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Jay-Z Is at War With the Lawyer for Diddy’s Accusers: Everything to Know

Jay-Z is involved in a bitter legal war with Tony Buzbee, the lawyer representing 20 Sean "Diddy" Combs accuser. Here's everything you need to know

Jay-Z, the billionaire rapper and entrepreneur, found himself catapulted into Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex abuse saga Sunday when he was named as a co-defendant in a refiled lawsuit garnering global headlines. He claimed Buzbee was trying to extort “exorbitant sums” in exchange for not filing “wildly false horrific allegations” against him related to “multiple” plaintiffs, “both male and female.” (Only one Jane Doe accuser has named Carter in a lawsuit.) Carter should not have to defend himself in the brightest of spotlights against an accuser who hides in complete darkness while leveling allegations that describe the purported acts occurring in the plain sight of witnesses who could refute the plaintiff’s claims if only her identity was revealed,” Spiro wrote in court filings.

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