Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Judge Rules Jay Z's Defamation Lawsuit Against Tony Buzbee Can Proceed to Trial


Last week Jay Z confirmed he was moving forward with his defamation of character lawsuit against Houston attorney, Tony Buzbee, after Buzbee named Jay in a lawsuit filed against Bad Boy Entertainment CEO, Sean 'Diddy' Combs, accusing them of rxping a minor 20 years ago, in a case that was eventually tossed out [click here if you missed that].

Now a judge's tentative ruling will allow Jay's defamation lawsuit to go to trial...

A Los Angeles judge signaled Tuesday that Jay-Z’s defamation claim against high-profile attorney Tony Buzbee will overcome a legal challenge and be allowed to proceed to trial. In a tentative ruling and courtroom comments during a lengthy hearing, Judge Mark H. Epstein said he believed the question of whether Buzbee acted recklessly and with actual malice when he named Jay-Z as a defendant in a rape lawsuit last December had enough merit to move ahead.
The same judge also said he was leaning toward dismissing the rapper’s related extortion claim against Buzbee. At the end of the two-hour hearing, Judge Epstein declined to make a final ruling, saying he needed more time to digest the oral arguments from lawyers on both sides.

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

I wonder how the Jay haters will explain this one

Anonymous said...

She'll have to prove she was telling the truth. Were you there?

Soft & Sweet said...

SHE wasn't even there.

Anonymous said...

She wasn't telling the truth though. that's why the case was dropped. Otherwise Buzbee would still be suing Diddy and Jay. what's not clicking?

Anonymous said...

GOOD!
AMBULANCE CHASERS CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO BRING CLAIMS AGAINST FOLKS WITHOUT FIRST ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE A STRONG CASE AGAINST THEM!

Anonymous said...

Let all his dirt come up

Anonymous said...

I hope Jay Z sue his greasy headed azz straight into financial ruin.

Anonymous said...

Nah! This will expose Jay even more.

Anonymous said...

Buzbee is setting him up for a bigger fall.

Anonymous said...

^^^ Yall see that too huh.

Anonymous said...

Nah, Buzbee done. He don't have the pull y'all giving him credit for.
JZ has the upper hand this go round!

Anonymous said...

Teflon Jay

Anonymous said...

Buzbee has more money than Jay Z. I hope Jay's lawyer sent him a demand letter.

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