Philadelphia defense lawyer A. Charles Peruto Jr., who is representing the judge presiding in the Meek Mill case, has sued Roc Nation and Amazon over a leaked off-the-record audio recording, in which he appears to harshly criticize his client.

Peruto began the suit by filing a praecipe to issue a writ of summons Wednesday in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, where Peruto’s client, Genece Brinkley, is a judge. The court papers, which do not describe the crux of the lawsuit, say the claims are related to libel, slander and misrepresentation, and that the case seeks more than $50,000.

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