In December 2024, three months after Combs was arrested on sex-trafficking, racketeering and transportation to have interaction in prostitution expenses, Houston-based lawyer Tony Buzbee filed a lawsuit claiming the music mogul and Jay raped a then-13-year-old lady at an MTV Music Awards after-party in 2000.
Jay-Z, who vehemently denied the allegations, hit again at Buzbee in a fiery assertion: “My lawyer acquired a blackmail try, known as a requirement letter, from a lawyer named Tony Buzbee.
“What he had calculated was the character of those allegations, and the general public scrutiny would make me need to settle. No, sir, it had the other impact! It made me need to expose you for the fraud you might be in a VERY public trend. So no, I can’t offer you ONE RED PENNY!!”
He added: “These allegations are so heinous in nature that I implore you to file a prison grievance, not a civil one!! Whomever would commit such against the law towards a minor needs to be locked away, would you not agree? These alleged victims would deserve actual justice if that had been the case.
“My solely heartbreak is for my household. My spouse and I must sit our kids down, certainly one of whom is on the age the place her mates will certainly see the press and ask questions in regards to the nature of those claims, and clarify the cruelty and greed of individuals. I mourn yet one more lack of innocence.”
Whereas the case was finally dismissed and no expenses had been introduced towards Jay, the rapper mentioned his household confronted dying threats on account of the submitting.
However authorized drama didn’t finish for the couple after Buzbee’s lawsuit was dropped.