Jay-Z's lawyers claim Tony Buzbee pressured a client to lie

Jay-Z has gone on the offensive against the lawyer whose client anonymously accused the media mogul of sexually abusing her in 2000.

In a letter sent Tuesday to the judge presiding over the case, Jay-Z’s attorney, Alex Spiro, cast doubt on the credibility of Tony Buzbee’s Houston-based law firm, claiming that Buzbee and his associates had previously pressured a client, Sean “Diddy.” Combs included her allegations.

Combs, who is in prison awaiting trial on federal sex crimes and racketeering charges, has maintained his innocence over the past year despite more than two dozen mounting civil lawsuits.

Mari Henderson — an associate at Spiro’s law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP — filed a statement saying she spoke on the phone Monday with “an adult female residing in the state of Texas” who allegedly had a negative experience with Buzbees law firm.

The woman, who did not want her name published for fear of retaliation, allegedly told Henderson that despite Buzbee describing her experience as a “victim of human trafficking by celebrities who had nothing whatsoever to do with Mr. Combs (or Mr. Carter) had to do with him,” said “pushing for a connection with Mr. Combs.”

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The unnamed woman, according to Henderson, allegedly described feeling like she was “directed and trained by Mr. Buzbee’s company to say that someone held her down and put drugs in her mouth, even though that wasn’t her experience.” She felt compelled to lie.” According to Henderson, the woman said she was “cancelled as a client” when she refused to change her story.

Spiro says this claim is “further evidence that Mr. Carter has the right to thoroughly investigate, review and respond to the false allegations made against him,” and supports Jay-Z’s request Buzbee’s client who sued him to identify himself.

Lawyer Tony Buzbee calls Jay-Z’s team ‘desperate, strident and seemingly out of control’

In a statement to USA TODAY on Tuesday, Buzbee said, “This claim is patently ridiculous and has no basis.”

“If someone calls our intake group and has a viable case that we believe is valuable and that we can pursue, we will pursue it,” he added. “We are currently pursuing hundreds of cases against individuals and organizations other than PDiddy. What we won’t do is pursue a case that we don’t believe has merit.”

Buzbee continued, “Without telling us the woman’s name, we cannot speak specifically about what she said to the recording people, to even tell you what this woman claimed if and when she called.” “They’re not revealing the woman’s name because of this whole thing.” is a farce.

Buzbee also denied ever firing a client for failing to assert their claims against Combs.

“We don’t put pressure on people and we don’t have to. What we have done is reject potential cases from people who we believe are not credible,” he said. “Understand that we receive a lot of prank and bogus calls. And we get a lot of calls from people saying they’re hurt, but we just can’t help them. We certainly don’t need to “pressure” anyone to pursue a case because we already have more cases than we can handle.

“What we cannot and will not do is pursue a case that we believe is weak or untenable,” Buzbee said.

Buzbee later called Jay-Z’s team “desperate, strident and seemingly out of control,” adding that “every claim they have made so far is an attempt to divert attention from the serious claims made by customers.”

“We will not be distracted by such stupidity,” he said. “And we will not be intimidated or allow our customers to be silenced.”

A legal battle between Jay-Z and Tony Buzbee has been brewing since November

In October, Buzbee announced that he would file civil lawsuits against more than 100 alleged victims who had experienced “violent sexual assault or rape” at the hands of Combs.

In one case, a woman filed an anonymous lawsuit in October alleging that Combs raped her at an MTV Video Music Awards afterparty in 2000 when she was 13 years old. On Sunday, she amended her complaint to say Jay-Z was the other, previously unnamed celebrity who raped her.

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Jay-Z’s lawyers claim Tony Buzbee pressured a client to lie

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