In December of last year, an anonymous woman suing Diddy amended her lawsuit to include Jay-Z . She accused them of sexually assaulting her at a party in 2000 when she was just 13 years old. Both of them vehemently denied her claims.
Jay-Z even accused the lawyer who was representing the woman, Tony Buzbee, of blackmail. Just a couple of months later, the suit was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it cannot be brought back to court. Jay-Z issued a statment via Roc Nation in response.
“This civil suit was without merit and never going anywhere,” it read. “The trauma that my wife, children, loved ones, and I have endured can never be dismissed.” He proceeded to sue both the woman and Buzbee for alleged defamation.
During a recent interview with VladTV , another lawyer weighed in on all of this, Joe Tacopina. He's previously worked with various celebrity clients like Michael Jackson, Donald Trump, and ASAP Rocky . Read More: ASAP Rocky’s Lawyer, Joe Tacopina, Addresses Rumor He Turned Down Diddy Case Because Of Jay-Z "Jay-Z is just a terrific person," Tacopina began.
"He's not well-known by many, he's a terrific person. He's got a wife who's an amazing woman, and he's got children ..
. And imagine waking up one day and your dad's being called the rapist of a child. It's a disgusting allegation, it's a horrific allegation.
And you do not make that allegation as a lawyer unless you are 100% sure that happened, because you're hurting someone's life, you're hurting someone'.
