Jay-Z’s rape accuser reportedly confessed to lying about his involvement, claiming her attorney, Tony Buzbee, pressured her to include him in the lawsuit.
The Alabama woman (who identifies herself as Jane Doe in court documents) spoke to a private investigator named Charlotte Henderson on Feb. 21, 2025.
Henderson filed an affidavit on Wednesday, stating the two met in Doe’s home, and that during their meeting Doe allegedly admitted that Buzbee ‘pushed’ her to include the hip hop mogul, 55, in her lawsuit, as per TMZ.
According to legal documents, Doe told Buzbee that in 2000 she was allegedly raped by Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs when she was 13, and wanted to sue him. However, she claims Buzbee then ‘brought Jay-Z into it.’
‘He was the one that kind of pushed me towards going forward with him, with Jay-Z,’ she reportedly claimed.
Doe also told the investigator that Buzbee allegedly said Jay-Z threatened to kill her, which led to her dropping the lawsuit last month.
Jay-Z’s, 55, rape accuser allegedly confessed to lying about his involvement, claiming her attorney, Tony Buzbee, pressured her to include him in the lawsuit; Jay-Z pictured in February
It comes a day after Jay-Z — who is wed to fellow music superstar Beyonce, 43 — filed a defamation lawsuit against the anonymous woman and Buzbee.
Henderson states that Doe said she told Buzbee the 99 Problems rapper was at the party where the alleged rape occurred, but claims she told him Jay-Z was not involved.
Despite her statements, Buzbee filed a lawsuit alleging both Jay-Z and Diddy sexually assaulted her.
After media outlets uncovered some inconsistencies in her story, she dismissed the suit last month.
Henderson met with Doe a week after the dismissal.
In the affidavit, Henderson states that Doe declared four times that Jay-Z did not assault her.
When she was asked if she would sign an affidavit stating that, she reportedly asked, ‘But how does this help me?’
Henderson claims she was not hired by Jay-Z or his legal team to do the investigation. It’s unclear who, if anyone, paid her.
Additionally, private investigator Ian Pillinger filed an affidavit revealing Doe’s alleged recent stay in a mental health facility, as per TMZ, just 90 days prior to Buzbee’s demand letter to Jay-Z.
Buzbee responded to the latest development, telling TMZ: ‘Each assertion is flat out false and made up. Jane Doe called referring counsel, the Ava Law Group, and alleged she was assaulted by PDiddy and Jay Z before her case was EVER referred to our firm. That’s indisputable.’
In an affidavit filed on Wednesday, a private investigator alleges the Alabama woman admitted Buzbee pressured her to include Jay-Z in her lawsuit, as per TMZ; Buzbee pictured in 2023
According to legal documents, Doe told Buzbee that in 2000 she was allegedly raped by Sean ‘ Diddy ‘ Combs when she was 13, and wanted to sue him. However, she claims Buzbee then ‘brought Jay-Z into it’; Diddy and Jay-Z pictured in 2015
Doe also reportedly told the investigator that Buzbee allegedly said Jay-Z threatened to kill her, which led to her dropping the lawsuit last month; Jay-Z seen in 2024
Henderson states that Doe said she told Buzbee the 99 Problems rapper was at the party where the alleged rape occurred, but told him he was not involved; Jay-Z pictured in 2000
He went on to claim that they have obtained the intake sheet from Ava Law group, where Doe was a client long before she went to Buzbee’s firm.
‘In that form created by their firm I take it shows who she was making the assertions against. Those investigators likely didn’t know that the paper trail will demonstrably prove what they say to be false.’
‘None of the actual documentation supports that false story that Jay Z’s team is trying to sell the public.’
On Monday it was revealed that Jay-Z has sued the Alabama woman and Buzbee, saying the ‘lies’ and ‘extortionate threats’ made by them led him to a $20 million loss.
The Empire State Of Mind artist accused the defendants in the case, in addition to attorney David Fortney, of ‘malicious prosecution, abuse of process, civil conspiracy and defamation,’ according to legal documents filed in Alabama and reviewed by Dailymail.com.
In the legal complaint, Jay-Z says the defendants ‘were soullessly motivated by greed, in abject disregard of the truth and the most fundamental precepts of human decency.’
Buzbee represented the woman claiming the 24-time Grammy-winner and Combs sexually assaulted her when she was 13.
She claims the incident took place at an MTV Music Awards afterparty in September of 2000 – accusations which Jay-Z and Diddy have denied.
The case was dismissed last month, with the Hard Knock Life rapper saying at the time, ‘Today is a victory. The frivolous, fictitious and appalling allegations have been dismissed. This civil suit was without merit and never going anywhere.’
Buzbee told Dailymail.com exclusively Monday, ‘This new case alleges the same claims as the other one they pieced together and filed in Los Angeles.’
On Monday it was revealed that Jay-Z has sued the Alabama woman and Buzbee, saying the ‘lies’ and ‘extortionate threats’ made by them led him to a $20 million loss; Pictured in LA February 2 at the Grammys with wife Beyoncé and Bruno Mars
Jay-Z’s lawyers have cited a December television interview with NBC News in which his accuser acknowledged inconsistencies in her story as a reason to toss the case
‘Like the one in LA, this new case in Alabama also has no legal merit.’
He continued: ‘Shawn Carter’s investigators have repeatedly harassed, threatened and harangued this poor woman for weeks trying to intimidate her and make her recant her story.’
‘She hasn’t, and won’t. Instead she has stated repeatedly she stands by her claims. These same group of investigators have been caught on tape offering to pay people to sue me and my firm.’
Buzbee told Dailymail.com that he spoke ‘with Jane Doe today’ and ‘it appears that the quotes attributed to her in the lawsuit are completely made up, or they spoke to someone who isn’t Jane Doe.’
The attorney added: ‘This is just another attempt to intimidate and bully this poor woman that we will deal with in due course.’
Buzbee wrapped up his statement to Dailymail.com, ‘We won’t be bullied or intimidated by frivolous cases.’
Dailymail.com has reached out to reps for Jay-Z for comment on the story.
In January, lawyers for Jay-Z asked the court to sanction Buzbee, alleging he did not personally meet with the woman ahead of filing the legal complaint, TMZ reported after reviewing legal docs in the case.
The legal team for the 24-time Grammy-winner, led by attorney Alex Spiro, said Buzbee admitted to not personally speaking with the woman ahead of filing the case, which is a major ethical lapse.
The legal team for Jay-Z, led by attorney Alex Spiro said Buzbee admitted to not personally speaking with the woman ahead of filing the case, which is a major ethical lapse. Spiro pictured in July in Santa Fe, New Mexico
The alleged incident took place at an MTV VMAs afterparty in September of 2000, Jay-Z’s accuser said. The rapper pictured months earlier during a July 4 bash in the Hamptons
Jay-Z, pictured December 9 with wife Beyoncé, has denied all of the claims against him
Buzbee told Dailymail.com in response that ‘what Spiro has filed, like everything else he has filed thus far, is utterly frivolous and meritless.’
Buzbee previously told TMZ that ‘he did, in fact, personally interview the plaintiff, as did four other lawyers,’ the outlet reported, noting that he said that ‘anyone who says otherwise has their own agenda.’
Buzbee told Dailymail.com that ‘with every frantic filing the defense in this case grows more desperate.’
He added of his case against the rapper, whose name is Shawn Carter: ‘The rules apply equally to everyone, even those who wrongly think they are above the law. No one is above the law.’
Lawyers for Jay-Z said that Buzbee – whose Texas-based firm is in charge of more than 150 people suing Combs – didn’t properly vet the woman accusing Jay-Z ahead of a December interview she conducted with NBC News in which she acknowledged inconsistencies in her story.
Jane Doe said in her legal filing she was living in Rochester in 2000 when she made her way to New York City and befriended a limousine driver who drove her to the party in a trek that took about 20 minutes.
Buzbee has said his firm is representing more than 150 people, both male and female, who claims Combs sexual abused and exploited them.
Many of Buzbee’s legal filing include allegations of spiked drinks at lavish parties in locales such as New York, California and Florida.
Combs’ lawyers have characterized Buzbee’s lawsuits as ‘shameless publicity stunts, designed to extract payments from celebrities who fear having lies spread about them, just as lies have been spread about Mr. Combs.’
Jay-Z and Combs gained fame in the 2000s, emerging as successful rappers and business magnates, with Forbes last year estimating Jay-Z’s net worth to be $2.5 billion.
The artists have collaborated over the years, with Jay-Z appearing on Combs’ debut album, No Way Out and Combs performing on Jay-Z´s sophomore album, In My Lifetime, Vol. 1.
Combs has pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking charges after his September arrest. He has remained incarcerated at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn awaiting a May 5 trial, after he was refused bail on multiple occasions; pictured with ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura in March of 2016 in LA
Combs has pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking charges after his September arrest. He has remained incarcerated at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn awaiting a May 5 trial, after he was refused bail on multiple occasions.
Prosecutors in Combs’ federal case say the music mogul used blackmail and violence in his efforts to silence victims.
Among the claims made against the entertainer is that he persuaded women to participate against their will in group sexual exhibitions referred to as ‘Freak Offs.’
The Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down performer remains in federal custody nearly five months after his September 16 arrest in Manhattan in connection with sex trafficking and racketeering charges.
Combs, who is also charged with transportation to engage in prostitution, has made a trio of attempts in vain to be granted bail, amid concerns from the court he would attempt to flee or tamper with his case.
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