Diddy lashed out at legal professional Tony Buzbee after a lawsuit accusing him and JAY-Z of assaulting a teenage lady in 2000 was dismissed, calling the claims baseless and legally weak.
Diddy has fired again at legal professional Tony Buzbee after a lawsuit alleging he and JAY-Z assaulted a teenage lady in 2000 was dismissed right this moment (February 14), calling the case baseless and accusing Buzbee of prioritizing media consideration over justice.
The lawsuit, filed by Jane Doe, claimed that when she was 13, she was drugged and assaulted at a personal occasion following the MTV Video Music Awards in 2000.
Each Diddy and JAY-Z vehemently denied the allegations, with JAY-Z’s authorized crew aggressively difficult what they mentioned had been inconsistencies within the case.
Following the case’s dismissal, Diddy made his emotions clear.
“As we speak’s full dismissal and not using a settlement by the 1-800 legal professional is yet one more affirmation that these lawsuits are constructed on falsehoods, not information,” a consultant for Diddy advised AllHipHop.com.
“For months, we’ve seen case after case filed by people hiding behind anonymity, pushed ahead by an legal professional extra centered on media headlines than authorized advantage. Identical to this declare, the others will collapse as a result of there isn’t a fact to them. Sean Combs has by no means sexually assaulted or trafficked anybody—man or girl, grownup or minor. No variety of lawsuits, sensationalized allegations, or media theatrics will change that actuality. We’ll proceed to combat these baseless claims and maintain these accountable. That is simply the primary of many that won’t maintain up in a courtroom of regulation,” the rep continued.
JAY-Z additionally addressed the lawsuit’s dismissal, utilizing equally robust language to criticize Buzbee and the lawsuit’s dealing with.
“This 1-800 lawyer will get to file a go well with hiding behind Jane Doe, and after they shortly notice that the cash seize goes to fail, they get to stroll away with no repercussions,” JAY-Z mentioned. “The system has failed. The courtroom should defend victims, OF COURSE, whereas with the identical moral duty, the courts should defend the harmless from being accused and not using a shred of proof. Might the reality prevail for all victims and people falsely accused equally.”
The authorized victory comes as Diddy faces mounting authorized troubles, with almost 100 lawsuits in opposition to him by Buzbee’s agency, together with three extra instances right this moment.
At the moment, Diddy stays in federal custody in Brooklyn on prices of intercourse trafficking, racketeering conspiracy, and transportation to have interaction in prostitution.
His trial is ready to start in Might.
