Jay-Z accuser withdraws allegations, says she never met rapper named in lawsuit
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The declaration comes nearly two years after the lawsuit accused Shawn Carter of sexual assault, which he has denied.
Two years after a lawsuit named Jay-Z as a rapist, the woman behind it, Jane Doe, has told a federal court the allegations were never true.
Rolling Stone obtained the 12-page declaration filed Thursday in Manhattan federal court, in which the Jane Doe states under penalty of perjury that Shawn Carter never raped her, that she has never met or spoken to him, and that he engaged in no inappropriate conduct toward her whatsoever. She acknowledged the accusations caused him damage she described as impossible to fully undo.
Her attorney in the current matter, James Blair Newman Jr., said his client maintains she was assaulted but was entirely mistaken in identifying Carter, and offered an unconditional apology to him and his family. The declaration states she received no compensation for it.
Carter responded by voluntarily dismissing her as a defendant in his malicious prosecution suit, which now proceeds solely against attorney Tony Buzbee and his Texas firm.
The declaration’s account of how the case originated is its most striking element. The woman said she responded to a Facebook advertisement in late 2024 seeking people with sexual assault claims against Sean Combs, filled out a form and received a call.
She claims the October 2024 complaint against Combs was filed without her knowledge and without independent investigation. She also disclosed that she had informed her legal team of certain mental health conditions before Carter was publicly named that December.
Details she provided shifted along the way. She recalled describing an afterparty following one awards show, while the complaint cited a different one. She said her lawyers requested a polygraph after discrepancies emerged and that she never learned the results, and that by January 2025 she had begun doubting both her claims against Carter and whether she attended any celebrity party at all.
Buzbee told Rolling Stone he had not seen the declaration, noting at least four lawyers dealt with her before he did and that she told each the same story. He said any funds she received amounted to petty cash for meals and travel.
Carter has long characterized the demand letter he received as an existential threat. A California appeal court upheld dismissal of his separate extortion case earlier this month, finding Buzbee subjectively believed the accusations.