Judge DISMISSES Jay-Z's 'extortion' lawsuit

A Los Angeles justice has dismissed a suit filed by rapper Jay-Z against lawyer Tony Buzbee, whom helium had accused of 'attempted extortion' and 'defamation' for allegations made amidst the Sean Diddy Combs enactment trafficking and intersexual misconduct case.According to the New York Times, the ruling, issued by Judge Mark H. Epstein of the Los Angeles County Superior Court, brings an extremity to the months-long ineligible conflict betwixt the rapper, whose existent sanction is Shawn Carter and the lawyer who changeable to fame portion representing victims of the Diddy trial. Jay-Z initially filed the suit successful November 2023, accusing Buzbee of attempting to blackmail him with mendacious claims that helium and chap euphony mogul Diddy sexually abused a pistillate erstwhile she was 13 years old. Buzbee had antecedently represented aggregate clients accusing Combs of intersexual battle and reached retired to Carter’s ineligible squad successful narration to this caller anonymous accuser. Shortly aft helium filed a suit based connected those allegations, the pistillate successful question withdrew her claims against Jay-Z.Carter’s Los Angeles suit past alleged that Buzbee had tried to unit a backstage fiscal colony by threatening a nationalist lawsuit, a determination the rapper's ineligible squad described arsenic 'extortion'.

The ailment besides included claims of defamation, monetary losses and intentional infliction of affectional distress.In a 65-page decision, Judge Epstein acknowledged that the lawsuit was “difficult”, however, helium granted Buzbee’s question to onslaught the lawsuit, citing California’s laws connected ineligible communications and admissibility.“I person travel retired connected the broadside of dismissing the action, though the tribunal is not wholly satisfied that this is the result that champion serves the legislative and law doctrines,” Epstein wrote.

He added that the substance whitethorn inactive beryllium reconsidered by a higher court, “This tribunal is lone the archetypal stop. It volition beryllium for the Court of Appeal to find whether the tribunal got it close oregon wrong.”Jay-Z’s attorney, Alex Spiro, expressed disappointment with the ruling and indicated they volition appeal. “We are amazed and disappointed by this ruling, which turns connected the misapplication of California instrumentality connected the admissibility of the investigators’ statements,” Spiro said.In response, Buzbee celebrated the dismissal and reaffirmed his presumption successful an email to media outlets. “The bottommost enactment is they lose,” helium said of Jay-Z and his ineligible team. “Sending a request missive isn’t extortion, period. We volition present question attorneys’ fees arsenic allowed nether California law.”