Jay-Z Accuser Says Allegations She Made Against Him Were 'False'

A woman who two years ago accused the rapper Jay-Z of sexual assault when she was a teenager has conceded that there was “no truth to any of my claims”.

In a legal declaration filed last week, the anonymous woman, referred to only as Jane Doe, wrote: “My allegations that Shawn Carter [Jay-Z’s legal name] raped me or otherwise sexually assaulted me were false. I have never met Mr Carter.

“Mr Carter never engaged in any inappropriate conduct toward me whatsoever. There is no truth to any of my claims against Mr Carter.”

She continued: “I understand that my false accusations have caused Mr Carter immense pain, suffering, and damage that can never be fully undone.

“I sincerely and unconditionally apologise to Mr Carter for the devastating harm I have caused to him, his family and his reputation.”

Her legal team also noted: “Our client maintains that she was a victim of sexual assault, but she was entirely mistaken in her allegations identifying Mr. Carter, and those allegations were false.

“Mr. Carter did not rape her, sexually assault her, engage in any inappropriate conduct towards her, and she has never met him. She sincerely and unconditionally apologises to Mr. Carter and his family.”

Jay-Z said of the accusations back in 2024: “These allegations are so heinous in nature that I implore you to file a criminal complaint, not a civil one!!

“Whomever would commit such a crime against a minor should be locked away, would you not agree? These alleged victims would deserve real justice if that were the case.”

During a subsequent interview with British GQ earlier this year, the Grammy winner admitted: “[That was] really hard. I was heartbroken. I’m glad we got right to that so we could just get that out the way. Like I was really heartbroken by everything that occurred.

“We’re in a space now where it’s almost like consequence is not thought about enough. Because everything is so instant, you know what I’m saying?

“That whole [thing], that shit took a lot out of me. I was angry. I haven’t been that angry in a long time, uncontrollable anger. You don’t put that on someone – that’s a thing that you better be super sure.

“It used to be like that. You had to be super sure before you put those kind of things on a person. Especially a person like me. Even when we were doing the worst things, we had those kind of rules. There was a line: ‘no women, no kids’. You hear those sayings, but those are the things that I took from the street. We lived and died by that. So it’s strict for me, like it meant a lot to me.”

He added: “I took that really hard. I knew that we were going to walk through that because, first of all, it’s not true. And the truth, at the end of the day, still reigns supreme.”