Woman recants rape allegations against Jay-Z — ABC News Australia

In the United States, a woman who accused musician Jay-Z of rape in 2024 has recanted her claims and stated that she had never met or spoken with him. According to ABC News Australia, the declaration was filed with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York as part of Jay-Z's lawsuit over defamation and malicious prosecution.

Statement to the court

The woman, identified in court documents as Jane Doe, stated that there was “no truth” in her accusations against Shawn Carter, known as Jay-Z. She also said that she was not receiving money for these statements.

In the declaration, the woman said that Carter had never raped her, that she had never met or communicated with him, and that he had not acted inappropriately toward her.

Jay-Z's lawyers stated in court documents that they were removing the woman from the list of defendants in the defamation case. The musician's representatives did not provide comment.

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Original lawsuit

In the civil lawsuit, which was later withdrawn, the woman alleged that Jay-Z and musician Sean “Diddy” Combs raped her in 2000, when she was 13 years old. In the new declaration, she also said that Combs did not rape her.

According to her, she contacted a law firm after seeing a Facebook advertisement seeking information from people who may have been harmed by Combs. She said that the lawsuit on her behalf was filed without an independent investigation, verification of the circumstances, or corroboration of the allegations. The woman also said that she had not received a draft of the lawsuit to review before it was filed.

The original allegations were not related to the case in which Combs was sentenced in 2025 to 50 months in prison on two counts of transportation for purposes of prostitution. Combs' lawyers did not respond to a request for comment.