Jay-Z Accuser Says Rape Allegation Was False
The woman, identified as Jane Doe in court documents, formally withdrew her allegations against the rapper in a statement filed Thursday.
- Accuser says her allegations were false.
- Jay-Z had denied the claims.
- The woman previously dropped the lawsuit.
A woman who previously accused rapper Jay-Z of raping her when she was 13 has formally withdrawn the allegation, stating that her claims against the musician were false.
The woman, identified in court documents as Jane Doe, filed a lawsuit in 2024 alleging that she had been drugged and raped by Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, and Sean “Diddy” Combs at a party following the MTV Video Music Awards in 2000.
Both men denied the allegations. The woman later dropped the lawsuit, after which Carter filed a legal action against her and her lawyers.
In a statement filed in that case on Thursday, the woman said she had never met or spoken to Carter and that he had never engaged in inappropriate conduct toward her.
“Shawn ‘Jay-Z’ Carter never raped me,” she stated.
She also acknowledged that her broader allegations against Carter and Combs were untrue, including her claim that a third celebrity had witnessed the alleged incident.
“There is no truth to any of my claims against Mr Carter,” she said.
The woman further expressed regret over the impact of the allegations, stating that they had caused Carter significant pain, suffering and damage.
The case had previously drawn widespread attention after Carter strongly denied the accusations and described them as false.
