Jay-Z is suing his accuser’s lawyer for defamation

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named in a lawsuit which alleges the rape of a 13-year-old girl in 2000 by the rapper and Diddy, real name Sean Combs.In a statement issued via Roc Nation, Carter called the allegations “heinous in nature” and dismissed them as a “blackmail attempt”.

He implored lawyer Tony Buzbee to file the lawsuit as a “criminal complaint, not a civil one”.The rapper then filed a court letter seeking the dismissal of the lawsuit and the identity reveal of the accuser, while maintaining his innocence.Now, Carter’s legal team has turned their attention to Buzbee, a national trial attorney who claims to represent more than 120 alleged victims.

Buzbee has also said he will go after other “high-profile” celebrities who he says are involved or complicit in the alleged abuse.Carter is claiming that Buzbee’s demand letter only gave a two-week window to commit to a “confidential mediation” regarding an alleged male and female victim.

Both have claimed they were drugged and raped when they were minors.Buzbee’s letter to Carter allegedly reads: “It has been my experience that when someone does this to a victim once, the likelihood is that they have done the same or similar things to others.”Lawyers for the rapper alleged that Buzbee’s clients were seeking “‘something of substance’ by way of a settlement”, and that if Carter couldn’t reach an agreement, Buzbee would “take a different course.”“In short, Defendants placed a gun to Mr.