The lawyer for Jay-Z’s alleged victim claims the rapper is ‘harassing’ his family

a lawyer Tony Buzbee claims Jay-Z “harassing” his family after filing a civil lawsuit accusing the rapper of raping a 13-year-old girl in 2000.

“The The New York Times contacted me seeking my response to rapper Jay-Z’s claims that I attempted to extort and blackmail him,” Busby said in a statement via Ks on Tuesday, December 10. “My answer is pretty straightforward.” No one threatened. Jay-Z’s claims are false and ridiculous.”

Buzbee went on to argue that his firm’s approach was not blackmail, but standard practice.

“Instead, our firm sent a standard demand letter seeking mediation on behalf of a woman who claims Jay-Z sexually assaulted her as a minor,” he continued. “The letter was reviewed and approved by our client, whose desire was to attempt a settlement without filing a lawsuit.”

Buzbee called that approach “common” in such cases. “What you are seeing now is a coordinated and desperate effort to focus the public’s attention on me personally in order to avoid attention to the allegations made by my clients,” he wrote. “This effort included harassing my family and colleagues and even offering money to former clients to sue me – which is illegal.

The lawyer added: “When the alleged perpetrator behaves in this way, wildly claiming that the letter of basic demand is ‘extortion’, and aggressively using the media to attack the opposing lawyer, while ignoring the claims of the alleged victim, it reminds me of Shakespeare’s famous line: too riotous, it seems to me.”

Buzbee said he intends to resolve those issues in court. “Let me be clear: we will not be bullied or intimidated by these shenanigans,” he concluded. “And our clients will not be silenced.”

Us Weekly has reached out to Jay-Z’s rep for comment.

On Sunday, December 8, news broke that Jay Z (55) and Sean “Diddy” Combs they were named as defendants in a civil lawsuit accusing them of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old. Identified as Jane Doe in the documents, the woman claimed the attack happened at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards afterparty.

The lawsuit was originally filed in October and named Didi, also 55, as the sole defendant. It was re-registered on Sunday to include Jay-Z.

Jay-Z denied the allegations in a statement to U.S and mentioned his wife, Beyonceand their three children, daughter Blue Ivy, 12, and twins Rumi and Ser, both 8.

He also addressed his answer to Buzbay. “You seem to be using people for personal gain.” Only your conspiracy theorist, fake physics network will believe the idiotic claims you have made against me that if not for the seriousness of harming children, would be ridiculous,” Jay-Z wrote on Sunday.

Jay-Z claimed his lawyer received a “blackmail attempt called a demand letter” from Buzby. “What he calculated was the nature of these allegations, and a public hearing will force me to come to terms,” ​​the rapper said. “No sir, it had the opposite effect! It made me expose you for the fraud you are in a VERY public way. So no, I will not give you ONE RED PENNY!!”

Calling the allegations “heinous,” Jay-Z noted that he “did some research” on Busby, who has filed lawsuits on behalf of many of Diddy’s alleged victims. Diddy was incarcerated at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Correctional Center after he was arrested in September on racketeering and sex trafficking charges. He denied the allegations. U.S has reached out to Diddy’s reps for comment.

“I have no idea how you became such a sorry man Mr. Busby, but I promise you I’ve seen your kind many times,” Jay-Z wrote. “I’m more than ready to deal with your type. You claim to be a Marine?! Marines are known for their bravery, you have no honor or dignity.”

In a separate statement to TMZ on Sunday, Buzbee claimed that the woman accusing Jay-Z of rape “never asked him for a penny.”

“Mr. Carter previously denied suing me and my firm. He even filed his frivolous case under a pseudonym. What he failed to say in his recent statement is that my firm sent his lawyer a demand letter on behalf of the alleged victim and that victim never asked for a penny from him,” Buzbee told the outlet, accusing Jay-Z of being an anonymous male. celebrity. who filed a lawsuit against him last month.

Buzbee continued, “Instead, she only sought confidential mediation. Since I sent the letter on her behalf, Mr. Carter has not only sued me, but has attempted to harass and harass me and this plaintiff. His behavior had the opposite effect. She is encouraged. I am very proud of her determination.”

Busby was sued last month by an unidentified male celebrity who claimed the lawyer “shamelessly attempted to extort exorbitant sums from him or publicly make wildly false and horrific allegations against him.” In the filing, the person alleged that Buzbee’s law firm was trying to capitalize on the “explosive allegations against Sean Combs” by bringing in celebrities who previously knew Diddy.

In his motion to dismiss the sexual assault lawsuit, Jay-Z confirmed that he is the person who filed the November extortion lawsuit against Buzbee. In that filing, the rapper asked the court to dismiss Jane Doe’s civil suit “for lack of subject matter jurisdiction due to the incompetence of the plaintiff,” according to court documents obtained by him U.S on Monday, December 9.

In asking the court to publicly reveal Jane Doe’s identity, Jay-Z claimed that Buzbee had been running an “extortion campaign” against him for several months.

“That campaign was cynical and calculated to force the payment of an exorbitant amount of money — the defendant would have had to pay X million dollars regardless of the truth, otherwise,” the document said. “When the defendant refused to pay and instead took steps to establish his innocence, this unnamed plaintiff and her self-promoting defense attorney (whose name was splashed across headlines and press conferences sponsored by her representation) went out of their way to end an honest defense.”

Jay-Z alleged that Busby “made baseless allegations” against him while “hiding behind the alias ‘Jane Doe.’

“These claims are not about justice for the victims.” Nor is it about giving victims of sexual violence a voice,” the document states. “Instead, they are just the next chapter in the sprawling Buzby lawyer extortion saga — a saga whose target is low and measured in dollars.”

Buzbee responded to Jay-Z’s firing on Monday, saying U.S in a statement, “Sending a basic letter of demand for litigation and then filing a lawsuit is not extortion or blackmail. It is a legal practice. We will respond to the submission of Mr. Carter when we examine him. We will not get bogged down in a silly sideshow that tries to put lawyers in the spotlight of very serious allegations made by a brave woman.”

A few hours later, Jay-Z came out on attend the premiere from Disney Mufasa in Hollywood, Calif., with Beyoncé, 43, Blue Ivy and his mother-in-law, Tina Knowles.

If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, get in touch National sexual assault hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673).