Overview
- Croft filed the federal complaint in Texas on December 17 seeking at least $25 million in compensatory damages plus punitive damages across six claims, including defamation and civil conspiracy.
- The lawsuit says Buzbee and his firm amplified false accusations on Instagram and Facebook to a large audience and repeated them in letters sent on law‑firm letterhead to former clients.
- Alleged claims against Croft included illegal client solicitation, bribery, intimidation, and obstruction of justice, which her attorneys describe as deliberate falsehoods made with actual malice.
- The complaint traces the dispute to a December 2024 outreach from former Buzbee client Jose Maldonado and ties the public attacks to mounting questions about Buzbee’s handling of client funds.
- The case sits within overlapping legal battles that include Buzbee’s suits against Croft and Roc Nation and a separate anonymous‑accuser case that was later dropped, and as of December 20 Buzbee had not responded in court though he disparaged Croft on X.