Jay-Z accuser says her rape claims against him were false

Key Points:

• The woman who accused Jay-Z of raping her at age 13 has recanted her allegations, stating in a legal filing that her claims were false and that she never met Jay-Z or experienced any inappropriate conduct from him.
• The filing reveals that she also falsely accused Jay-Z and Sean "Diddy" Combs of rape, with the accusations involving another celebrity whose name was redacted.
• This recantation is part of Jay-Z's ongoing malicious prosecution lawsuit against the woman's former attorney, Tony Buzbee, with Jay-Z's lawyers dropping the woman from the suit.
• The original accusations were made in December 2024 in a civil lawsuit filed by Buzbee, which the accuser later dropped with prejudice in February 2025 after inconsistencies were pointed out in her story.
• The accuser apologized unconditionally to Jay-Z for the harm caused and disclosed that Buzbee's team paid her $1,000 before her NBC News interview, which initially supported her claims.