Jay-Z isn’t backing down. Months after a woman identified only as Jane Doe dropped her explosive rape lawsuit against the hip-hop mogul, he’s returned to court—this time with a sharper legal blade.

In a newly amended defamation lawsuit filed this week, Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, is calling out his accuser for continuing to fan the flames of public accusation even after legally withdrawing her claims. Central to the new filing is a fiery TikTok posted by the woman in April, in which she appears to double down on her original allegation. In the video, she lip-syncs to a blunt audio clip: “You couldn’t pay me a million dollars to get an apology video out of me, I stand on what I said, f** you.”*

To Jay-Z’s legal team, that wasn’t just a dramatic post—it was an act of defiance and malice. The amended complaint argues that the video shows a “shocking and reckless disregard for the truth,” and paints it as part of a pattern of behavior meant to damage Carter’s name long after the legal threat had supposedly ended.

The backstory is already headline-grabbing: Jane Doe initially filed a lawsuit accusing both Jay-Z and music executive Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping her following the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards. But she abruptly dropped the case in early 2024, citing fear of retaliation by two of the most powerful men in the industry. Despite pulling back legally, she has never retracted the accusation—and now, according to Carter’s team, she’s taken it public in ways that are “calculated to provoke maximum reputational harm.”

But Jay-Z’s updated lawsuit doesn’t stop with Doe. He’s also turning up the pressure on her attorney, Tony Buzbee, accusing the Houston-based lawyer of orchestrating a digital smear campaign. Specifically, the rapper’s legal team alleges that IP addresses tied to Buzbee’s law firm were responsible for over 100 Wikipedia edits. These edits reportedly tried to paint Buzbee in a more flattering light while subtly undermining Jay-Z and his company Roc Nation.

Buzbee, a high-profile attorney known for representing controversial clients, scoffed at the claims. In a statement dripping with sarcasm, he said, “I’m trying to wrap my head around this creative pleading. The new argument is that someone editing Wikipedia pages about me somehow harms Jay-Z? That’s laughable. I haven’t looked at Wikipedia in years.”

While legal experts debate the strength of Jay-Z’s amended complaint, one thing is clear: the courtroom battle has become deeply personal—and very public. What began as a rape allegation has morphed into a multi-front war of reputations, with TikToks, Wikipedia pages, and media statements now as central as the legal filings themselves.

Neither Jay-Z nor his legal team has commented beyond the court documents, but the message is loud: Carter is fighting back—and he’s no longer limiting that fight to the courtroom.

As for Jane Doe, her identity remains protected, but her words—and her videos—have become central pieces in a story that’s far from over.