{"id":208783,"date":"2025-07-01T08:57:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T15:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/?p=208783"},"modified":"2025-07-01T09:34:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T16:34:46","slug":"jay-zs-major-defeat-in-court-while-attorney-alex-spiro-traipsing-in-italy-defamation-case-dismissed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2025\/07\/01\/jay-zs-major-defeat-in-court-while-attorney-alex-spiro-traipsing-in-italy-defamation-case-dismissed\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay-Z&#8217;s Major Defeat in Court, While Attorney Alex Spiro Traipsing in Italy &#8211; Defamation Case Dismissed!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_208419\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-208419\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-208419 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Alex-Spiro-Jay-Z-Article-202005272219.jpg\" alt=\"Alex Spiro, and his client Jay-Z\" width=\"620\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Alex-Spiro-Jay-Z-Article-202005272219.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Alex-Spiro-Jay-Z-Article-202005272219-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-208419\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Alex Spiro, left, and his client Shawn Carter AKA Jay Z, right.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a <strong>major defeat<\/strong> for <strong>Alex Spiro&#8217;s client Jay-Z<\/strong>, an <strong>L.A. County Judge<\/strong> has<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/jay-z-tony-buzbee-lawsuit-extortion-defamation-1235376260\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> dismissed<\/a> his extortion and defamation case<\/strong> against <strong>attorney Tony Buzbee<\/strong>. <strong>Jay-Z&#8217;s<br \/>\n&#8220;retaliatory&#8221; counter-suit,<\/strong> is now <strong>dead in the water<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>On <strong>Saturday, <\/strong>we reported that <strong>Jay-Z&#8217;s attorney Alex Spiro<\/strong> (rhymes with pyro) was in <strong>Venice, Italy<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2025\/06\/28\/alex-spiro-spotted-with-diddy-and-jay-z-associate-corey-gamble-at-jeff-bezos-wedding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>gallivanting<\/strong><\/a> with <strong>Diddy and Jay-Z&#8217;s &#8216;bagman,&#8217; Corey Gamble<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_208766\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-208766\" style=\"width: 1192px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-208766 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/alex-spiro_corey-gamble_jay-z_in-venice-2.jpg\" alt=\"Roc Nation lawyer Alex Spiro on a boat with Orlando Bloom, Tom Brady, and Corey Gamble. Bezos weddding, Venice, Italy. 6\/27\/25. (JustJared). Inset Corey Gamble.\" width=\"1192\" height=\"635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/alex-spiro_corey-gamble_jay-z_in-venice-2.jpg 1192w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/alex-spiro_corey-gamble_jay-z_in-venice-2-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/alex-spiro_corey-gamble_jay-z_in-venice-2-1024x546.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/alex-spiro_corey-gamble_jay-z_in-venice-2-768x409.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1192px) 100vw, 1192px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-208766\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Jay-Z&#8217;s lawyer Alex Spiro on a boat with Orlando Bloom, Tom Brady, and Corey Gamble. Bezos wedding, Venice, Italy. 6\/27\/25. (JustJared). Inset, alleged &#8216;bagman,&#8217; Corey Gamble.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><em>Alex Spiro&#8217;s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day<\/em><\/h2>\n<h3><em>The Fall of &#8216;Fixer&#8217; Attorney Alex Spiro<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Jay-Z&#8217;s unscrupulous attorney<\/strong>, <strong>Alex Spiro<\/strong>, is said to be having a <strong>bad year<\/strong>. Besides being accused of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2025\/06\/18\/jay-zs-attorney-alex-spiro-alleged-to-be-brazenly-engaged-in-unauthorized-practice-of-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unauthorized practice of law<\/a>,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2025\/05\/01\/alex-spiros-scandalous-past-how-jay-zs-attorney-worked-with-harvey-weinstein-lisa-bloom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">impersonating law enforcement,<\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2025\/05\/01\/alex-spiros-scandalous-past-how-jay-zs-attorney-worked-with-harvey-weinstein-lisa-bloom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">victim intimidation,<\/a> and <strong>many other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2025\/06\/15\/jay-zs-roc-nation-and-its-shady-business-entertainment-company-or-criminal-syndicate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unscrupulous<\/a> acts, Alex Spiro <\/strong>seems to be <strong>facing a career meltdown. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Spiro<\/strong> is representing<strong> Jay-Z <\/strong>and <strong>Roc Nation<\/strong> in several lawsuits, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2025\/04\/30\/fat-joe-repped-by-joe-tacopina-in-lawsuit-against-tyrone-blackburn-proxy-war-by-diddy-jay-z\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lawsuit<\/a> by <strong>Terrence Dixon<\/strong> against <strong>Diddy <\/strong>and <strong>Jay-Z associate<\/strong>, <strong>Fat Joe<\/strong>. Spiro went on a campaign to <strong>attempt to distance Jay-Z from Sean &#8216;Diddy&#8217; Combs<\/strong> in the public eye, with his<strong> infamous power-point presentation<\/strong> <strong>backfiring<\/strong> last fall.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_208157\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-208157\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-208157\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/jayz-fat-joe-diddy-roc-nation-pre-grammy-brunch-ftr.jpg\" alt=\"Fat Joe, Jay-Z, and Sean 'Diddy' Combs at the Roc Nation brunch, 2017.\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/jayz-fat-joe-diddy-roc-nation-pre-grammy-brunch-ftr.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/jayz-fat-joe-diddy-roc-nation-pre-grammy-brunch-ftr-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-208157\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Fat Joe, Jay-Z, and Sean &#8216;Diddy&#8217; Combs at the Roc Nation brunch, 2017.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><em>Alex Spiro&#8217;s Obstruction of Justice<\/em><\/h2>\n<h3><em><strong>Jay-Z &#8220;orchestrat[ed]<\/strong> a <strong>conspiracy of harassment, bullying and intimidation&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Spiro <\/strong>had filed a\u00a0<strong>counter-suit<\/strong> late last year, against Houston <strong>plaintiff&#8217;s attorney<\/strong> <strong>Tony Buzbee, <\/strong>who represents the <strong>13 year-old victim <\/strong>who alleged <strong>Sean &#8216;Diddy&#8217; Combs<\/strong> and <strong>Jay-Z<\/strong> <strong>raped<\/strong> <strong>her<\/strong>. The counter-suit was said to be filed as a means to <strong>silence both the victim and her attorney<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Buzbee<\/strong> referred to the <strong>counter-suit<\/strong> and how <strong>Jay-Z \u201corchestrat[ed]<\/strong> a <strong>conspiracy of harassment, bullying and intimidation<\/strong> against Plaintiff\u2019s lawyers, their lawyers, employees, and former associates in an <strong>attempt to silence Plaintiff from naming Jay-Z<\/strong> herein.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_206596\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-206596\" style=\"width: 949px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-206596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sean-Diddy-Combs-Shawn-Carter-Jay-Z-Highlight.jpg\" alt=\"Case 24-cv-07975-AT, SDNY. Jane Doe vs Sean 'Diddy' Combs, Shawn Carter, et al.\" width=\"949\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sean-Diddy-Combs-Shawn-Carter-Jay-Z-Highlight.jpg 949w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sean-Diddy-Combs-Shawn-Carter-Jay-Z-Highlight-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sean-Diddy-Combs-Shawn-Carter-Jay-Z-Highlight-768x483.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 949px) 100vw, 949px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-206596\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Case 24-cv-07975-AT, SDNY. Jane Doe vs Sean &#8216;Diddy&#8217; Combs, Shawn Carter, et al. 12\/8\/2024, PACER.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Back in <strong>December, 2024<\/strong>, we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2024\/12\/11\/tony-buzbee-alleges-investigators-linked-to-jay-z-and-diddy-are-offering-to-pay-clients-to-sue-him\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">covered<\/a> how <strong>Buzbee<\/strong> alleged that <strong>Alex Spiro was sending unlicensed private investigators<\/strong> to his former clients to <strong>solicit them in suing<\/strong> him, <strong>a crime<\/strong> known as <strong>barratry<\/strong>. <strong>Buzbee<\/strong> <strong>caught the &#8216;investigators&#8217; red-handed<\/strong>, with one of his clients <strong>video taping the whole conspiracy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Worse yet, apparently <strong>Spiro<\/strong> had sent investigators to <strong>surreptitiously record<\/strong> <strong>the 13 year-old victim<\/strong> at her residence, and then <strong>manipulated the audio<\/strong> to make it appear that she admitted to lying.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;Legal snake&#8217; Spiro<\/strong> is said to have <strong>tricked Buzbee<\/strong> into <strong>dropping the lawsuit<\/strong> <strong>against Jay-Z<\/strong>, by stating he was willing to settle with the <strong>victim.\u00a0<\/strong>Once the lawsuit was dropped however, <strong>Spiro<\/strong> launched a <strong>meritless counter-suit.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Spiro<\/strong> has been working in overdrive to <strong>destroy the 13 year-old victim in the media<\/strong>, using an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/jay-z-rape-accuser-comes-forward-nbc-news-acknowledges-inconsistencies-rcna183435\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NBC interview<\/strong><\/a> to <strong>try and poke holes in her account<\/strong> of what happened.<\/p>\n<p>Our sources state that the alleged &#8220;inconsistencies&#8221; cited in the story are due to the <strong>victim being extremely drugged and tired<\/strong> from all the <strong>abuse<\/strong>, and <strong>sleeping through the ride to the gas station<\/strong>, and then home. Her father not remembering driving 5 hours each way, is apparently due to her being <strong>dropped off by other people<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_206593\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-206593\" style=\"width: 1091px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-206593 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2024-12-11-at-10-02-44-Instagram.png\" alt=\"Instagram post, TonyBuzbee, 12\/10\/2024.\" width=\"1091\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2024-12-11-at-10-02-44-Instagram.png 1091w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2024-12-11-at-10-02-44-Instagram-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2024-12-11-at-10-02-44-Instagram-1024x527.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2024-12-11-at-10-02-44-Instagram-768x396.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1091px) 100vw, 1091px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-206593\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Instagram post, TonyBuzbee, 12\/10\/2024.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2024\/12\/11\/tony-buzbee-alleges-investigators-linked-to-jay-z-and-diddy-are-offering-to-pay-clients-to-sue-him\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">highlighted<\/a> how <strong>Spiro&#8217;s allegedly illegal tactics<\/strong> mirrored his <strong>associate, Diddy attorney Mark Geragos\u00a0<\/strong>use of now <strong>convicted-felon and ex-PI, Anthony Pellicano, <\/strong>to <strong>silence and intimidate victims<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_208187\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-208187\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-208187\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/alex-spiro_jay-z_harvey-weinstein-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"Jay-Z attorney, Alex Spiro.\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/alex-spiro_jay-z_harvey-weinstein-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/alex-spiro_jay-z_harvey-weinstein-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/alex-spiro_jay-z_harvey-weinstein-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/alex-spiro_jay-z_harvey-weinstein.jpeg 1242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-208187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Jay-Z attorney, Alex Spiro looking befuddled.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><em>Jay-Z Is Next &#8211; The Beginning of the End<\/em><\/h2>\n<h3><em><strong>A &#8220;Real Problem for [Shawn] Carter&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThere is no demand for a particular sum of money, although that is not enough to protect the Letters. <strong>The real problem for Carter<\/strong> is that the mediation request is about the <strong>sexual abuse allegations underpinning a potential civil case, and nothing else<\/strong>. There are <strong>no extraneous allegations<\/strong> as to publicizing <strong>other unrelated and unsavory things related to Carter<\/strong> and there are <strong>no promises to refrain from going to law enforcement<\/strong> if Carter agrees to mediate and does settle,\u201d <strong>Judge Epstein<\/strong> wrote in decision.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stay Tuned.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZbpYFSmYTpY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alex Spiro<\/strong> is currently a <a href=\"https:\/\/opengovny.com\/attorney\/4656542\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">licensed<\/a> attorney in <strong>New York, bar license #4656542<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding any <strong>ethical violations<\/strong> or <strong>criminal violations<\/strong> is able to contact law enforcement, and <a href=\"https:\/\/ww2.nycourts.gov\/attorneys\/grievance\/complaints.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">submit a complaint<\/a> with the <strong>Attorney Disciplinary \/ Grievance Committee, NYUCS<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p><em>This is part of an ongoing investigative series.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Have information? Contact us via email or Session.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>email: tips.mahogany428 @ simplelogin.com<br \/>\nSession: 055cbe43cc0dff766ddd5eb3316d7c80be8a74aebbf9f578971d65a29b41a7590c<\/p>\n<p><em>This article may contain AI generated content.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a major defeat for Alex Spiro&#8217;s client Jay-Z, an L.A. County Judge has dismissed his extortion and defamation case against attorney Tony Buzbee. Jay-Z&#8217;s &#8220;retaliatory&#8221; counter-suit, is now dead in the water. 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