Jay-Z accuser recants allegations: "Mr. Carter did not rape me"
Jane Doe, who accused Jay-Z of rape in 2024, disavows previous claims, stating she has "never met or spoken to Mr. Carter."
A woman known as Jane Doe has recanted her allegations against Jay-Z for sexual assault, claiming that he and Sean "Diddy" Combs raped her when she was 13 years old. The accusations, which were filed in December 2024, were dropped three months later as per Billboard. In a new lawsuit filed by Jay-Z against Doe and her former attorney, Tony Buzbee, Jay-Z's team stated, "Mr.
Carter never engaged in any inappropriate conduct toward me whatsoever." Doe denies this, saying, "Mr. Carter never raped me" and "never met or spoke to Mr. Carter." She claims that she went to a different award show in 2000, not the VMAs, and she does not recall any conversation before the filing. Doe blames her lawyers for not conducting an independent investigation or obtaining any corroboration of the allegations.
She alleges that Buzbee paid her $1,000 to participate in an NBC interview and coached her on how to act and what to say. She began to doubt her claims in January 2025 and expressed these concerns to her lawyers, who then agreed to drop the case. Doe has not received any monetary compensation for recanting her allegations and did so of her own free will.
However, she filed a motion to drop herself from Jay-Z's lawsuit, stating, "She sincerely and unconditionally apologizes to Mr. Carter and his family."
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