The plaintiff identified under the pseudonym of Jane Doe, who had pointed out rapper and businessman Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter for a alleged sexual assault occurred when she was 13, completely withdrew from her charges.
In a 12-page court document submitted to a federal court in Manhattan under the penalty of perjury, the woman admitted that the signs were unfounded and offered public apologies.
“Shawn ‘Jay-Z’ Carter never raped me. I never met or talked to Mr. Carter. Mr. Carter has never had any inappropriate behavior towards me," the woman said in a statement. He also acknowledged that his false claims caused irreparable damage and immense suffering to the artist and his family.
The origin of the litigation dates back to October 2024, when the woman filed a lawsuit against producer Sean “Diddy” Combs for a alleged abuse occurred after the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards. In December of the same year, the indictment was modified to include Jay-Z as the alleged co-author of the crime. From the beginning, Carter denied the incriminations and labeled them an attempt to extortion.
According to the woman’s testimony, her involvement began in response to a Facebook advertisement focused on capturing alleged victims of Combs. However, in early 2025 he began to question the accuracy of his memories and even the veracity of his presence at the celebrity party. Her current legal defender, James Blair Newman Jr., clarified that although she claims to have been a victim of abuse in the past, she mistakenly identified the famous musician as the aggressor.
The plaintiff also accused her former legal team of filing the complaint without conducting a prior independent investigation, which her former lawyer, Tony Buzbee, rejected. After withdrawing the lawsuit in February 2025, Jay-Z withdrew from the damages lawsuit he held against her, although the rapper's legal dispute against the woman's former lawyer team will continue in the courts.
