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A woman who previously accused musician Jay-Z of rape in a 2024 lawsuit has now recanted her claims, stating she never met the rapper and denies any truth to her allegations. In declarations filed with US District Court for the Southern District of New York, the accuser said she was not paid for her statements and that her lawyers had filed the case without conducting an independent investigation or due diligence before filing the original complaint in October 2024. Jay-Z's legal team has since dropped her as a defendant in their defamation suit against her and her law firm.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-25,
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.
Jay-Z accuser recants rape allegation against the rapper
LOS ANGELES, Sept 25 -
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accuser → recant → rapper
A woman who accused musician Jay-Z of rape in a 2024 lawsuit has recanted her claim and said she never met the billionaire rapper.
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she → accuse → rapper
The woman, who was identified as Jane Doe in court papers, had accused Jay-Z and musician Sean "Diddy" Combs of raping her in 2000, when she was 13 years old.
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she → identify → 2000
She later dropped that civil lawsuit, and Jay-Z sued her and her law firm for defamation and malicious prosecution.
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Z → drop → defamation
A declaration from the woman was filed on Thursday as part of the defamation suit.
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declaration → file → suit
In it, the woman said there was "no truth to any of my claims" against Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, and that she was not being paid for her statements.
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she → say → statements
"Shawn 'Jay-Z' Carter never raped me.
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Carter → rap → me
I have never met or spoken to Mr. Carter.
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I → meet → Carter
Mr. Carter never engaged in any inappropriate conduct toward me whatsoever," the woman wrote in statements filed in US District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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woman → engage → York
In court papers, Jay-Z's lawyers said they were dropping the woman as a defendant in the defamation case.
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they → say → case
Representatives for Jay-Z had no comment.
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Representatives → have → comment
She also said Combs did not rape her.
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Combs → say → her
Her original claim was unrelated to the case that led to Combs' 2025 conviction and 50-month prison sentence on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.
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that → lead → prostitution
Attorneys for Combs did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Attorneys → respond → comment
The woman said her lawyers at the time filed the case “without conducting any independent investigation, background inquiry, or due diligence, and without obtaining any corroboration of the allegations" before filing the original complaint in October 2024.
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lawyers → say → October
The woman said she had contacted the law firm after seeing a Facebook ad seeking information about anyone who may have been harmed by Combs.
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who → say → Combs
The ad triggered memories of her being raped at age 13, she said, adding that she filled out an online form and was contacted by a law firm.
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she → trigger → firm
She said that weeks later a lawsuit was filed on her behalf but she had never been given a draft to review.
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she → say → draft
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