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A woman who previously accused Jay-Z of raping her when she was 13 years old has withdrawn her allegation, stating that it was false and that she never met or interacted with the rapper. The declaration was filed in Manhattan court on February 2025, following a lawsuit initiated in 2024 where she alleged Jay-Z had drugged and sexually assaulted her along with Sean Combs (P. Diddy) at an MTV awards party in 2000. Both Jay-Z and Combs denied the claims repeatedly. With this withdrawal, Jay-Z stated it was "a victory" over what he called a frivolous and fictitious allegation that caused him significant emotional distress and financial losses of $20 million in contracts.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-27,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
A woman who had accused Jay-Z (Shawn Carter) of raping her when she was 13 years old recanted her allegation in October or September 2024. The unnamed accuser, known as Jane Doe in court documents, originally filed a lawsuit claiming that Jay-Z and Sean "Diddy" Combs drugged and raped her at a party after the MTV Video Music Awards in 2000. She later saw an advert on Facebook seeking people with sexual assault claims against Combs, which prompted her to file the lawsuit.
In her statement filed in Manhattan federal court in February 2025, she declared that her accusations were false and that she had never met Jay-Z or experienced any inappropriate conduct from him. She acknowledged causing "immense pain, suffering, and damage" to Jay-Z but claimed that her lawyers at the time did not conduct due diligence before filing the lawsuit.
Jay-Z denied the allegations immediately and sued Jane Doe and her former attorneys for malicious prosecution in February 2025. The woman's recantation was made as part of this ongoing legal battle, leading Jay-Z to drop her from his lawsuit.
Written for “Jay-Z Accusations Recanted” on 2026-10-05,
grounded in this article and the 9 other(s) covering the same event.
The woman who accused Jay-Z, whose legal name is Shawn Carter, of raping her when she was 13 has withdrawn her allegation, saying it was false and that she has never met the rapper, according to a Manhattan court declaration obtained by Global News.
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she → accuse → News
“Shawn ‘Jay-Z’ Carter never raped me.
asserted
Carter → rap → me
I have never met or spoken to Mr Carter.
asserted
I → meet → Carter
Mr Carter never engaged in any inappropriate conduct toward me whatsoever,” the declaration states.
asserted
declaration → engage → me
“There is no truth to any of my claims against Mr. Carter,” the statement continued.
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statement → be → Carter
In a 2024 lawsuit, the unnamed woman alleged that the rapper had drugged and sexually assaulted her with Sean Combs, known as P. Diddy.
asserted
rapper → allege → Diddy
She had alleged that the claims dated back to 2000 at a party after an MTV awards show.
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claims → allege → show
Jay-Z has repeatedly denied the claims and said they were made against him as part of an extortion attempt.
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they → deny → attempt
Combs, who is currently serving a 50-month jail sentence on transport for prostitution charges, also denied the allegations.
asserted
who → serve → allegations
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The woman dropped the lawsuit in February 2025.
asserted
woman → get → February
Jay-Z, who tried to extract himself before it was dropped and is suing the woman’s lawyers in a separate filing for malicious prosecution, called the decision to withdraw her claim “a victory” and said the “fictional tale” she and her lawyers created was “laughable.”
“The frivolous, fictitious and appalling allegations have been dismissed,” he said in a statement posted on social media at the time.
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he → try → time
“This civil suit was without merit and never going anywhere.”
asserted
suit → go → merit
In a declaration in Los Angeles last February, the rapper said he believed the plaintiff’s lawyer, Tony Buzbee, purposefully inflicted emotional distress on him by filing the claim.
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lawyer → say → claim
“The trauma that my wife, my children, loved ones and I have endured can never be dismissed,” Jay-Z added.
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Z → love → that
“The 1-800 lawyer gets to file a suit hiding behind Jane Doe, and when they quickly realize that the money grab is going to fail, they get to walk away with no repercussions.
asserted
they → get → repercussions
The system has failed.”
asserted
system → fail → ?
Jay-Z said that the court “must protect victims” but the court also has the “same ethical responsibility” to “protect the innocent from being accused without a shred of evidence.”
asserted
court → say → evidence
“May the truth prevail for all victims and those falsely accused equally,” he concluded.
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he → prevail → victims
The woman said in her declaration Thursday that she understood her false claims against the rapper, who has three children with his wife, Beyoncé, caused “immense” suffering.
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who → say → suffering
The Empire State of Mind rapper claims that he lost $20 million in contracts due to false allegations in Buzbee’s lawsuit.
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he → claim → lawsuit
He also says that he has been going through deep “mental anguish” since it was filed.
asserted
it → say → anguish
Diddy is also facing a wave of sexual assault misconduct lawsuits, many of which were filed by Buzbee.
asserted
many → face → Buzbee
The Texas lawyer claims his firm represents more than 150 people, both men and women, who allege sexual abuse and exploitation by Diddy.
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who → claim → Diddy
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