Jay-Z is not the one one concentrating on lawyer Tony Buzbee in court docket — a former shopper claims Buzbee acted extra like his mortgage shark than his lawyer in a private damage case.
Immediately on the heels of Jay-Z’s scorching assault on Buzbee, Matthew Ray Thompson Jr. is now unloading on him … submitting a federal lawsuit Monday in opposition to his ex-attorney. In keeping with the docs, obtained by TMZ, Thompson says he was injured in July 2023 whereas working as a deckhand on a vessel that struck a barge within the Houston Ship Channel.
He says he retained Buzbee, who filed a lawsuit on his behalf in November 2023, which triggered computerized funds to Thompson — from his employer — whereas his lawsuit was pending.
However within the go well with, Thompson claims these funds have been delivered on to Buzbee’s agency, after which Buzbee gave him disbursements … with one very costly catch.
Thompson alleges Buzbee loaned him his personal funds, and so as to add insult to damage, additionally charged him a excessive rate of interest. He claims Buzbee held again greater than 60% of the cash he was owed — and he alleges Buzbee has a rep for pulling this transfer with different shoppers, as effectively.
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Whereas Buzbee’s former shopper would not make reference to Diddy or Jay-Z by title, Thompson does paint an image of Buzbee that is much like the claims Jay made Sunday in his scathing assertion.
Thompson says, “Buzbee has become rich by milking settlements with threats of negative attention from people who rely on their public reputations for livelihood.”
We have reached out to Buzbee for remark, however no phrase again but.
