Jay-Z Loses Appeal to Revive Extortion and Defamation Lawsuit Against Lawyer Who Filed Rape Claim
The rapper pledged to hold the lawyer who filed the since-dismissed allegation accountable, but now the lawyer is entitled to recover his legal costs
A California appeals court has dismissed Jay-Z's lawsuit against lawyer Tony Buzbee, who had accused the rapper of raping a 13-year-old girl and his friend Sean "Diddy" Combs decades earlier. The appeals court ruled that there was no evidence that Buzbee accused Jay-Z of raping the girl while knowing the statements to be false or with reckless disregard for their truth.
The court also stated that the attorney could not be sued for defamation or extortion, even though he had submitted declarations showing his firm's belief in the truth of the accusations. The rapper strongly denied the allegations and had claimed that Buzbee had fabricated the claims to extort him.
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