Woman retracts rape allegations against Jay-Z and Sean Combs, says she never met them

A woman who accused Jay-Z and Sean "Diddy" Combs of sexually assaulting her when she was 13 has retracted her claims, stating they were false and that she never met either man.
In a court filing submitted Thursday, the woman, identified as Jane Doe in legal documents, said, “There is no truth to any of my claims,” according to reports from TMZ and other outlets. She added that Jay-Z, whose legal name is Shawn Carter, “never raped me, never sexually assaulted me, never engaged in any inappropriate conduct with me, and I have never met him.” The woman also acknowledged that her false accusations caused Carter “immense pain, suffering, and harm that can never be fully repaired.”
Her new attorney, James Blair Newman Jr., confirmed in a statement to TMZ that his client had mistakenly identified Carter and that the allegations were untrue. Newman said Carter “did not rape her, did not sexually assault her, did not engage in any inappropriate conduct with her, and she has never met him.” The woman also stated she had not received any financial compensation from Carter or his representatives.
The woman had initially filed a lawsuit in 2024, alleging that Carter and Combs drugged and sexually assaulted her at a party after the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards. Carter denied the allegations, calling them an attempt at extortion. The lawsuit was withdrawn in 2025, and Carter subsequently sued the woman and her former legal team.
The woman cited mental health issues in her retraction, stating she had informed her legal team of these struggles before filing the initial complaint. Her former attorney, Tony Buzbee, told Rolling Stone that multiple lawyers had handled her case and that she had consistently recounted the same story to each of them. Buzbee also claimed that Carter’s investigators had harassed the woman for weeks in an attempt to intimidate her into recanting.
Carter’s lawsuit against the woman’s former attorneys remains ongoing.
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