfortunately for the Defendants, their brokers are usually not very good, or cautious,” Buzbee’s lawsuit mentioned.
Buzbee’s lawsuit mentioned the defendants impersonated Texas state officers and “flashed faux badges.”
In one case, he mentioned they “supplied as a lot as $10,000 to a former shopper of the Buzbee Law Firm to sue the agency.”
A spokesperson for Roc Nation mentioned in an announcement that Buzbee’s swimsuit was merely a distraction.
“Tony Buzbee’s baloney lawsuit in opposition to ROCNATION is nothing however one other sham. It’s a pathetic try to distract and deflect consideration. This sideshow will not change the final word final result and true justice shall be served quickly,” the spokesperson mentioned.
Buzbee’s accusations come after a girl recognized in court docket papers solely as Jane Doe filed a civil case in opposition to Carter and Sean “Diddy” Combs, accusing the 2 of raping her at a celebration following the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards when she was 13 years previous. Buzbee is representing her.
Carter vehemently denied Doe’s allegations, which come whereas Combs faces intercourse trafficking and racketeering prices, together with lawsuits accusing him of sexual misconduct. Combs stays in jail whereas he awaits his trial.
In Carter’s denial, he known as Buzbee a “deplorable human.”
“I promise you I’ve seen your form many occasions over. I’m greater than ready to cope with your kind,” Carter wrote in an announcement on his firm Roc Nation’s X account, addressing Buzbee instantly.
The preliminary lawsuit did not identify Carter, referring to him as an alternative as “Celebrity A.”
Before naming Carter, Buzbee reached out to him to suggest Doe and Carter mediate the case, the lawyer beforehand informed Business Insider. Buzbee mentioned Carter responded with “an completely frivolous lawsuit” and by “orchestrating a conspiracy of harassment, bullying and intimidation” in opposition to Buzbee and his authorized group.
Since Doe’s lawsuit was filed, essential questions have emerged about a few of her allegations. Following an interview with the lady and her father, who she mentioned drove her house on the night time of her alleged assault, NBC News reported inconsistencies within the story.
Her father, for instance, informed the outlet that he did not keep in mind choosing her up that night time.
When requested about different inconsistencies, she informed the outlet she had made “errors” however stood by the brunt of her allegations.
In a court docket submitting Wednesday, an legal professional for Carter argued that the “allegations are baseless and fatally contradicted” by the lady and her father’s statements to NBC. Carter’s legal professional is searching for an order to indicate trigger — which seeks an evidence as to why the inconsistencies aren’t sufficient for Carter to be “dismissed” from the lawsuit accusing him of rape.
If you’re a survivor of sexual assault, you may name the National Sexual Assault Hotline (1-800-656-4673) or go to its web site to obtain confidential assist.
