Jay-Z Claims Tony Buzbee Had Staffers Edit Wiki Pages To Ruin Him

In an amended doc filed on Might 5, Jay-Z blasted the Texas-based legal professional and claimed he ordered his employees to finish unethical requests to smash his repute.

Unbiased reporter Meghann Cuniff first reported on the submitting in an X publish. She shared the “new” info, which included a declare from Jay-Z, whose actual identify is Shawn Carter, that accused Buzbee of ordering his employees to edit the rapper’s Wikipedia pages with false info.

“In violation of Wikipedia’s guidelines, Buzbee directed his staff to edit Wikipedia pages to boost Buzbee’s picture and injury Mr. Carter’s and Roc Nation’s reputations. Customers with an IP handle instantly linked to the Buzbee Agency remodeled 100 optimistic edits to Buzbee’s Wikipedia web page,” the doc learn.

The brand new declare is the most recent transfer within the authorized battle between Jay-Z and Buzbee, which started in late 2024 when the latter filed a lawsuit towards him on behalf of a “Jane Doe” who claimed the “99 Issues” rapper raped her when she was underage at a celebration in 2000.

In February 2024, Buzbee’s lawsuit towards Jay-Z was dropped with prejudice, which means it may well’t be filed once more.

“The false case towards Jay-Z, that by no means ought to have been introduced, has been dismissed with prejudice,” Alex Spiro, the rapper’s legal professional, said. “By standing up within the face of heinous and false allegations, Jay has finished what few can – he pushed again, he by no means settled, he by no means paid 1 crimson penny, he triumphed and cleared his identify.”

Regardless of it being dropped, although, the detrimental press and a spotlight surrounding the daddy of three instantly affected his means to earn cash.

Based on Complicated, the rapper allegedly misplaced $20 million because of the lawsuit and was reportedly denied a $55 million credit score line. The doc additionally stated Jay-Z’s shopper model was denied a $115 million mortgage.

However that wasn’t the one hurt prompted.

In a earlier report lined by The Blast, Jay-Z claimed he and his spouse, Beyoncé, acquired loss of life threats because of the assault allegations made towards him.

“Folks have stated, ‘I am unable to wait till you be part of (Combs) in jail. Then later in hell,'” Jay-Z alleged in his criticism. “Different feedback have accused me of being a ‘satanist,’ a ‘trafficker,’ a ‘terrorist,’ and a ‘monster,’ referred to as me the N-word and threatened violence towards me and my spouse, together with to ‘kill’ or ‘execute’ us.”

Jay-Z additionally added that Buzbee and his consumer “purposely” filed the lawsuit towards him the day earlier than his daughter’s “Mufasa” crimson carpet occasion to “put me within the place of getting to decide on between supporting my daughter or hiding to keep away from the detrimental press protection.”

Following the dismissal of Doe’s lawsuit, Jay-Z filed a go well with of his personal in an Alabama court docket towards Buzbee and his accuser, claiming they filed it with the intent to “extort” him.

Buzbee, nonetheless, has requested a court docket to dismiss the lawsuit and argued that the “Household Feud” performer filed it within the fallacious court docket anyway. He additionally claimed that he and Jay-Z had an settlement, which the rapper allegedly “reneged” on.

Jay’s lawyer referred to as the declare a “complete lie,” including that Buzbee “introduced a false case, misplaced badly and was pressured to dismiss rapidly. Finish of story.”