and raped by Jay-Z, real name Shawn Carter, and Sean "Diddy" Combs at a party after the MTV Video Music Awards in 2000. The stars denied the allegation and she dropped the lawsuit last year. Carter then sued her and her lawyers. In a statement filed in that case on Thursday, she wrote: "Shawn 'Jay-Z' Carter never raped me.  I have never met or spoken to Mr. Carter. Mr. Carter never engaged in any inappropriate conduct toward me whatsoever." The woman, known in court documents by the pseudonym Jane Doe, also said: "My claims that Mr. Carter and Mr. Combs raped me while a third celebrity watched, are false. There is no truth to any of my claims against Mr. Carter. "I understand my false accusations have caused Mr. Carter immense pain, suffering, and damage that can never be fully undone." Carter had vehemently denied the accusations, saying they were a "blackmail attempt" and describing them as "frivolous, fictitious and appalling allegations". When the accuser dropped her case in February 2025, the rapper, who is married to singer Beyoncé, said: "The trauma that my wife, my children, loved ones and I have endured can never be dismissed". The woman, from Alabama, has now been removed from Carter's lawsuit. She said she had not received any money from the rap superstar or anyone acting on his behalf, and had not been paid to make her latest declaration. The rapper is still suing the woman's former lawyers, led by Tony Buzbee. (BBC)