Woman who accused Jay-Z of rape says allegations were false

A a woman known as Jane Doe, who once accused Jay-Z of raping her in 2000, went back with her statements and said that it was all a lie and never even met the singer. 

In a new statement made on Thursday, September 24, in New York, the woman shares contradictory information to the allegations she made in 2024, saying at the time that Jay-Z raped her when she was 13.

Identified as Jane Doe, the woman stated that her claims against the singer were “false,” adding that “she never met Mr. Carter.”.

“Mr. Carter never had any inappropriate conduct toward me. There is no truth in my allegations against Mr Carter”, said in statements to CNN, quoted by People.

“There is no truth in my allegations against Mr. Carter. I understand my false accusations have caused you. Carter's immense pain, suffering and damage that can never be fully repaired. I sincerely and unconditionally apologize to Mr. Carter for the devastating damage I have done to him, his family and his reputation.”

Previously, he also recalls the international press, the woman was represented by Tony Buzbee, but is now that role passed to J. Blair Newman.

People also indicate that they tried to contact Shawn Carter's representatives, whose stage name is Jay-Z, but they have not received answers to date.

J. Blair Newman, in statements to CNN, explains that his client “claims to have been the victim of sexual assault, but that he was completely mistaken in his allegations in identifying Mr. Carter, and that these allegations were false.”.

“ Your case was forwarded to our office by another law firm, along with the initial information they had collected. She told the same detailed story to four lawyers before she met me. We hired a former police detective specializing in serious crimes to verify the facts presented by her,” Tony Buzbee wrote in a statement to The New York Times.

At the time he was charged by his wife, Jay-Z denied everything. “These allegations are so heinous that I beg you to file them as a criminal, not a civil, complaint! Whoever commits such a crime against a minor should be arrested, don't you agree? These alleged victims deserve justice. This lawyer, about whom I did a little research, seems to have a pattern of this type of theatricality ", reacted at the time. 

“My only sadness is for my family. My wife and I will have to talk to our children, one of whom is at the age when friends will certainly see the press and ask questions about the nature of these allegations”, one could also read in their public demonstration about the case. 

 

The case was dismissed in February 2025. “Today is a day of victory,” Jay-Z wrote in publicly expressing this judicial outcome. 

“ The trauma that my wife, my children, my loved ones and I have suffered can never be discarded. May the truth prevail for all the victims and for those falsely accused,” he said.