Jay-Z's Lawyer Reveals Why Rapper Decided to Sue Former Accuser and Her Attorneys: 'The Truth Had to Fully Come Out'

Mar. 15, 2025

Jay-Z in Los Angeles in December 2024.Photo:Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty

Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty

Jay-Z’s lawyer is speaking out over a week after the rapperfiled a defamation lawsuitagainst Jane Doe — who initially named him in a lawsuit alongsideSean “Diddy” Combs, which has since beendropped— and her attorneys, Tony Buzbee and David Fortney.

The rapper’s lawyer, Alex Spiro, opened up in an interview withGood Morning Americaabout why the “Empire State of Mind” musician, 55, decided to file his lawsuit seeking assumed, actual and punitive damages.

“The truth had to fully come out,” Spiro said. “This person cannot be allowed to sort of hide from the reality that this was a false accusation.”

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Shawn Carter in London in October 2021.Karwai Tang/WireImage

Karwai Tang/WireImage

Buzbee toldGMAin a statement that it was a “blatant lie” that he pushed Jane Doe to name Jay-Z in her lawsuit and shared his own recording where Jane Doe denied saying anything in the recording to the private investigators.

Jay-Z in New York City in July 2023.Kevin Mazur/Getty Images

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images

When asked if Jay-Z knew Jane Doe or “ever met her,” Spiro said “no.” He explained, “Mr. Carter doesn’t know Jane Doe, never met Jane Doe. There’s no truth to any of this.”

Jay-Z previouslyfiled a complaint against Buzbee in L.A.in December 2024, accusing him of civil extortion, defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress. On Tuesday, Feb. 25, L.A. Judge Mark H. Epstein signaled that the defamation claim has merit to proceed to trial, but was leaning toward dismissing the extortion claim, according toRolling Stone.

In that complaint, the musician alleged  Buzbee intentionally filed the complaint on the eve of his daughterBlue Ivy’sMufasa: The Lion Kingmovie premiere"to put me in the position of having to choose between supporting my daughter or hiding to avoid the negative press." He also claimed that he lost $20 million in contracts due to the false allegations in Buzbee’s lawsuit and that he has been going through deep “mental anguish” since it was filed.

source: people.com