A woman who accused Jay-Z of raping her when she was 13 years old has formally withdrawn her allegation, stating that she has never met the rap superstar. The unnamed woman had originally made the allegation in a lawsuit filed in 2024, claiming that Jay-Z, real name Shawn Carter, had drugged and raped her alongside Sean Combs, known as P Diddy. The incident was alleged to have occurred at a party following an MTV awards ceremony in 2000.
Allegations and Withdrawal
Jay-Z denied the allegations, describing them as a blackmail attempt, while Combs also refuted the claims. Jay-Z’s lawyer maintained that the events relied on an "impossible timeline." The woman dropped the lawsuit in 2025, prompting Jay-Z to file a countersuit. As that lawsuit progresses, the woman has now stated that her claims were false.
““Shawn ‘Jay-Z’ Carter never raped me. I have never met or spoken to Mr. Carter. Mr. Carter never engaged in any inappropriate conduct toward me whatsoever,” she said in a declaration obtained by Rolling Stone.
She added that there was “no truth to any of my claims against Mr. Carter. I understand my false accusations have caused Mr. Carter immense pain, suffering, and damage that can never be fully undone.”
Legal Proceedings
The woman has now been dropped from Jay-Z’s lawsuit, though the rapper is still pursuing her former lawyers, claiming they should have known the allegations were “contradicted by publicly available information, internally inconsistent, and unsupported by any credible story or investigation.” Earlier this month, as they made a motion to have the lawsuit dismissed, lawyer Tony Buzbee and his co-counsel described it as “a malicious prosecution.”
