Jay-Z Accuser Recants Rape Allegation, Says No Truth The Alabama woman who accused Jay-Z of raping her at 13 has recanted, saying there was no truth to the allegation. Jay-Z had countersued her and her lawyers. The Alabama woman who accused Jay-Z of raping her when she was 13 has officially recanted, stating there was no truth to the allegation. The woman, initially identified as Jane Doe, filed suit in New York in October 2024, claiming she was violated by Jay-Z and Sean Diddy Combs at an afterparty for the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards. Her case was dismissed in February 2025 by her then-attorney Tony Buzbee. Now, she has retracted her accusations against Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, in court documents obtained by the Daily Mail. Details of the RecantationIn the new court filing submitted this Thursday, Doe asserted that she had never met or spoken to Carter. She insisted she was recanting voluntarily without any payment from him or anyone acting on his behalf. She stated, I understand my accusations have caused Mr Carter immense pain, suffering and damage that can never be fully undone.Doe has now retained Alabama lawyer J Blair Newman. Newman said in a statement to TMZ, 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 apologizes to Mr Carter and his family.The Daily Mail has contacted Carter's representatives and Newman for comment. Carter has been married to Beyonce since 2008, and the couple have three children: Blue Ivy, 14, and twins Sir and Rumi, nine.Background and Legal BattleDoe first filed suit in New York as Jane Doe in October 2024, claiming she was violated by Jay-Z and Sean Diddy Combs at an afterparty for the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards in the presence of another celebrity she declined to name. Her case was dismissed in February 2025 by her attorney Tony Buzbee, who has represented several of Combs accusers. The following month, Jay-Z countersued not only Buzbee and his Texas law firm but also Doe herself.Doe was represented in her case against Carter by multiple attorneys from the Buzbee Law Firm, including Buzbee himself and David Fortney. In the court filing where she recanted her claim, Doe said she had informed Fortney she was suffering from mental health conditions, but claimed he never asked whether they affected her memory of her allegations. The Daily Mail has contacted Fortney for comment.According to Doe's latest filing, she saw a Facebook ad in September or October 2024 for people who might have sexual assault claims against Combs. The attached link took her to a form for a firm called the AVA Law Group, where she said that when she was a model she attended an afterparty for the 2000 Teen Choice Awards, not the MTV Video Music Awards. Her communications with the AVA Law Group triggered a chain of events that led to her being represented by the Buzbee Law Firm, per the new declaration.Doe maintained in her filing that she was never given a draft of her October 2024 complaint against Carter before it was submitted by the Buzbee Law Firm. Further, she alleged she was unaware who Buzbee even was when he filed suit on her behalf, a development she professed to have only learned of weeks afterwards. The Daily Mail has reached out to the Buzbee Law Firm, as well as to Buzbee and Fortney, for comment on the claims in Doe's legal filing.Responses and ReactionsBy January 2025, she had begun harboring doubts not only about her claims against Carter but about having ever attended a party with celebrities at all, Doe asserted in her filing. In response to the Daily Mail's request for comment, Buzbee said, We aren’t sure why Ms Doe would say such things. We have video where she was explained in detail her case and she approved every allegation. She also signed four different affidavits that were filed with the court stating that her allegations were true. In addition she spoke to FIVE DIFFERENT lawyers from two different law firms confirming her story was true. So, with all respect, the current story she is giving now isn’t supported by the prior statements she had given. Why she has changed her story is an important question that we don’t have the answer to.When Doe's lawsuit was dismissed in February 2025, Carter publicly celebrated his victory over the frivolous, fictitious and appalling allegations against him. He added, I would not wish this experience on anyone. The trauma that my wife, my children, loved ones and I have endured can never be dismissed.