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.”
E! News has reached out to Buzbee for comment and has not head back.
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.
“My wife and I will have to sit our children down, one of whom is at the age where her friends will surely see the press and ask questions about the nature of these claims, and explain the cruelty and greed of people,” he said. “I mourn yet another loss of innocence. Children should not have to endure such at their young age.”
Carter then reflected on his own childhood. “I’m a young man who made it out of the project of Brooklyn. We don’t play these types of games. We have very strict codes and honor,” he said, adding that “we protect children.”
