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Jay-Z accuser recants rape allegation against the rapper

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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.

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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.

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Jay-Z PERSON · 6× Combs PERSON · 4× Carter PERSON · 2× District Court ORG · 1× Jane Doe PERSON · 1× LOS ANGELES GPE · 1× Sean "Diddy" Combs PERSON · 1× Shawn 'Jay-Z' Carter PERSON · 1× Shawn Carter PERSON · 1× the Southern District of New York GPE · 1×

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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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🔮 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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Jay-Z accuser recants rape allegation against the rapper · mixed framing

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Jay-Z accuser recants rape allegation against the rapper LOS ANGELES, Sept 25 - asserted

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. uncertain

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. asserted

she → identify → 2000

She later dropped that civil lawsuit, and Jay-Z sued her and her law firm for defamation and malicious prosecution. asserted

Z → drop → defamation

A declaration from the woman was filed on Thursday as part of the defamation suit. asserted

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. uncertain

she → say → statements

"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 woman wrote in statements filed in US District Court for the Southern District of New York. asserted

woman → engage → York

In court papers, Jay-Z's lawyers said they were dropping the woman as a defendant in the defamation case. asserted

they → say → case

Representatives for Jay-Z had no comment. asserted

Representatives → have → comment

She also said Combs did not rape her. asserted

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. uncertain

that → lead → prostitution

Attorneys for Combs did not immediately respond to a request for comment. asserted

Attorneys → respond → comment

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. uncertain

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. asserted

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. asserted

she → say → draft