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Once
the
Diddy
hit
the
fan,
it
was
only
a
matter
of
time
before
other
big
names
got
wrapped
up
in
it.
We
were
promised
as
much
—
Tony
Buzbee
promised
to
find
the
silent
accomplices
and
enablers
who
undergirded
Diddy’s
alleged
freakoffs.
But
the
line
between
tracking
down
collaborators
and
alleged
extortion
isn’t
always
clear.
Buzbee’s
tactics
have
resulted
in
an
unnamed
plaintiff
accusing
him
of
inflicting
emotional
distress
and
extortion.
Law360 has
coverage:
“Plaintiff
presently
faces
a
gun
to
his
head
—
either
repeatedly
pay
an
exorbitant
sum
of
money
to
stop
defendants
from
the
wide
publication
of
wildly
false
allegations
of
sexual
assault
that
would
subject
plaintiff
to
opprobrium
and
irreparably
harm
plaintiff’s
reputation,
family,
career
and
livelihood,
or
else
face
the
threat
of
an
untold
number
of
civil
suits
and
financial
and
personal
ruin,”
the
complaint
says.
“The
theme
of
defendants’
statements
and
correspondence
is
the
immediate
and
extensive
threat
of
exposure
if
plaintiff
fails
to
make
a
sufficient
offer
of
money.
This
is
textbook
extortion.”
There
isn’t
enough
information
at
the
moment
to
know
who
is
in
the
wrong
here.
Diddy
is
a
great
example
of
how
easy
it
can
be
to
take
the
moral
high
road
and
deny
any
involvement
or
wrongdoing
right
up
until
CNN
releases
video
evidence
to
the
public.
Buzbee
described
his
letter
to
the
plaintiff
as
a
request
for
confidential
mediation.
The
nature
of
the
correspondence
may
ultimately
be
determined
by
a
judge
and
jury.
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
cannot
swim, a
published
author
on
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected] and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.