Jay-Z asks court to revive lawsuit against Tony Buzbee after r@pe allegation recanted

Rapper Jay-Z has asked a California appeals court to reconsider its decision refusing to revive his extortion and defamation lawsuit against attorney Tony Buzbee after a woman withdrew her rape allegation against him.

Jay-Z, whose legal name is Shawn Carter, filed a petition seeking reconsideration of the court’s recent decision not to reinstate the lawsuit, which had earlier been dismissed by a lower court.

In the filing, Carter argued that the woman’s decision to withdraw the allegations identifying him as her alleged assailant amounted to “explosive new evidence” that should allow his claims against Buzbee to proceed.

Carter’s lawsuit accused Buzbee of extortion and defamation over allegations made by a woman identified as Jane Doe. He had argued that the case was dismissed partly because Doe claimed she withdrew her lawsuit to protect herself from harassment and invasion of privacy.

However, Doe has since stated that her allegations identifying Carter were false and that she had never met him.

Her new attorney, James Blair Newman Jr., said the woman continues to maintain that she was sexually assaulted but was mistaken in identifying Carter as one of the people responsible.

“Our client maintains that she was a victim of sexual assault, but she was entirely mistaken in her allegations identifying Mr. Carter, and those allegations were false,” Newman said.

He added that Carter “did not rape her, sexually assault her, engage in any inappropriate conduct towards her, and she has never met him.”

The woman also offered what her attorney described as a sincere and unconditional apology to Carter and his family.

Carter now alleges that Buzbee pushed for the original lawsuit to be dismissed to protect himself from potential sanctions rather than primarily to safeguard his former client’s privacy.

In his latest petition, Carter is asking the appeals court for permission to conduct limited discovery. He argues that if the process produces sufficient evidence supporting his claims, the lawsuit should then be allowed to proceed to trial.

The appeals court has not yet granted Carter’s request for reconsideration.

Carter’s allegations against Buzbee remain unproven claims, and Buzbee had not responded to requests for comment at the time of the report.