Overview
- The anonymous woman filed an 11‑ to 12‑page sworn declaration in Manhattan federal court on Thursday, Sept. 24, saying Shawn “Jay‑Z” Carter never raped her, that she has never met him, and that “there is no truth to any of my claims.”
- Jay‑Z’s legal team filed a notice that he was voluntarily dismissing her as a defendant in his ongoing malicious‑prosecution and related claims, narrowing his active case to lawyers who handled the original suit.
- In the declaration the woman said she first responded to a Facebook ad in fall 2024, that she disclosed certain mental‑health conditions to counsel before filings, and that she began doubting her identification of Jay‑Z in January 2025.
- Tony Buzbee disputes the recantation and says multiple lawyers took the accuser’s account before he met her, and a separate federal suit against Buzbee and his Texas firm remains active in New York.
- A recent California appeals ruling that protected a pre‑suit demand letter has already limited remedies in that state, so the New York proceedings will likely determine whether the lawyers face liability and how the episode affects reputations and future vetting of abuse claims.