The rapper, whose real name is Shawn Carter, is seeking unspecified damages against the unnamed victim, who said she was 13 at the time of the alleged assault in 2000. Carter's legal team says that the charges,

The anonymous woman withdrew her sex abuse suit last month, but the entertainer says in court papers she has since admitted her account was fabricated. She and her lawyer deny that.

Doe accused JAY-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs of drugging and raping her as a 13-year-old at an afterparty following the 2000 MTV VMAs. Hov consistently denied the allegations, and his accuser unexpectedly dropped her lawsuit in mid-February 2025.

Last year, a lawsuit against Sean Combs was refiled by an anonymous Jane Doe, accusing Jay-Z of raping a 13-year-old girl alongside Combs in 2000. Shortly after, she admitted to inconsistencies in her story.

The rapper filed the new defamation and malicious prosecution lawsuit in Alabama, naming Jane Doe's lawyers, including Tony Buzbee, as co-defendants

Jay-Z has launched a defamation lawsuit against the woman who accused him of sexual assault, alleging she has admitted to fabricating her explosive allegations.

Jay-Z has filed a defamation lawsuit against the Jane Doe who accused him of sexual assault and her lawyer Tony Buzbee

Jay Z has filed a lawsuit against the woman who accused him and Sean "Diddy" Combs of raping her at a VMAs after party when she was 13. Jay-Z alleged the Jane Doe admitted to lying about the story to his representatives.

As the Chateau Marmont staff this morning were cleaning up Jay-Z and Beyoncé's annual post-Oscars Gold Parry, the ‘Empire State of Mind’ superstar was doubling down on his backlash against the Jane Doe and the lawyer who accused him and Sean "Diddy" Combs of raping her as a minor in a Valentines' Day dismissed case.

Jay-Z filed a defamation lawsuit Monday against the woman who alleged in a now-withdrawn complaint that he and Sean Combs raped her when she was 13.