An anonymous woman who accused Jay-Z (Shawn Carter) of raping her when she was 13 has formally recanted her allegations and withdrawn the 2024 lawsuit. In a new court filing, she says she never met or spoke with Jay-Z, contradicting her earlier account that the assault occurred in 2000 at a party after an MTV awards ceremony.
The original lawsuit also alleged that Sean “Diddy” Combs was involved, with claims that she was drugged and assaulted. After the accusation was filed, the woman acknowledged inconsistencies in her story and dropped the lawsuit, according to multiple reports. Jay-Z later sued her, describing the accusation as false and malicious.
Across the outlets, the emphasis is on the formal withdrawal and the new assertion that Jay-Z was never personally known to her. Coverage largely aligns on the timeline of the 2024 filing, the subsequent drop, and the latest court statement recanting the core claim of having met Jay-Z.
