Diddy & Jay-Z Come Out Swinging Over Alleged “Egregious Misconduct” By Lawyer Behind Dozens Of Cases Against Bad Boy Records Founder

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The case that Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs repeatedly raped a 13-year-old after the 2000 MTV VMAs was dismissed on Valentines’ Day by its Jane Doe plaintiff.

However, in legal moves on both coasts, the two rappers are apparently far from done with her lawyer, Tony Buzbee. Representing dozens and dozens of alleged victims of sexual assault and alleging attacks and abuse by the Bad Boy Records founder, the brash Houston-based attorney now finds himself pummeled by Combs and Shawn Carter (Jay-Z’s real name) in federal court in New York over unauthorized practice of law, and in state court in California.

A tentative ruling out of an early morning anti-SLAPP hearing Tuesday before LA Superior Court Judge Mark H. Epstein appeared to render Jay-Z’s extortion claim against Buzbee DOA.

Yet, it seems the defamation claim from the “99 Problems” superstar’s initially filed suit will almost certainly go forward to trial. “The conduct alleged raises serious questions about whether Buzbee acted with actual malice, a key component in defamation cases involving public figures,” Judge Epstein said in the tentative, pointing to Buzbee terming his now former client a “sexual assault survivor” on social media.