Attorney Tony Buzbee issued a statement against Jay-Z and his legal team after a woman claimed she was dropped as a client for refusing to lie about him and Sean “Diddy” Combs in a recent lawsuit.
“This allegation is patently ridiculous and has no support,” Buzbee said in a statement per USA Today.
“If someone calls our intake group and has a viable case that we believe has merit and we can pursue we will pursue it. We are currently pursuing hundreds of cases against individuals and entities other than PDiddy. What we won’t do is pursue a case that we don’t believe has merit,” he added.
NEW YORK, NY – JANUARY 27: Jay-Z and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs attend Roc Nation THE BRUNCH at One World Observatory on January 27, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Roc Nation)
Buzbee recently amended a lawsuit from a client who sued Diddy back in October. The woman says she was 13 years old when Diddy and associates r-ped her at a VMAs after party. In the amended lawsuit, Jay-Z’s name was added.
Jay’s attorney’s slammed the lawsuit as a “blackmail attempt.”
“What he had calculated was the nature of these allegations and the public scrutiny would make me want to settle. No, sir, it had the opposite effect,” Jay’s PR response reads.
