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Jay-Z’s Attorney Checked By Fans After Claiming The Rapper Isn’t Friends With Diddy

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Jay-Z’s attorney, Alex Spiro, says there’s no relationship outside of a professional context between his client and Diddy. The clarification comes after a woman amended a previous lawsuit against the Bad Boy mogul to accuse Jay-Z of allegedly raping her at an MTV Video Music Awards after-party in 2000, when she was just 13 years old. Both Jay and Diddy have already vehemently denied the allegation.

Spiro distanced Jay from Diddy while speaking during a press roundtable at Roc Nation’s New York City Offices on Monday. “They knew each other professionally for a number of years,” he said, as caught by Us Weekly. “Just like in all professions, people know each other. At the music awards, they support each other. If you go to the NBA All-Star game, they support each other. That’s just how professions work. There is no closer association between any of them. That’s also a matter of fiction.” Spiro similarly denied there being a relationship between the two during an interview with NBC News on Monday as well. “There is no friendship or longtime bond here,” Spiro told the outlet. “Just because they knew each other, know each other, that doesn’t mean anything.”

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Jay-Z & Diddy Meet Up At The NBA All-Star Game

Feb 17, 2013; Houston, TX, USA; Recording artists Jay-Z (left) Sean Combs shake hands before the 2013 NBA All-Star Game at the Toyota Center. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports via Imagn Images

When The Shade Room shared Spiro’s comments on Instagram, fans had plenty of jokes. “Ain’t friends?!?! they got more pics together than me and my dad,” one user remarked. Another wrote: “He must be guilty cuz Now he just straight up lying is crazy.” One more wrote: “Diddy in his cell saying bet.. While rubbing his hands together like Bird Man.”

Jay-Z’s Attorney Speaks Out

Elsewhere during the press roundtable, Spiro explained that he expects his client to be cleared of any wrongdoing. “It’s obvious to everybody that Mr. Carter did not do this,” he reportedly said. “Obviously, Jay-Z did not rape a child.” Check out Alex Spiro’s latest defense of Jay-Z below.

 
 
 
 
 
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Jay-Z’s Lawyer Distances The Rapper From Diddy Amid Rape Lawsuit Allegations

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Jay-Z’s attorney, Alex Spiro, says the legendary rapper “isn’t going to get shaken down” as he faces a civil lawsuit accusing him of allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl at an MTV Video Music Awards after-party in 2000. The anonymous “Jane Doe” made the allegation in an amendment to a previous lawsuit she had filed against, Diddy, earlier this year. Spiro discussed the case during an interview with NBC News on Monday. 

“This case needs to be dismissed, and Mr. Carter’s name needs to be fully cleared,” Spiro said. He also distanced Jay-Z from Diddy. “There is no friendship or longtime bond here,” Spiro said. “Just because they knew each other, know each other, that doesn’t mean anything.”

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Jay-Z Attends Lakers-Clippers Game

Mar 8, 2020; Los Angeles, California, USA; Recording artists 2 Chainz (left) and Jay Z with daughter Blue Ivy Carter attend the NBA game between the LA Clippers and the Los Angeles Lakers at the Staples Center. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports via Imagn Images

From there, Spiro discussed Jay’s impassioned statement shooting down the allegations. Shortly after news of the lawsuit was made public, Jay accused attorney Tony Buzbee of blackmail. He wrote in part: “What he had calculated was the nature of these allegations and the public scrutiny would make me want to settle. No sir, it had the opposite effect! It made me want to expose you for the fraud you are in a very public fashion. So no, I will not give you one red penny!!” Addressing the controversy around those remarks, Spiro said: “Mr. Carter speaks for himself, and he speaks from a position of strength because he’s completely innocent and these claims are obviously false. But it is upsetting. Nobody wants to hear these things. We expect Mr. Carter to be cleared of this in the coming days.”

Jay-Z Denies The Allegations

In another statement to NBC News, Jay echoed similar sentiments. “True Justice is coming. We fight FROM victory, not FOR victory. This was over before it began. This 1-800 lawyer doesn’t realize it yet, but, soon,” he said. Diddy has also already denied all of the allegations against him. Be on the lookout for further updates on the case on HotNewHipHop.

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Jay-Z Faces More Allegations Regarding Male & Female Minors From Tony Buzbee

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Jay-Z and his attorney, Alex Spiro, have filed a massive extortion lawsuit against Tony Buzbee, who is representing a woman accusing him of allegedly raping her at an afterparty for the 2000 MTV VMAs when she was just 13 years old. In the lawsuit, Spiro claims that Buzbee accused his client of “multiple” assaults on both male and female children. He writes that the attorney “threatened to unleash entirely fabricated and malicious allegations of sexual assault—including multiple instances of rape of a minor, both male and female—against Plaintiff if he refuses to comply with their demands.”

From there, Spiro labels the stories “baseless accusations,” that amount to “nothing more than a weapon in a calculated plot to destroy Plaintiff’s high-profile reputation for profit, despite the complete absence of any factual basis for such claims.”

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Jay-Z’s Attorney, Alex Spiro, Leaves Federal Court

NEW YORK, NY – MAY 08: Alex Spiro, legal counsel representing Jay-Z, departs the Thurgood Marshal Federal Court on May 8, 2018, in New York City. Jay-Z, real name Sean Carter, was not in attendance during a hearing to show cause as to why he should not be ordered to testify in the S.E.C. Iconix-Rocawear Case. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

News broke that the anonymous woman Tony Buzbee is representing added Jay-Z’s name to an amended lawsuit against Diddy on Sunday. Later that night, the Roc Nation mogul fired back with a denial statement on X (formerly Twitter), accusing Buzbee of extortion. “What he had calculated was the nature of these allegations and the public scrutiny would make me want to settle,” his statement reads in part. “No sir, it had the opposite effect! It made me want to expose you for the fraud you are in a VERY public fashion. So no, I will not give you ONE RED PENNY!!”

Jay-Z Accuses Tony Buzbee Of Extortion

Jay and Spiro have already requested an emergency hearing to deal with the allegations. They argue that the rampant media coverage of the situation makes the matter time-sensitive.

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Jay-Z’s Attorney Accuses Tony Buzbee Of Coercing Victim In Making False Allegations Against Diddy

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Jay-Z’s attorney, Alex Spiro, submitted a letter to Judge Analisa Torres on Tuesday morning, claiming to have spoken with a woman who attorney Tony Buzbee allegedly pressured into making false allegations in a lawsuit. He says the woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, reached out to his law firm with the story. She claims to have previously gone to the Buzbee Law Firm for help with allegations of trafficking and abuse unrelated to both Diddy and Jay-Z. In response, representatives for the firm allegedly pressured her into roping in Diddy.

“After several outreaches, the woman again spoke with members of the Buzbee firm, who she felt were pressing her to make allegations of being drugged, held down, and physically assaulted—allegations that were not true,” Spiro wrote. “When the woman declined to adopt the version of events proposed by members of the Buzbee firm, she was summarily dropped as a client. Though the woman provided her identity to Ms. [Mari] Henderson, she wishes to remain unnamed at this time for fear of retaliation by the Buzbee firm.”

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Jay-Z & Diddy Speak During Roc Nation’s Brunch

LOS ANGELES. CALIFORNIA. JANUARY 25: Sean. Combs and Jay-Z during the 2020 Roc Nation THE BRUNCH on January 25, 2020, in Los Angeles. California. (Photo by Kevin. Mazur/Getty. Images for Roc Nation)

In addition to the latest claim, Jay-Z previously accused Buzbee of trying to extort him. Buzbee addressed that accusation in a statement on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday night. “Jay Z’s assertions are bogus and laughable,” he wrote. “Instead, our firm sent a standard demand letter seeking a mediation on behalf of a woman who alleges Jay-Z sexually assaulted her as a minor. The letter was vetted and approved by our client, whose preference was to attempt resolution short of filing a lawsuit. This approach is common in these types of cases. What you are seeing played out now is a coordinated and desperate effort to focus the public’s attention on me personally to avoid attention on the allegations being made by my clients. This effort has included harassing my family and colleagues and even offering former clients money to sue me—which is illegal.”

Jay-Z’s Lawyer Speaks Out On Tony Buzbee

That statement comes as a former client of Buzbee’s filed a lawsuit against him over a recent personal injury case. Several celebrities have come to Jay-Z’s defense in light of the allegation, including Meek Mill. Check out Alex Spiro’s full letter to Judge Analisa Torres regarding the allegation against Jay-Z below.

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Jay-Z Calls For An Emergency Hearing To Address Shocking Allegations

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Jay-Z wants an emergency federal court hearing to address the recent bombshell allegations put forth by an anonymous woman on Sunday. The “Jane Doe” amended a previous lawsuit against Diddy to accuse the Roc Nation mogul of allegedly raping her at an afterparty for the 2000 MTV VMAs when she was just 13 years old. Jay’s lawyer, Alex Spiro, addressed the situation in a formal letter to the court on Monday.

“Due to the highly sensitive nature of this matter and the intense media scrutiny it has generated, we respectfully request to be heard on an expedited basis. For the avoidance of doubt, Mr. Carter is entirely innocent. This is a shakedown,” Spiro stated, as caught by AllHipHop. He also reiterated that Jay is in no way linked to Diddy’s ongoing criminal case. “JAY-Z is not a suspect or even a person of interest in that case,” he said.

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Jay-Z & Diddy Attend Roc Nation’s Brunch

LOS ANGELES, CA – FEBRUARY 09: Diddy, Jay-Z, and Usher attend the 2019 Roc Nation THE BRUNCH on February 9, 2019, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Roc Nation )

Jay and his legal team also have requested that the woman be stripped of her anonymity. “Transparency in judicial proceedings is a fundamental principle,” Spiro argued. “The plaintiff has failed to demonstrate any compelling reason to depart from this rule.” Prior to the filings, Jay condemned the attorney behind the lawsuit, Tony Buzbee, in a public statement on Sunday night. “What he had calculated was the nature of these allegations and the public scrutiny would make me want to settle,” his statement reads in part. “No sir, it had the opposite effect! It made me want to expose you for the fraud you are in a VERY public fashion. So no, I will not give you ONE RED PENNY!!”

Jay-Z Takes Action

Buzbee has since put out a statement labeling Jay-Z’s description of the case as blackmail to be, “bogus and laughable.” Check out Alex Spiro’s letter to the judge below.

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JAY-Z And Beyonce’s Lawyer Claims They Gave Piers Morgan An Ultimatum

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JAY-Z and Beyonce’s attorney, Alex Spiro, has confirmed that he sent a letter to Piers Morgan demanding he take down his interview with Jaguar Wright. He explained the decision during an interview with TMZ published on Wednesday. During the viral interview, Wright made several unfounded allegations about the couple, which Spiro has described as “demonstrably false.”

“There’s rumors and then there’s nonsense and this is one step further,” he told the outlet. “This is a pointed and formal accusation of something. I felt it needed to be responded to. I think somebody reported it was a cease-and-desist. It wasn’t that. It was quite bluntly an ultimatum, which is to remove that false accusation that’s demonstrably false or a court’s gonna order you to. So, I think he made the wise choice and acted accordingly.”

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JAY-Z & Beyonce Perform During The “On The Run II” Tour

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – AUGUST 02: Beyonce and Jay-Z perform onstage during the “On The Run II” Tour – New Jersey at MetLife Stadium on August 2, 2018, in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Larry Busacca/PW18/Getty Images for Parkwood Entertainment)

Morgan initially revealed JAY-Z and Beyonce sent him a legal notice during Tuesday night’s episode of his Uncensored show. “Jaguar, unexpectedly, made several serious allegations about JAY-Z and Beyoncé during that interview,” he began. “As I said in the moment, they were not present to respond or defend themselves, but now they have. Their lawyers contacted us to say that those claims were ‘totally false’ and have no basis in fact, and we’ve therefore complied with a legal request to cut them from the original interview. Editing interviews is not something we do lightly at a show called Uncensored but like the proverbial cries of fire in a crowded theater, there are legal limits on us, too. And we apologize to JAY-Z and Beyoncé.”

JAY-Z & Beyonce’s Lawyer Addresses Jaguar Wright’s Allegations

Check out Alex Spiro’s full comments on the allegations below. He also remarked that Wright’s alleged lies served to drown out the voices of real victims. Be on the lookout for further updates on JAY-Z and Beyonce on HotNewHipHop.

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Megan Thee Stallion’s Attorney “Exploring Legal Options” Against Bloggers

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It has been stated that we could receive a verdict in the Tory Lanez trial regarding the Megan Thee Stallion shooting as early as this afternoon. As the jury deliberates, a new report by NBC News has begun to circulate as they examine the public’s obsession with this case. Further, the outlet picked apart how blogs and blogging culture impacted how the public perceived Megan’s guilt, innocence, or culpability, even though she was the victim.

Alex Spiro, Megan’s attorney, spoke with NBC News and suggested that legal action could be taken against outlets that purposefully shared misinformation about the case.

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Spiro said his team is “exploring all legal options” against “bloggers who have posted misinformation.” NBC noted blogger Milagro Gramz covered the case. She reported that the LAPD confirmed the rapper was injured from stepping on glass.

However, during the trial, the doctor who performed Megan’s surgery said she still had bullet fragments in her feet. It was also added that DJ Akademiks reshared Gramz’s report.

“On my end, everything is not going to be something that was intended to be a factual statement,” said Gramz. “It might have a comedic effect.” She also stated that she wasn’t trying to “tear anyone down” and had prayed for Megan.

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Further, Megan’s legal team has proactively flagged social media content as abusive—including Gramz. Her account was locked, or restricted, for 11 hours due to repeatedly violating Twitter’s rules.

Additionally, No Jumper‘s Adam22 was also contacted for the story. He said, “In no way are we trying to push any agenda in favor of meg or tory.” Hollywood Unlocked’s Jason Lee also defended his platform, insisting they have been “unbiased” in their reports on Megan and Lanez.

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Megan Thee Stallion’s Attorney Believes Kelsey Harris Was “Compromised”

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For years, people believed Tory Lanez’s trial would reveal what happened that fateful night with Megan Thee Stallion and Kelsey Harris. However, just days into the trial, the public is left with more questions than they are answers. Megan was shot in the foot in July 2020 after leaving a Hollywood Hills party at Kylie Jenner’s house. The Houston rapper insisted that Lanez was the person responsible, but he denies the allegations. Still, he faces three felony charges related to the event.

It was believed that Harris would be the missing link to give more perspective into what occurred. However, when she took the stand yesterday (December 14), she seemingly muddled the story further. Harris backtracked on comments she told to prosecutors during an interview in September. It was then that she said she saw Lanez with the gun and revealed he allegedly threatened to shoot her, as well.

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Yet, on the stand, Harris said she lied to prosecutors. Megan’s former best friend pleaded the fifth and said she didn’t remember or didn’t recall key moments of the incident. Recordings for her interview with the prosecution were played in court, but Harris was unmoved.

She was also questioned about Lanez allegedly offering to pay for her lawyer. The prosecution wanted to know if he actually did, but Harris answered she didn’t remember. However, she did confirm that Lanez offered to give her $1 million, but she added he didn’t say what the money was for, suggesting it didn’t have anything to do with the shooting.

As Harris is slated to return to the stand today, the public has been unrelenting. She has been accused of taking a bribe from Lanez, but that hasn’t been confirmed.

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Alex Spiro, Megan’s lawyer, spoke exclusively with The Shade Room about Harris changing her testimony in court.

“It just shows she was compromised. Whether a threat or bribe, but we’re looking into it,” said Spiro. “Offered money and then changes testimony; we’ll let your readers decide.”

Meanwhile, the prosecution reportedly granted Harris immunity. Lanez’s defense is that Harris was the person who shot Megan. Gunpowder residue was reportedly found on her and Lanez.

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