Beyoncé, Jay-Z Clap Back at Trolls Who “Hate” Them in First Collab in 7 Years
A woman who accused Jay-Z of sexual assault is recanting her claims.
Two years after the “Empire State of Mind” rapper(real name Shawn Carter) was accused of raping an unnamed woman—listed in court documents as Jane Doe—when she was just 13 years old, she has formally withdrawn her allegations, saying there was “no truth” to them, according to court documents obtained by E! News.
“I have never met or spoken to Mr. Carter. Mr. Carter never engaged in any inappropriate conduct toward me,” she wrote. “I understand my false accusations have caused Mr. Carter immense pain, suffering, and damage that can never be fully undone.”
E! News has reached out to reps for Jay-Z, as well as legal counsel for Jane Doe but has not received a comment.
The original claim, filed in December 2024, stated that Jay-Z had drugged and raped the woman at a party alongside Sean “Diddy” Combs in 2000. At the time the lawsuit was filed, Jay-Z emphatically denied the allegations and slammed the woman’s “false complaint” and alleged it was a “pursuit of money and fame” in a statement to E! News.
“This incident didn’t happen,” the rapper—who motioned to have the plaintiff’s name revealed but was denied—said at the time. “True Justice is coming. We fight FROM victory, not FOR victory. This was over before it began.”
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