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Woman, who had accused Jay-Z of having sex with her when she was 13, is now saying that her accusation is totally wrong in a court document filing.
Jane Doe has become the nickname by which the woman is being known in court. She first took legal action against Sean “Diddy” Combs in October 2024. In December of the following year, Jay-Z legally known as Shawn Carter was also named as the defendant in the same lawsuit.
Jane Doe had claimed that at an afterparty following the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards, Jay-Z and Combs sexually assaulted her. She claimed that she was thirteen at that time and had been dosed with drugs. Both of them denied her claims.
Jane Doe dropped her suit voluntarily in early 2025. As a result, Jay-Z filed litigation against Jane Doe and her lawyers, for instance attorney Tony Buzbee, in an entirely different lawsuit.
Jay-Z Accuser Completely Retracts Her Claims
On Thursday, September 24, Jane Doe submitted a new declaration totaling a dozen pages, the document was sent to Manhattan federal court. It appeared from the filing, that she did not have any reservations in completely rethinking her claims of rape against Jay-Z.
“Shawn ‘Jay-Z’ Carter never raped me. I have not met or spoken with Mr. Carter,” she said in the declaration that was later shared by Rolling Stone. Additionally, she pointed out the fact that Jay-Z had no inappropriate actions toward her and that there was not even the slightest truth about her story against him.
Moreover, Jane Doe offered an apology to Jay-Z and his family, explaining their lives which were disrupted, according to her statement the damage from her accusations.
“It was my belief that the consequences were so severe to the other person who I have accused falsely about a very high-profile person like Mr. Carter that it would be the case that I could never do it,” she wrote.
Finally, she reached out to Jay-Z himself for a forgiveness.
“Mr. Carter may still see this, I hope, I hope this does not look like I am trying to give you some kind of an excuses or anything at all,” she concluded in her write.
Elsewhere in the statement, she expressed her hope that Jay-Z would forgive her and not let the hurt she had caused through her accusations continue to burden him.
As well as the filing, there was a notification that Jay-Z was withdrawing voluntarily an alleged plaintiff Jane Doe from being a defendant in his malicious-prosecution claim lawsuit against Buzbee and his firm. Jane Doe stated that she was not promised or given any reward for making the new declaration.
Jay-Z Once Told about Family’s Suffering from the Issue
Jay-Z has already told the story of how the accusations impacted his life and the lives of his family members.
Talking to GQ in March 2026, the musician shared the feelings of bitterness and heartache that came after the suit was brought. Jay-Z additionally told us reasons for not giving in and settling.
Jay-Z’s wife, Beyoncé, was also mentioned as being very affected by the events as well as the children.
When Jane Doe filed her lawsuit last February 2025, Jay-Z was quoted saying that this was such a devastating experience for his wife, children, the rest of the family, and themselves.
Jane Doe’s newest statement now also features an apology from her to Jay-Z and his family for the pain resulting from her accusations, as stated in her declaration.
Jay-Z Accuser Says She Was Not Paid for Her New Statement
Jane Doe said she was not promised or paid any money for making her latest declaration.
Her new statement comes as Jay-Z continues his legal battle against Buzbee and his law firm. The filing also gives Jane Doe’s account of how the original lawsuit came about.
Buzbee, who previously represented Jane Doe, told Rolling Stone that he had not seen her new declaration when contacted about it.
Tony Buzbee Disputes Jane Doe’s New Account
Buzbee disputes parts of Jane Doe’s new account.
He told Rolling Stone that several lawyers had dealt with Jane Doe before he did and that she had given each of them the same account of what she said happened.
“If for some reason now she is claiming she lied to us and the court, that’s new information,” Buzbee said in an email to the publication.
Buzbee accused Jay-Z’s investigators of coercing Jane Doe into denying her allegations at one time. Jane Doe asserts that she never experienced that.
Jane Doe, in her latest affidavit, stated that she was not coerced or threatened and that she did not receive any threats either from Jay-Z or from someone working on his behalf.
The new statement marks a significant change from her earlier position in the case.
Jane Doe Questions How Her Lawsuit Was Filed
Jane Doe also described how she first became involved in the case.
She said she responded to a Facebook advertisement in September or October 2024 looking for people who had sexual assault claims involving Combs.
“The ad triggered memories of being raped when I was 13 years old,” she wrote in the declaration.
Jane Doe said that a law firm contacted her after some time and requested further details. She said that she was never given a copy of the October 2024 court filing prior to it being submitted, and did not permit it.
Moreover, she brought to light that the lawyers involved filed the complaint without carrying out an independent investigation or proper due diligence.
At this point, Jane Doe says that she started doubting her allegations against Jay-Z in January 202.. She also said she started doubting whether she had even attended a celebrity party as she had previously described.
Her new account is now at the center of the latest development in Jay-Z’s legal case.
Jay-Z Case Comes Amid Sean Combs’ Legal Troubles
Apart from Combs’ criminal case, the Jay-Z case is independent.
In the case of Combs which ended with acquittal for racketeering conspiracy and sex-trafficking charges, a jury in July 2025 sentenced Combs for two counts of transporting people for prostitution and 50 months in prison, as per federal law.
Combs, through a different case filed by Jane Doe, is still being investigated in connection with his illegal activities. Combs was not convicted of these alleged activities.
Simultaneously, Jay-Z’s fight in court with Buzbee in New York has been going on for a while. A California appellate court denied Jay-Z’s attempt to re-litigate a case against Buzbee. The malicious-prosecution case in New York is still awaiting court action.
