Lawyer for Diddy Accusers Fires Back at Extortion Claims

Tony Buzbee, the Texas attorney repping more than 120 of Diddy‘s alleged victims, is firing back at a lawsuit accusing him of extortion … he says he won’t be intimidated or have his clients silenced.

Here’s the deal … Buzbee is being sued by a prominent individual identified only as “John Doe,” who claims Buzbee is shamelessly trying to shake him down by threatening to file a lawsuit packed with false allegations related to alleged sexual assaults at Diddy parties.

Buzbee and his law firm aren’t backing down, though, and he tells TMZ … “We won’t allow the powerful and their high-dollar lawyers to intimidate or silence sexual assault survivors.”

What’s more, Buzbee says the lawsuit filed against his law firm is not only without merit, but also laughable … and he goes even further, saying the suit is an abuse of the legal system.

Buzbee tells us he sent a standard demand letter to a New York lawyer known to represent the individual in question, seeking a confidential settlement on behalf of 2 clients instead of a lawsuit. He says no dollar figures were included in the demand letters, and no threats were made … contrary to the allegations in the suit against him.

In his response, Buzbee gets pretty testy … saying, “I am a U.S. Marine. I won’t be silenced or intimidated. Neither will my clients.”

Sounds like this dispute is going to get even uglier … Buzbee is now threatening to disclose the demand letters in an upcoming lawsuit.

So far, Diddy is the only celebrity named in a Buzbee lawsuit … but he’s making it sound like that’s possibly about to change.