Jay-Z’s Rape Accuser Recordsdata Movement to Dismiss His Defamation Lawsuit Towards Her

The lady who accused Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter of sexually assaulting her in 2000 is now asking a choose to dismiss the rapper’s lawsuit towards her.

The lady, recognized in court docket docs obtained by PEOPLE as Jane Doe, alleged in a December 2024 criticism that Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs raped her at an MTV Video Music Awards afterparty when she was 13 years previous.

Although Doe’s attorneys voluntarily dismissed the case in February, Jay-Z filed his personal lawsuit towards Doe and her authorized crew, Tony Buzbee and David Fortney, a month later. He sued Doe and her legal professionals, alleging malicious prosecution, abuse of course of, and civil conspiracy. He additionally sued Doe individually, alleging defamation. He claimed in his criticism that the preliminary allegations of rape towards him had been knowingly “false” and “malicious,” and Doe’s lawsuit was “strategically and tactically calculated” in an try to extort him.

On Tuesday, April 22, Doe filed a movement to dismiss Jay-Z’s lawsuit, alleging that he “fails to state a declare upon which reduction might be granted.”

Her attorneys argued within the movement that Jay-Z’s malicious prosecution declare fails brief since he alleges “the […] lawsuit was initiated and prosecuted for malicious causes, not that any course of was wrongfully used after issuance.”

“Carter has not alleged information that might assist an abuse of course of declare,” the movement states.

The submitting says the civil conspiracy declare towards the accuser must also be dismissed as her legal professionals “have proven that, as attorneys, they don’t seem to be chargeable for civil conspiracy below these allegations.”

“Since a conspiracy requires multiple occasion, Doe can’t be chargeable for civil conspiracy,” the movement continues.

Doe requests that the defamation declare towards her be dismissed, stating that the allegations in her criticism and feedback to the media are “completely privileged” below California regulation “and can’t type the idea for a defamation declare.”

Doe’s movement additional claims that primarily based on Jay-Z’s personal allegations in his criticism, he was not broken by any doubtlessly defamatory statements, as a result of he alleged that an NBC Information piece “disproved” Doe’s claims and and as a result of he claimed that “[n]o individual of strange care and prudence” would have believed that Carter sexually assaulted Doe.”

In his submitting, Jay-Z alleged Doe’s “frivolous” lawsuit brought on him “to endure precise and particular damages, together with, however not restricted to, hurt to his private {and professional} fame, hurt to his enterprise entity, Roc Nation—which resulted in his enterprise struggling substantial losses in extra of $20 million—out-of-pocket loss, and emotional hurt, humiliation, and harassment.”

Jay-Z is in search of assumed, precise and punitive damages.

PEOPLE reached out to Jay-Z, Doe and Buzbee for remark.

Jay-Z’s lawyer Alex Spiro beforehand addressed the rapper’s choice to sue Doe and her attorneys, telling Good Morning America in March, “The reality needed to totally come out. This individual can’t be allowed to type of conceal from the fact that this was a false accusation.”

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Spiro additionally addressed a recording presupposed to be Doe denying that Jay-Z ever sexually assaulted her, and that Buzbee “pushed” her to call Jay-Z.

“She says in no unsure phrases, Mr. Carter didn’t do that,” Spiro mentioned final month. “It’s successfully a lie and the one purpose Mr. Carter is even concerned on this was as a result of she was pushed to contain him, pushed to incorporate him by a lawyer.” 

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