Diddy says his legal archenemy, attorney Tony Buzbee, has no business filing lawsuits against him in at least one federal court ... and he wants a judge to shut him down now.
via: Vibe
Diddy‘s legal team is staying on the offensive and has begun taking aim at Tony Buzbee. USA Today reports that Sean Combs’ defense team filed a motion on Tuesday (Feb. 25) in response to Buzbee’s attempt to represent a potential client in the Southern District of New York, even though he has been barred from practicing in the area.
Buzbee has all but declared war on Puffy, as the Houston-based lawyer has been behind numerous lawsuits from various unnamed alleged victims. Some of his clients’ suits were announced through flashy press conferences, where they flung accusations at Diddy of sexually assaulting and trafficking them.
The Bad Boy founder’s team brought up these “egregious” tactics and labeled them as “misconduct” for his “pro hac vice admission”—practicing in an area that the lawyer isn’t licensed to do so. Combs’ attorneys argue that Buzbee failed to disclose he hadn’t received permission to rep his slew of clients. The filing also mentioned the October 2024 suit from Buzbee, which accused JAY-Z and Diddy of raping a 13-year-old girl in 2000, that was recently dismissed.
Additionally, Combs’ lawyers claimed that Tony Buzbee hadn’t even tried to seek out the judge’s approval in these cases while claiming that he broke New York’s Rules of Professional Conduct by asserting that the embattled mogul was guilty of the crimes without a fair trial.
“In our collective decades of practice, undersigned counsel have never opposed a pro hac vice application, and we do not do so lightly here,” the filing reads. “But Buzbee’s egregious misconduct warrants denial of the privilege of appearing in this district.”
“For nearly five months, Buzbee has filed case after case in this district against (Combs) in the name of anonymous plaintiffs without seeking admission of any kind and without disclosing his lack of admission,” the filing adds.
Combs currently remains behind bars in Brooklyn, where he will stay until his trial on May 5, 2025.
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