A Houston judge has dismissed several lawsuits filed by prolific attorney Tony Buzbee over allegations that Jay-Z and his company, Roc Nation, recruited Buzbee’s former clients to sue his law firm.<\/p>\n
The ruling by Judge Kristen Hawkins this week is the latest development in a legal battle that began in December 2024, when\u00a0Buzbee amended a lawsuit that was part of a series of legal actions he brought against music mogul Sean Combs to also name Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter. Buzbee’s client alleged that Carter and Combs raped her when she was 13 at a party in 2000,<\/a> allegations Carter and Combs denied. The woman later\u00a0voluntarily dismissed her lawsuit.<\/a><\/p>\n MORE: Rapper Drake is inviting women in Houston with the legal name Janice to an apology party<\/a><\/p>\n Days later, Buzbee’s law firm sued Carter and Roc Nation’s lawyers, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart and Sullivan, accusing them of trying to recruit current and former clients of\u00a0Buzbee to sue the attorney’s firm in retaliation for the legal action against the musician.<\/p>\n “Buzbee filed with fury; the court ruled with finality,” said Gregg Costa, who represented an attorney from Roc Nation. \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/p>\n Buzbee on Thursday told the Chronicle\u00a0that he would appeal the decision or “refile in a different form.”<\/p>\n “The conduct we have caught on tape and supported by multiple witness affidavits is egregious. I won’t allow these shady characters to come to Texas and get away with this kind of foolishness.”<\/p>\n Earlier this month, without directly naming\u00a0Buzbee, Carter referred to the Houston lawyer as a “1-800 ambulance chaser” during a freestyle rap at the Roots Picnic music festival in Philadelphia, reviving an insult he had previously used.<\/p>\n Subscribe<\/p>\n There\u2019s more to Houston with the Chronicle. Subscribe today for just 25\u00a2.<\/a><\/p>\n