Jay-Z Accuser Withdraws Rape Claim, Says Allegations Were False

A woman who previously accused American rapper Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter of raping her when she was 13 has withdrawn the allegation, stating that her claims against the music star were false.

The woman, identified as Jane Doe in court documents, made the disclosure in a new declaration filed in connection with a lawsuit brought by Carter.

She had previously accused Carter and Sean “Diddy” Combs of sexually assaulting her at a party following the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards. Both men denied the allegations.

In her latest statement, however, Doe said she had never met or spoken to Carter and that he had never behaved inappropriately towards her.

She stated that her earlier allegation that Carter and Combs raped her while another celebrity watched was untrue.

Doe also said the allegations had caused Carter significant personal and emotional harm.

She explained that the events leading to her original claim began after she saw a Facebook advertisement in September or October 2024 seeking people who believed they had sexual assault claims against Combs.

According to her declaration, the advertisement brought back memories of an alleged sexual assault from when she was 13. A law firm later contacted her, but she said she was not shown the complaint before it was filed.

Doe claimed that the lawyers submitted the complaint without obtaining her approval and without independently verifying or corroborating the allegations.

She subsequently filed the lawsuit in 2024, but withdrew it in February 2025. Carter then launched legal action against her and the attorneys who had represented her.

Doe has now been removed as a defendant in Carter’s case.

She also denied receiving money from Carter or anyone acting on his behalf in exchange for changing her account. She further rejected claims that Carter’s investigators had threatened or intimidated her.

“I never received any threat from Mr Carter or anyone acting on his behalf,” she said in the declaration.

Carter had previously described the original allegations as false and said the case had caused distress to his family.

However, Tony Buzbee, one of the lawyers who represented the woman, disputed the latest account. Speaking to Rolling Stone, he said he had not seen the new declaration and maintained that Doe had previously given the same account to several lawyers.

Buzbee said the development was new information to him and that several attorneys had dealt with Doe before she became his client.

The legal dispute involving Carter and the lawyers who represented Doe remains ongoing.

Combs has also denied the allegations. His lawyer previously accused Buzbee of pursuing civil claims in a manner more focused on publicity than their legal merits.