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A woman who accused Jay-Z of raping her when she was 13 years old has formally withdrawn her allegation, saying that she has never met the rap superstar.

The unnamed woman had originally made the allegation in a lawsuit filed in 2024, claiming that Jay-Z, real name Shawn Carter, had drugged and raped her with Sean Combs, known as P Diddy. The incident was alleged to have happened at a party after an MTV awards ceremony in 2000.

Jay-Z denied the allegations, describing them as a blackmail attempt, and Combs also denied them. Jay-Z’s lawyer maintained the events relied on an “impossible timeline”. The woman dropped the lawsuit in 2025, and Jay-Z filed a counter suit.

As that lawsuit progresses, the woman has now said her claims were false. “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,” she said in a declaration obtained by Rolling Stone.

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[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

I must be more sleep deprived than I thought. You are right and unless I'm missing something big, their comment doesn't actually make any sense. Yet it got lots of upvotes. So confused.

[-] Madrigal@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

The word “expect” has multiple meanings.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Do you have any idea what they mean by "expect" here?

[-] Madrigal@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago
[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

It would help if they responded.. but they haven't.

People get offended when I say how absurd it is to me that our culture ~~expects~~ demands that a man to act as if they’re guilty simply for being accused of something

Still does not make sense to me. The closest thing I can figure out would be that OP thinks that men not being accepted if they assassinate a woman's character in response to an allegation means we "demand" that they act like they're guilty. Basically the antithesis of "believe women". ???

[-] Madrigal@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

They didn't say anything about character assassination. I think you're over-reading.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

No I'm not.

The closest thing I can figure out

Isn't exactly the tone of someone freaking out.

[-] Madrigal@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

Never said you were “freaking out” either.

Not sure if trolling or just stupid, but either way this dialogue is over.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I can only assume there's a reason you're weirdly defending someone's sus comments like this. At no point did anything you replied with make sense to say. You've earned yourself a tag.

[-] CrimeIsLegalNow@ani.social -3 points 1 week ago

Lemmycels, that's why. This sausage fest is just 4chan for the left.

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