Jay-Z isn’t backing down to attorney Tony Buzbee. According to TMZ, the rappers legal team says there’s reason to believe Buzbee is pressuring potential clients to make false claims in lawsuits.
In a recent filing, Jay’s lawyer Alex Spiro revealed that a woman reached out to his firm, Quinn Emanuel, on Monday night to share her unsettling experience with Buzbee’s practice. According to a declaration submitted in federal court Tuesday, one of Spiro’s associates received a call from the woman, who mentioned she had initially contacted Buzbee’s firm about representation relating to allegations of sex trafficking and abuse.
The woman explained that she reached out to Buzbee after seeing his call for anyone who might have been a victim of Sean “Diddy” Combs—but she made it clear her allegations had nothing to do with him. She further claimed that Buzbee’s firm pressured her to file her lawsuit anonymously and discouraged her from going to the police. The news outlet reported that the woman said “she felt directed and coached by Mr. Buzbee’s firm to say that someone held her down and put drugs in her mouth when that was not her experience.”
Spiro’s associate reported that the woman felt “forced to lie,” and when she refused to alter her story, leading to Buzbee’s firm dropping her as a client. Spiro stated that the woman sought out his firm because she believed Buzbee’s actions undermine the credibility of real victims, and she preferred to remain anonymous out of fear of retaliation from Buzbee.
Of course Buzbee responded back to these new accusations by saying, “This is so ridiculous. If someone calls our intake 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 other than PDiddy. What we won’t do is pursue a case that we don’t believe has merit.”
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He also added that his law firm gets tons of prank calls. “I can’t speak to what she told the intake folks to even tell you what this woman claimed if and when she called” also adding, “we certainly don’t need to ‘pressure’ anyone to pursue a case.”
