Music mogul Jay-Z has filed a defamation lawsuit against an anonymous woman who earlier accused him of raping her when she was 13, alleging she was banking on “false and malicious claims” for financial gain.

The lawsuit also names the woman’s lawyers and claims the defendants made “malevolent efforts to assassinate” Jay-Z’s character in a complaint they later withdrew.

The anonymous woman withdrew her sex abuse suit last month, but the entertainer says in court papers she has since admitted her account was fabricated. She and her lawyer deny that.

The rapper, whose real name is Shawn Carter, is seeking unspecified damages against the unnamed victim, who said she was 13 at the time of the alleged assault in 2000. Carter's legal team says that the charges,

The rapper filed the new defamation and malicious prosecution lawsuit in Alabama, naming Jane Doe's lawyers, including Tony Buzbee, as co-defendants

Doe accused JAY-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs of drugging and raping her as a 13-year-old at an afterparty following the 2000 MTV VMAs. Hov consistently denied the allegations, and his accuser unexpectedly dropped her lawsuit in mid-February 2025.

Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter has decided to hit back at the former accuser and her lawyers over the now-dropped sexual assault allegations.As reported by People, The City is Mine rapper is not holding back on the retaliation

Last year, a lawsuit against Sean Combs was refiled by an anonymous Jane Doe, accusing Jay-Z of raping a 13-year-old girl alongside Combs in 2000. Shortly after, she admitted to inconsistencies in her story.

Jay Z has filed a lawsuit against the woman who accused him and Sean "Diddy" Combs of raping her at a VMAs after party when she was 13. Jay-Z alleged the Jane Doe admitted to lying about the story to his representatives.

Jay-Z is looking to restore his "impeccable and lifetime-earned character" with a new lawsuit against an anonymous woman who'd claimed in a since-dismissed civil suit that he and Sean "Diddy" Combs sexually assaulted her as a teenager more than two decades ago.

Z" Carter filed a defamation suit Monday against an Alabama woman who claimed he raped her when she was 13 in a since-withdrawn civil lawsuit.