Jay-Z’s Rape Accuser’s Lawyer Tony Buzbee Labeled ‘Shady’

Followers have closely criticized Tony Buzbee, the lawyer who represented Jay-Z‘s rape accuser after he was barred from practising in Southern New York District.

Buzbee reportedly did not ask for permission to follow within the district and was denied the request after doing so.

The current improvement places the lawyer’s lawsuits towards music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs within the district in query as he has filed over a dozen instances towards the latter.

Buzbee suffered one other setback when his request for permission to follow within the Southern New York district was denied.

Authorized journalist Meghann Cuniff reported Buzbee’s incapacity to follow within the district in a collection of posts she shared on X.

She shared a ruling from the Committee on Grievances dated February 13, 2025. The ruling learn, “The Committee on Grievances has thought of Anthony G. Buzbee’s petition for admission to the USA District Court docket for the Southern District of New York (the “Petition”), which was filed on January 29, 2025.

It continued, “Per the Committee’s overview of the dockets, Mr. Buzbee has appeared in instances on this court docket with out looking for admission. Subsequently, the Petition is denied.”

It concluded, “Within the occasion Mr. Buzbee strikes for professional hac vice or common admission on this Court docket sooner or later, he should connect a duplicate of this Order to his movement or petition.”

Within the submit’s caption, Cuniff wrote, “His lawsuit towards Jay-Z is dismissed and never coming again, and now Tony Buzbee is attempting to make sure he can maintain litigating his different lawsuits towards Diddy as a result of his admission software within the Southern District of New York was denied.”

The ruling means Buzbee should embody the letter of denial every time he requests permission to litigate in Southern New York.

In one other submit, Cuniff revealed the lawyer was attempting to take action for his different instances towards Diddy within the district.

She shared a snapshot of a movement he filed to litigate professional hac vice because the ruling stipulated and captioned it, “Because the order says, Buzbee can search “professional hac vice” admission, and that is what he is doing now within the Diddy lawsuits. Or attempting to a minimum of.”

Cuniff additionally shared paperwork from Candice McCrary’s lawsuit towards Diddy, by which the choose discovered that Buzbee, the plaintiff’s lawyer, could not follow in Southern New York and requested him to file a movement to seem professional hac vice.

A number of netizens reacted to Cuniff’s posts about Buzbee and took turns slamming the lawyer, who generated a lot buzz after representing the lady who accused Jay-Z and Diddy of raping her when she was 13.

One individual wrote, “Lol this lawyer actually underestimated Jay-Z.”

One other individual added, “Tony Buzbee is irresponsible & shady. He filed a case towards Jay-Z with out looking for admission within the Southern District of New York as a result of he is aware of he can’t be sanctioned by the court docket with out one & was utterly hoping Jay-Z would settle earlier than it will get far.”

A 3rd X person commented, “A real 1-800 lawyer. He put his different instances in jeopardy to go after a “massive fish” due to greed and Web disinformation.”

One other individual added, “right here it goesssss.. that lawyer is 100% soiled and searching for payouts.”

One other commenter urged these being represented by Buzbee to hunt different attorneys. They wrote, “Actual victims higher go search for one other lawyer now, any individual nonetheless retaining him is a liar and a fraud similar to he’s.”

Information of Buzbee’s incapacity to follow in Southern NY comes every week after he voluntarily dismissed the sexual assault lawsuit he introduced towards Diddy and Jay-Z.

Within the lawsuit, which was filed in December, an unidentified girl claimed the rappers took turns raping her at an MTV Awards after-party in 2000.

After a number of back-and-forths between Buzbee and Jay-Z’s authorized crew, led by Alex Spiro, the lady voluntarily dismissed the case with prejudice, that means it could possibly’t be refiled in its present type.

He wrote, “Immediately is a victory. The frivolous, fictitious, and appalling allegations have been dismissed. This civil go well with was with out advantage and by no means going wherever. The fictional story they created was laughable, if not for the seriousness of the claims.”

The “99 Issues” rapper stated he would not want his expertise on anybody and added, “The trauma that my spouse, my kids, family members and I’ve endured can by no means be dismissed. This 1-800 lawyer will get to file a go well with hiding behind Jane Doe, and after they rapidly understand that the cash seize goes to fail, they get to stroll away with no repercussions.”

Jay-Z acknowledged, “The court docket should shield victims, OF COURSE, whereas with the identical moral duty, the courts should shield the harmless from being accused with no shred of proof. Might the reality prevail for all victims and people falsely accused equally.”