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\n\tJay-Z has filed an unusual new allegation in his legal war with attorney Tony Buzbee<\/strong>, accusing the lawyer of ordering employees at his law firm to edit Wikipedia pages in an effort to damage the rapper\u2019s reputation.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe new claim is the latest salvo in a bitter fight that started when Buzbee filed a shocking lawsuit accusing Jay-Z of raping an unnamed girl decades ago. Jay-Z vehemently denied the allegation, which has since been voluntarily dropped, and has blasted Buzbee for allegedly trying to extort him.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn an updated version of an earlier case against Buzbee and his client filed Monday (May 5), Jay-Z is adding an eyebrow-raising new claim: That the lawyer made sneaky edits to Wikipedia as part of his alleged plot to harm the rapper.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIn violation of Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Buzbee directed his employees to edit Wikipedia pages to enhance Buzbee\u2019s image and damage Mr. Carter\u2019s and Roc Nation\u2019s reputations,\u201d Jay-Z\u2019s attorneys write in the amended complaint. \u201cUsers with an IP address directly linked to the Buzbee Firm made over 100 positive edits to Buzbee\u2019s Wikipedia page.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe lawsuit does not elaborate on what exact edits were allegedly made to Wikipedia. Reps for Jay-Z did not immediately return a request for comment.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a statement to Billboard<\/em> on Tuesday, Buzbee strongly denied the new allegation and the rest of Jay-Z\u2019s claims: \u201cMost of the pleading is nonsensical. All of it is meritless.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe case against Jay-Z, filed in December, claimed that he and Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs drugged and raped a 13-year-old girl at an after-party following the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards. Jay-Z forcefully denied the allegations, calling them a \u201cblackmail attempt.\u201d After just two months of heated litigation, Doe dropped her case without a settlement payment.<\/p>\n

\n\tWeeks after the case was dropped, Jay-Z sued both Doe and Buzbee, accusing her of defamation and accusing both of malicious prosecution and other wrongdoing. The lawsuit called it an \u201cevil conspiracy\u201d against the rapper: \u201cThe extortion and abuse of Mr. Carter by Doe and her lawyers must stop.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBuzbee and his client have denied the lawsuit\u2019s allegations and moved to dismiss the case \u2014 arguing, among other things, that she cannot be sued for defamation over allegations made as part of a lawsuit.<\/p>\n

\n\tBeyond the Wikipedia claims, Monday\u2019s new complaint makes several other notable changes to the earlier lawsuit.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe new version of the case now also targets Antigone Curis<\/strong>, a New York attorney who served as co-counsel in the original rape lawsuit against Jay-Z. Naming Curis as a co-defendant, Jay-Z alleges that Buzbee \u201cused Curis\u201d because he himself was not admitted to practice law in Manhattan federal court \u2014 an issue that has since come to light in several of Buzbee\u2019s cases against Combs in New York.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt is clear that Curis joined the conspiracy to extort Mr. Carter, which was hatched in Alabama, and quickly became an integral part of the scheme by using her admission to the [Southern District of New York], weaponizing the civil justice system,\u201d Jay-Z\u2019s attorneys write in the new case.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe lawsuit also includes new claims about the alleged harm caused to Jay-Z by the rape accusation. It says Roc Nation lost contracts in the sports and entertainment space that would have generated at least $20 million; that Jay was personally denied a $55 million personal credit line; and that a company he\u2019s associated with was denied a $115 million loan.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAt trial, plaintiff will present evidence demonstrating how the extortionate scheme, and the false complaint filed in New York, resulted in the loss of business opportunities to Mr. Carter [and] have served to preclude him from new business opportunities,\u201d his attorneys write, before later adding: \u201cBuzbee, Doe, and their co-conspirators must answer for all of this.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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