Fat Joe has accused Tyrone Blackburn of relying on bogus AI-generated legal citations in a motion to dismiss the rapper’s defamation lawsuit.
According to court documents obtained by Complex, Fat Joe’s legal team argued that Blackburn’s filing to toss the case is riddled with “misrepresentations and fabrications of legal authority clearly generated by AI.” The brief highlights “at least ten instances” where Blackburn allegedly cited “hallucinated” case law, which are references that either don’t exist or distort real rulings.
The Bronx rapper, whose real name is Joseph Cartagena, sued his former hypeman, Terrance Dixon, along with Blackburn earlier this year. The lawsuit claims the two attempted to extort him by spreading false accusations of sexual misconduct and underage relationships in an effort to damage his reputation and pressure him into a multimillion-dollar payout.
According to the complaint, Dixon and Blackburn pushed fabricated social media posts accusing Fat Joe of pedophilia and orchestrating murder-for-hire plots. Blackburn moved to dismiss the case in August, but Fat Joe’s lawyers now say the filing is “fundamentally untrustworthy.”
“Blackburn’s egregious misconduct in drafting the Motion overshadows Defendants’ substantive arguments,” the filing states. It further accuses the lawyer of having “irresponsibly relied on artificial intelligence-generated content without manual verification.” Fat Joe’s attorneys also argue Blackburn’s history shows this isn’t...
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