After U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams questioned attorney Tony Buzbee's credentials to practice law in the Southern District of New York, he's moved to withdraw from a further seven lawsuits against Diddy.
As confirmed by veteran legal reporter Meghann Cuniff, Buzbee is withdrawing from seven more lawsuits against Diddy following his initial filing to withdraw from representing one of the many clients suing the disgraced Bad Boy Records founder. The majority of the lawsuits against Diddy were filed in the Southern District of New York, and now his clients will need to seek different legal counsel.
In Buzbee's initial notice, he said that he would only appear in court "until such time as he is admitted to practice" in the district.
"A grievance was filed by Shawn Carter against me alleging I was practicing law in the Southern District of New York without formal admission. Until that's sorted out I'm going to let my colleagues who are formally admitted push those cases while I continue to march on the New York State cases," he said. "We also will be filling cases in Nevada and California very soon."
Buzbee was denied the ability to practice law in the district last month, restricting him from litigating cases in New York (Manhattan), Bronx, Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Orange, Dutchess, and Sullivan counties.