Jay-Z Sues Former Accuser And Lawyer Over Sexual Assault Allegations

Jay-Z has filed a defamation lawsuit against attorney Tony Buzbee, David Fortney and a Jane Doe over a previously dropped suit that alleged sexual assault.

The suit, filed in Alabama, comes a few weeks after Doe dropped her case against Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs.

In his suit, Jay-Z states that the initial allegations of rape were knowingly “false” and “malicious,” and were “strategically and tactically calculated.

Buzbee, who has filed dozens of lawsuits against Combs over the past year, filed Doe’s suit in Oct. 2024 and re-filed two months later to include Jay-Z as a defendant.

That suit accused both men of raping Doe in 2000, after bringing her to an MTV Video Music Awards after-party.

Jay-Z vehemently and publicly denied the claims, and the case was dropped without explanation on Feb. 14.

Now, Jay-Z is alleging that the suit was predicated on false information from the start.

Horowitz, S. J. (2025, March 4). Jay-Z sues former accuser and lawyer over sexual assault allegations. Variety. https://variety.com/2025/music/news/jay-z-sues-former-accuser-lawyer-sexual-assault-allegations-1236326747/