After filing countless lawsuits against Sean “Diddy” Combs, Texas-based attorney Tony Buzbee has been forced to withdraw himself as counsel on any cases filed in the Southern District of New York.
The withdrawals were prompted by a federal judge who asked Buzbee to explain why he didn’t disclose to the courts that he was not permitted to practice law in the southern district. Buzbee apologized for the “error in judgement [sic]” in a letter to the judge and asserted that he would no longer be representing clients in NYC. Diddy’s legal team also filed paperwork claiming Buzbee was not allowed to practice law in New York’s southern district.
“I now seek to remedy this error by withdrawing my representation of the Plaintiff in this matter pending the resolution of my admission to this court,” Buzbee responded. “As an attorney in good standing of the New York State Bar, the Texas State Bar, and your sister district, the Bar for Eastern District of the State of New York, I believe I am eminently qualified and should not be precluded from representing the Plaintiff in this action. At this time, however, my admission status has become a distraction that has shifted the focus of the matter away from where it should be, which is securing justice for the Plaintiff.”
Buzbee has officially been dropped as counsel on 15 cases in New York’s southern district, but his firm will still represent his clients, telling TMZ, “I personally withdrew, not my firm, from the few federal court cases we have on file until such time as my admission is cleared up. I’m still attorney in charge in all the New York state cases and intend to file cases very soon in Nevada and California.”
Houston lawyer Tony Buzbee holds a press conference at his office announcing the over 100 individual cases he has against Sean Diddy Combs on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024 in Houston. (Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)
While Buzbee — who is also behind the dismissed lawsuit accusing JAY-Z of sexually assaulting a teen back in the early 2000s — is just stepping down from these cases, it was officially determined last month that he could no longer practice law in NY’s Southern District, which incudes New York City’s five boroughs (Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens, Manhattan and Staten Island), and Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Orange, Dutchess, and Sullivan counties.
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