Overview
- Jay-Z’s lawsuit against attorney Tony Buzbee stayed alive after a Tuesday order that denied dismissal and transferred the case to the Southern District of New York.
- The New York court will now decide pending motions, including bids to throw out the case and whether the accuser can proceed under a pseudonym.
- Jay-Z sued Buzbee, the Jane Doe accuser, and attorney David Fortney after her separate rape case was withdrawn with prejudice, which means it cannot be refiled.
- He says the woman admitted fabricating the story to seek a payout, while Buzbee says she stands by her account and calls Jay-Z’s claims without legal merit.
- The dispute traces to allegations of a 2000 MTV Video Music Awards after-party assault that also named Sean “Diddy” Combs, and it runs alongside a 2024 Los Angeles suit against Buzbee that was dismissed and is now on appeal.