Jay-Z and Beyoncé are livid at Piers Morgan for airing an interview with some vague, but serious allegations against them ... and their attorney is questioning Piers' ethics.
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00:00This is the type of indictment you would expect from someone in the mafia.
00:03I don't know that I could keep him off the stand.
00:05He is very eager to tell his story.
00:08They're going to show that video over and over and over
00:11about what happens to women that won't change their stories.
00:15His reputation is over.
00:17The United States government, they start making this case
00:20as a takedown of a successful black man.
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00:32This must have been shocking to you that somebody comes on a show
00:39and then kind of levels these vague-ish allegations.
00:44Were you kind of ready for something like this to eventually happen?
00:47Listen, there's rumors and then there's nonsense and this is one step further, right?
00:52This is a pointed and formal accusation of something
00:56and I felt it needed to be responded to.
00:59So I think somebody reported it was a cease and desist.
01:02It wasn't that, it was quite bluntly an ultimatum,
01:06which is remove that false accusation that's demonstrably false
01:12or a court's going to order you to.
01:14And so I think he made the wise choice and acted accordingly.
01:18He meaning Piers Morgan?
01:20Removing it and apologizing for it, yes.
01:22What changed here in my mind is that somebody
01:26on a so-called journalistic platform exploited that kind of random rumor mill,
01:33whether it's disconnected from reality or what have you, and lifted it up.
01:38And by doing that, they not only caused harm here,
01:41but they are also droning out the voices of real victims.
01:44And by doing that to get clicks, it didn't just harm the Carters.
01:49What he did effectively was to drone out the voices of actual victims
01:54in an ongoing case, in an ongoing investigation.
01:57And that was too much for me.
01:59Are you in the process of making sure that it is taken down everywhere?
02:04What I am here to say is that in a situation as serious as this,
02:08somebody who puts themselves out as a journalist should not
02:11effectively take advantage of the situation and exploit somebody in this way.
02:16And so that's the real reason for action.
02:18Does it strike you a little bit that there's been a lot of silence
02:24in Hollywood in the wake of all of this?
02:26Well, as to the Carters, I can tell you that when they put their foot down
02:29on something as they did here, they are sending a message.
02:32And if they can't stand up and make sure right from wrong, then who can?
02:36I have always believed that the truth will come out in courtrooms,
02:38and I'm sure the truth will come out here.