Tony Buzbee, a Texas lawyer, has a caution for Diddy’s A-list supporters.
In a chilling threat to the entertainment business this week, the Texas attorney claiming to be representing over sixty possible victims of alleged sex trafficking by music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs promised to disclose names.
Former Recon Marine officer Tony Buzbee is the leader of a nationwide litigation business with offices in Houston. The AVA litigation Group, which represents 120 new accusers, has joined the firm.
“I expect that there are a lot of nervous people right now who are searching their memories, scrubbing their social media, deleting their data on their phones in the hopes that they are not anyhow in any way associated with this,” he said on “Mornings on Merit Street” on Merit TV with Dr. Phil.
Buzbee went on to say that in addition to suspected collaborators, there might be legal action taken against facilitators and even those who “turned a blind eye.”
Though none had been filed, Buzbee stated he anticipated the first one to start in about a month.
“Most of the cases will be filed in New York, but many might be filed also in California,” he stated to the hosts. “And I do believe that there will be a lot of additional defendants that the public will be surprised about — and people that we all know.”
Buzbee said earlier this week that over twenty-six additional accusers, including nine-, fourteen-, and fifteen-year-olds, had contacted him while still minors at the time of their claimed mistreatment.
“It’s shocking when you consider the victims’ ages at the time of the conduct,” he told reporters on Monday.
Combs has angrily refuted the allegations through his legal representative Erica Wolff.
“As Mr. Combs’ legal team has emphasized, he cannot address every meritless allegation in what has become a reckless media circus,” she told Fox News Digital on Tuesday. That being said, Mr. Combs vehemently and unequivocally refutes any allegation that he sexually assaulted anybody, especially children, calling it untrue and libelous. In court, where the truth will be determined by the evidence, not conjecture, he looks forward to establishing his innocence and defending himself.”
The billionaire is in federal prison in New York and is not being given any kind of bond.
As to legal experts, any legitimate civil cases may result in further criminal penalties.
Defence lawyer David Gelman, who practices in the Philadelphia region, has been monitoring the case. “If there are children that were victims, you can bet the U.S. attorney will investigate and indict Diddy with more charges that are extremely serious,” Gelman said. “I wouldn’t be surprised if they have already been investigating and more people will be indicted.”
More civil suits could put pressure on the billionaire founder of Bad Boy Records to accept a plea deal, something his lawyers had stated he would not accept earlier this week. “They need to stop the bleeding, and the U.S. attorney is going to keep coming at them,” Gelman said in an interview with Fox News Digital. “If I’m Diddy’s attorney, I’m telling Diddy to authorize me to negotiate the best deal, and if he wants to cooperate, that can only help him before it’s too late for them.”
