{
  "id": 9794893,
  "title": "Jay-Z rape accuser says her allegation was false",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/jay-z-rape-accuser-says-her-allegation-was-false-9794893",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-25T16:26:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KahawaTungu",
    "slug": "kahawatungu",
    "url": "https://kahawatungu.com/jay-z-rape-accuser-says-her-allegation-was-false/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "An unnamed woman accused rapper Jay-Z of raping her when she was 13, alleging she was drugged and assaulted by him and Sean \"Diddy\" Combs at a party following the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards. The stars and the woman's legal team denied the claims, but she filed a lawsuit in 2024. In February 2025, she dropped the lawsuit, stating that Jay-Z never raped her and that the allegations were false. She also said her claims caused Jay-Z immense pain and that she had not received any money or been paid to make her latest declaration. The woman, known as Jane Doe, was removed from Jay-Z's lawsuit. She claims she had no threats from Jay-Z or his associates and that her lawyers did not conduct any due diligence before filing the lawsuit, which is now being challenged by Jay-Z's ex-lawyers. Jay-Z and Combs are both facing separate legal issues; Combs was recently convicted of prostitution-related charges and is currently serving a four-year prison sentence.",
  "summary": "A woman who accused Jay-Z of raping her when she was 13 has formally said her allegation was untrue. The unnamed woman filed a lawsuit in 2024 claiming she had been drugged and raped by Jay-Z, real name Shawn Carter, and Sean “Diddy” Combs at a party after the MTV Video Music Awards in 2000. [...] The post Jay-Z rape accuser says her allegation was false appeared first on Kahawatungu .",
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  "editors_take": null,
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        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Jay-Z rape accuser says her allegation was false",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/jay-z-rape-accuser-says-her-allegation-was-false-9783318",
        "published": "2026-09-25T15:27:32.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}