Jay-Z Accused Of Breaking Deal In Rape Case Fallout

Tony Buzbee is constant his authorized battle with Jay-Z as he has filed to dismiss the rapper’s lawsuit towards him whereas making contemporary claims towards him.

Buzbee represents over 100 alleged Sean “Diddy” Combs victims, together with a Jane Doe, who accused Diddy and Jay-Z of raping her in New York in 2000.

Jay-Z strongly fought towards these allegations, culminating within the alleged sufferer dropping her case towards him.

Buzbee is preventing again towards Jay-Z as he has filed to dismiss the rapper’s defamation lawsuit towards him in Alabama.

On Monday, the lawyer filed new paperwork, which TMZ obtained. In the paperwork, Buzbee claimed Jay-Z bullied his accuser into dropping her rape lawsuit towards him.

The lawyer argued that Jay-Z filed his defamation lawsuit within the unsuitable courtroom and did not specify a authorized foundation for it.

Buzbee additionally claimed that he and Jay-Z had an settlement. He acknowledged, “Finally, the relentless stress that Mr. Carter and his associates positioned upon Doe grew to become an excessive amount of for her.”

Buzbee continued, “On February 4, 2025, an settlement to resolve the litigation was reached between Doe and Mr. Carter, by means of their attorneys, which included the voluntary dismissal of the SDNY (Southern District of New York) Motion.”

Alex Spiro, the lawyer representing Jay-Z, described Buzbee’s claims that he and his consumer had an settlement.

He described Buzbee’s claims as a “Complete lie,” including that the latter “introduced a false case, misplaced badly and was pressured to dismiss rapidly. Finish of story.”

Nonetheless, Buzbee’s lawyer, Marc E. Kasowitz slammed Spiro, telling TMZ, “Spiro’s assertion that there was no settlement is a complete fabrication. There was an alternate of emails between me and Spiro which set forth the settlement very clearly.”

He continued, “As a part of that settlement Spiro agreed to withdraw the function 11 motions for sanctions that he had introduced towards Mr. Buzbee’s legislation agency.”

Kasowitz additional shared that Buzbee’s workforce “agreed to withdraw the lawsuit that Jane Doe had introduced for rape towards Jay-Z and Mr. Combs although Jane Doe continued to keep up that the allegations in that lawsuit have been true, and Jay-Z and Spiro agreed to not ship any extra folks to harass and intimidate Jane Doe and her household.

He added, “One week later Jay-Z and his lawyer breached that settlement flagrantly by sending supposed investigators to harass and intimidate Jane Doe and her household.”

Spiro confirmed in courtroom paperwork that Kasowitz contacted him relating to dismissing the Jane Doe lawsuit towards Jay-Z.

He acknowledged that he advised Kasowitz Jay-Z “would by no means settle the lawsuit or pay any cash to resolve it, given it was a heinous false accusation.”

Whereas Spiro acknowledged that Kasowitz requested them to cease investigating Buzbee’s legislation agency, he denied there was any “specific settlement” to drop the Jane Doe matter, calling that declare unfaithful.

Final month, Jay-Z’s rape accuser pushed again after a launched audio recording appeared to indicate her recanting her allegations.

Jane Doe claimed the audio was manipulated by personal investigators employed by the rapper’s workforce.

In the recording, Doe was heard saying that Jay-Z attended the celebration the place the alleged assault occurred however “by no means engaged in any sexual exercise along with her.”

Nonetheless, she denied ever making such a press release, stating per TMZ, “I by no means acknowledged (whether or not as soon as or 4 instances) that Mr. Carter didn’t assault me.”

She additionally mentioned the investigators got here to her dwelling in Alabama with out warning and twisted her phrases throughout an impromptu interview.

Doe claimed she was “not in any approach calm, pure, or relaxed” and “trembled your complete time.”

Jane Doe additionally addressed one other declare made within the recording that her lawyer, Tony Buzbee, allegedly pressured her into submitting the lawsuit.

Whereas she denied saying that, the audio incorporates her voice stating Buzbee was the “one which form of pushed me in the direction of going ahead with him, with Jay-Z.”

In the meantime, Buzbee denounced the recording as doctored, telling TMZ, “The tape is a fraud. They tormented and harassed and tricked that poor girl and took what she mentioned out of context and secretly recorded her.”

He added, “She stands by her declare that Jay-Z assaulted her. She has by no means wavered on that time as soon as.”