JAY-Z Sexual Assault Accuser Fights To Remain Anonymous For Defamation Suit
By Tony M. Centeno
September 8, 2025
The woman who sued JAY-Z for allegedly raping her is now fighting to remain anonymous in the rapper's defamation suit against her.
Attorneys for the woman, only known as "Jane Doe," recently filed a new motion to keep her identity hidden from the public. According to Complex, Doe's attorneys and her doctor argued that revealing her name would cause her extreme psychological damage and destroy her mental health.
"From a psychiatric standpoint, the forced disclosure of her identity in this context would have catastrophic consequences for her mental health,” Doe’s psychiatrist, Dr. John T. Olsen, said. “Such public exposure would destabilize her current mental health recovery.”
“The impact would likely be severe, with a high risk of exacerbation of her psychiatric symptoms, deterioration of her functioning, and a profound negative effect on her overall prognosis,” he continued.
In the motion, Doe claimed she felt "intimidated and terrified at her own home after being cornered on her porch by investigators.” Back in March, ABC News released a minute-long audio clip of the woman, known as "Jane Doe," talking to private investigators about the allegations she made. In it, she admitted to private investigators that Hov didn't touch her, but maintained that he was there. She also claimed that her attorney, Tony Buzbee, pushed her to include JAY-Z in her lawsuit. Buzbee claimed that her statement was a "blatant lie."
It's been nearly a year since the woman, only known as "Jane Doe," filed a lawsuit against both JAY-Z, born Shawn Carter, and Sean "Diddy" Combs for allegedly raping her when she was 13. After the lawsuit was voluntarily dismissed in February, Carter's legal team vowed to countersue and followed through by filing a defamation suit against Doe along with her two attorneys, Tony Buzbee and David Fortney. Doe tried to get the lawsuit dismissed, but a judge denied her request.
A judge has not yet ruled on her request to remain anonymous.