Jay-Z’s lawyers gave ‘legal ultimatum’ to Piers Morgan after guest made Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs comparison

A lawyer for Jay-Z said a “legal ultimatum” to talk show host Piers Morgan was necessary and prompted him to take the unusual step of editing an interview with a guest who claimed the hip-hop mogul and his wife, Beyoncé, are engaged in potentially criminal behavior in line with the allegations against Sean “Diddy” Combs.

“Piers Morgan’s irresponsible broadcast filled with lies is so far over the line that a legal ultimatum was warranted,” Jordan Siev, one of Jay-Z’s lawyers, said Friday. “Nobody acting under the guise of journalism can elicit outrageous statements from exploitative situations in an effort to drive clicks, and not have to answer for that.”

Morgan on Tuesday apologized on his daily YouTube show, “Uncensored,” for comments made last week by a guest, singer-songwriter Jaguar Wright, whom Morgan described as a Combs “whistleblower.”

Wright, who has hundreds of thousands of followers on Instagram and TikTok, has used her experience in the music industry to lodge claims against Combs and Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter.

Combs was arrested last month and will stand trial in May on charges of sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution. He has denied the allegations and remains jailed in Brooklyn pending a bail appeal.