A woman at the centre of a lawsuit accusing music producer Jay-Z of rape when she was 13 says she has never met or spoken with him.
The woman, who was identified as Jane Doe in court papers, had accused Jay-Z and musician Sean "Diddy" Combs of raping her in 2000, when she was 13 years old.
In it, the woman said there was "no truth to any of my claims" against Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, and that she was not being paid for her statements.
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A woman at the centre of a lawsuit accusing music producer Jay-Z of rape when she was 13 says she has never met or spoken with him.
A woman who accused musician Jay-Z of rape in a 2024 lawsuit has recanted her claim and said she had never met the billionaire rapper.
The woman, who was identified as Jane Doe in court papers, had accused Jay-Z and musician Sean "Diddy" Combs of raping her in 2000, when she was 13 years old.
The woman later dropped that civil lawsuit, and Jay-Z sued her and her law firm for defamation and malicious prosecution.
In it, the woman said there was "no truth to any of my claims" against Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, and that she was not being paid for her statements.
"Shawn 'Jay-Z' Carter never raped me,"'Jay-Z' Carter never raped me, the woman wrote in statements filed in US District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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