A woman identified in court documents as Jane Doe has formally retracted allegations that she was raped by Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs at a party following the MTV Video Music Awards in 2000, when she was 13 years old. In a statement filed in court on Thursday, she declared that Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, never engaged in any inappropriate conduct toward her and that she had never met or spoken to him. She also stated that her claims involving Combs and a third unnamed celebrity were completely false.
The woman initially filed the lawsuit in 2024 and later dropped it in February 2025. Carter subsequently sued her and her legal representatives, with both Carter and Combs having consistently denied the allegations. Carter characterized the original claims as a “blackmail attempt” and described them as “frivolous, fictitious and appalling.” Following the case dismissal, Carter issued a statement noting the trauma the accusations had caused to his family, including his wife Beyoncé and their children.
In her retraction, the woman explained that she became aware of the allegations after seeing a Facebook advertisement in late 2024 seeking people with potential sexual assault claims against Combs. She stated that a law firm contacted her and filed the complaint without her authorization, conducting no independent investigation or background inquiry. She also claimed in her new declaration that she received no threats from Carter or anyone acting on his behalf, contrary to assertions made by her former lawyer, Tony Buzbee.
Buzbee, who led the legal team representing the accuser, stated he had not yet reviewed her retraction. He indicated that multiple lawyers had worked with the woman before he became involved and that she had provided the same account to each of them. He questioned the veracity of her current claim that she had fabricated the allegations. Carter’s lawsuit against the woman and her lawyers remains active, though she has been removed from the case. Combs continues to deny the allegations, and his legal representatives had previously suggested the civil case lacked merit.
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