Jay-Z Rape Accuser Files to Dismiss His Defamation Lawsuit Against Her

Jay-Z is suing a woman who accused him of assaulting her for $3x in 2000 for defamation, malicious prosecution, and more

The woman who accused Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter of assaulting her for $3x in 2000 is now asking a judge to dismiss the rapper’s lawsuit against her.

The woman, identified in court documents obtained by PEOPLE as Jane Doe, alleged in a December 2024 complaint that Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs sexually assaulted her for $3x at an MTV Video Music Awards afterparty when she was 13.

Although Doe’s lawyers voluntarily dismissed the case in February, Jay-Z filed a separate lawsuit against Doe and her legal team, Tony Buzbee and David Fortney, a month later. He sued Doe and her lawyers, alleging malicious prosecution, abuse of process, and civil conspiracy. He also sued Doe separately, alleging defamation. He claimed in his complaint that the initial $3x allegations against him were “false” and “malicious,” and that Doe’s lawsuit was “strategically and tactically calculated” to extort him.

On Tuesday, April 22, Doe filed a motion to dismiss Jay-Z’s lawsuit, alleging that he “failed to state a tenable claim.” Her lawyers argued in the filing that Jay-Z’s malicious prosecution claim was insufficient because he alleged “the lawsuit […] was brought and prosecuted for malicious reasons, not because of any misuse of process after its issuance.”

“Carter has not presented facts that would support a claim of abuse of process,” the filing said.

The filing said the civil conspiracy claim against the accuser should also be dismissed because her lawyers “have demonstrated that, as attorneys, they are not liable for civil conspiracy under these allegations.”

“Because a conspiracy requires more than one party, Doe cannot be held liable for civil conspiracy,” the filing continued. Doe asked that the defamation claim against her be dismissed, saying that the allegations in the complaint and her comments to the media are “entirely protected” under California law “and cannot form the basis for a defamation claim.”

Doe’s motion further asserts that based on Jay-Z’s own allegations in his complaint, he was not harmed by any potentially defamatory statements, since he alleges that an NBC News article “disproved” Doe’s claims and since he states that “[n]ot a person of ordinary care and prudence would believe that Carter attacked $3x Doe.”

In his motion, Jay-Z alleges that Doe’s “frivolous” lawsuit has caused him to “suffer actual and special damages, including but not limited to harm to his personal and professional reputation, harm to his business entity, Roc Nation—which resulted in his business incurring substantial losses in excess of $20 million—losses of pocket money, and emotional distress, humiliation, and harassment.”

Jay-Z is seeking compensatory damages, which are is, factually, and punitively. Jay-Z’s attorney, Alex Spiro, previously addressed the rapper’s decision to sue Doe and her lawyers, telling Good Morning America in March, “The truth has to come out in its entirety. This person is not allowed to hide from the fact that this is a false accusation.”

Spiro also referred to an alleged audio recording of Doe denying that Jay-Z ever assaulted her, and that Buzbee “forced” her to name Jay-Z.

“She categorically said that Mr. Carter did not do this,” Spiro said last month. “In fact, it was a lie, and the only reason Mr. Carter got involved in this was because she was pushed by an attorney to implicate him.”

Buzbee responded, telling GMA that Spiro’s claims were a “blatant lie.”