Jay-Z Accuser Fully Recants — Never Met Him

Jane Doe who accused Jay-Z of sexual assault filed a 12-page Manhattan federal declaration fully recanting — never met him, no truth to claims. Jay-Z dropped her from malicious-prosecution suit; case vs Tony Buzbee continues.

On Thursday Sep 24, 2026, the Jane Doe who accused Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter of sexual assault filed a 12-page declaration in Manhattan federal court fully recanting her claims. Rolling Stone (Nancy Dillon), BBC, and NME report the filing.

In the declaration she 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." And: "There is no truth to any of my claims against Mr. Carter."

Jay-Z voluntarily dismissed her as a defendant in his malicious-prosecution lawsuit against attorney Tony Buzbee and his firm. The suit against Buzbee continues. Her new lawyer, James Blair Newman Jr., said she maintains she was assaulted but was entirely mistaken identifying Carter and apologizes. Buzbee told Rolling Stone he had not seen the declaration and that multiple lawyers heard the same story from her earlier.

Framing: the prior ALLEGED accusation is withdrawn / recanted. This post does not stamp guilt. Prior site angle on the California anti-SLAPP appeal is a separate, rejected story.