A police detective on Tony Buzbee’s team is backing up Jay-Z’s alleged victim’s story after a thorough investigation, Allhiphop.com reports.
Tony Buzbee has hit back at Jay-Z and his attorneys’ attempts to dismiss Jane Doe’s lawsuit. Buzbee accused Jay-Z of “an unprecedented attempt to silence a victim.”
In October 2024, Buzbee filed a lawsuit on behalf of a Jane Doe against Sean Combs for alleged rape.
The Alabama woman claims she was sexually assaulted by Combs and another man at an afterparty for the MTV Video Music Awards in New York in 2000.
The lawsuit was amended in December 2024 to add Jay-Z’s name as the other man.
On November 18, 2024, Jay-Z (born Shawn Carter) filed an anonymous lawsuit against Tony Buzbee.
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Jay-Z accused Buzbee of demanding an exorbitant sum of money in an extortion attempt. The rapper said he was told that the allegations would go away if he paid millions.
But Buzbee denied making an extortion attempt. He issued a statement after a judge refused Jay-Z’s multiple requests to dismiss the case.
“Carter’s celebrity status does not entitle him to special treatment by the courts,” Buzbee stated. Buzbee’s court filing included a statement by a detective who backed up Jane Doe’s claims.
According to Buzbee’s court filing, multiple attorneys, including one who is a retired police detective, conducted rigorous interviews and research to corroborate the victim’s claims.
Jay-Z’s motion to dismiss included an NBC interview with the victim who described an afterparty at a mansion that doesn’t seem to exist.
There are other discrepancies. The woman described watching the MTV Video Music Awards on a screen outside, but there was no screen outside the venue in 2000.
“We won’t speculate on whether there was an after-party,” Buzbee stated, “but her detailed description of the venue is consistent and specific to what happened that night.”
It was revealed this week that Buzbee hired 2 new attorneys to represent himself and Jane Doe.
In response to Jay-Z’s motion to sanction him, Buzbee accused Jay-Z’s legal team of using the motion as a scare tactic to evade the discovery phase.
“This is nothing more than an improper attempt to intimidate plaintiff and her counsel,” Buzbee said.
