Carter noted the “idiotic claims you have levied against me” and alleged that before refiling the suit, Buzbee had contacted the rapper’s own attorney to try to reach a settlement.
“What he had calculated,” he alleged in the statement, “was the nature of these allegations and the public scrutiny would make me want to settle.”
In a statement to E! News, Buzbee said his firm did send Carter’s attorney “a demand letter on behalf of an alleged victim.” That person, he added, “never demanded a penny from him. Instead, she only sought a confidential mediation.”
Buzbee continued, “As far as the allegations in the complaint filed, we will let the filing speak for itself and will litigate the facts in court, not in the media.”
Carter, who shares daughter Blue Ivy, 12, and twins Rumi and Sir, 6, with wife Beyoncé, added that his “only heartbreak” is for his family.
