Jay-Z starts the legal drama by suing claiming false allegations and extortion.
Interested in the most recent legal turn-about?
Real name Shawn Carter, Jay-Z has started a fresh lawsuit against David Fortney, attorney Tony Buzbee, and their unidentified Jane Doe client.
The rapper claims in court records filed in Alabama that the abandoned sexual assault lawsuit was essentially a planned attack.
He charges the Jane Doe defamation in addition to outlining three claims: malicious prosecution, abuse of process, and civil conspiracy.
For what Jay-Z characterizes as a malicious and false charge, he is demanding both presumed and actual as well as punitive damages.
Curious about what set off this new legal fight
This controversy originated with a previous lawsuit filed on October 20, 2024, alleging Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs had raped a 13-year-old girl during an MTV Video Music Awards afterparty in 2000.
Tony Buzbee and attorney Antigone Curis finally dropped the lawsuit on February 14
Jay-Z’s latest lawsuit now holds that the previous accusations were purposefully created to cause maximum harm and financial extortion.
The lawsuit claims that the Jane Doe and her legal team propagated a false story and even acknowledged, via her agent, that the attack never took place.
Would you believe extortion was involved here?
According to Jay-Z’s allegation, intimidation and extortion were accomplished using a “private” demand letter.
According to him, the Jane Doe’s team purposefully took advantage of the circumstances to compel him into an outrageous pay-off.
According to the petition, the charges were part of a calculated action meant to maximize financial and emotional hardship.
Actually, the complaint adds that the Jane Doe supposedly admitted her allegation was false, which supports his accusations of defamation and malicious prosecution.
Can you believe the courtroom drama?
Tony Buzbee responded to the fresh accusations by releasing a statement rejecting the case, contending that it repeats earlier rejected charges from Los Angeles.
Buzbee underlined that the present complaint has legal valuelessness and even questioned the veracity of the remarks ascribed to Jane Doe, suggesting that they may have been created by another person.
He argued that this action is just another effort using bullying methods to force a settlement.
This judicial drama is further complicated by Jay-Z’s past legal actions in Los Angeles, which have already seen some accusations including a defamation counterclaim.
Got ideas on the personal cost?
Jay-Z charges Buzbee with causing great emotional suffering by scheduling the complaint to coincide with the movie premiere of his daughter Blue Ivy for Mufasa: The Lion King among the legal battle.
This, he says, drove him into a difficult decision between helping his daughter and avoiding unwanted media coverage.
Jay-Z claims that these unfounded charges have lost him $20 million in contracts and caused his family needless suffering.
In his Roc Nation speech, he honored the rejection of the prior lawsuit as a hard-earned triumph even if the scars still exist.
Jay-Z Lawsuit Quick Facts
- Jay-Z sued Tony Buzbee, David Fortney, and a Jane Doe client again.
- Among the accusations are slander, civil conspiracy, abuse of process, and malicious prosecution.
- The initial October 2024 lawsuit claimed a 2000 rape incidence connected to an MTV afterparty.
- Allegations include intentional efforts at extortion and emotional suffering timed with Blue Ivy’s incident.
- The first lawsuit was dropped in February, generating contentious legal debate.
