The unnamed woman, identified in court documents as Jane Doe, filed a sworn declaration on Thursday as part of a defamation lawsuit that Jay-Z, real name Shawn Carter, brought against her and her former lawyers after she dropped her original civil suit last year.
In the filing, the woman wrote: "Shawn 'Jay-Z' Carter never raped me. I have never met or spoken to Mr. Carter. Mr. Carter never engaged in any inappropriate conduct toward me whatsoever."
She also disavowed her earlier claims against Sean "Diddy" Combs, stating: "My claims that Mr Carter and Mr Combs raped me while a third celebrity watched are false. There is no truth to any of my claims against Mr Carter."
The woman had originally filed a lawsuit in 2024 alleging she was drugged and raped by both men at a party after the MTV Video Music Awards in 2000, when she was 13. Both Carter and Combs denied the allegations.
The woman dropped that lawsuit in February 2025. Carter then sued her and her legal team for defamation and malicious prosecution. In the new declaration, the woman said her lawyers filed the original complaint "without conducting any independent investigation, background inquiry, or due diligence." She said she contacted the firm after seeing a Facebook advertisement seeking information about Combs, and that a lawsuit was filed weeks later without her having reviewed a draft.
The woman has now been removed as a defendant from Carter's lawsuit. She said she had not received any money from Carter or anyone acting on his behalf and was not paid for her latest statement.
Carter's lawsuit continues against the woman's former lawyers, led by Tony Buzbee. Carter had previously described the allegations as a "blackmail attempt" and "frivolous, fictitious and appalling allegations." When the original suit was dropped, he said the trauma endured by his family "can never be dismissed."
Representatives for Jay-Z declined to comment on the latest filing. Attorneys for Combs did not immediately respond to requests for comment.