JAY-Z Claims Roc Nation Was Denied $115 Million Due To Defamation

JAY-Z‘s rape lawsuit was dismissed in February, but he is not done seeking justice against his accuser and her attorneys for alleged defamation. The Roc Nation leader filed an amended complaint late Monday (May 5) in Mobile, Alabama, alleging his accuser “has not stopped” making defamatory statements about him even though she agreed to. He and his legal team are claiming her actions have cost him and his company millions of dollars in loans and potential revenue.

In his new filing, Jay claims that as recently as April 11, the Jane Doe posted a TikTok of her lip-syncing an audio that may lead viewers to assume she’s referencing and doubling down on her case. “You couldn’t pay me a million dollars to get an apology video out of me, I stand on what I said, f**k you,” the audio says.

Rolling Stone has obtained the amended complaint, which explains why Doe’s actions affect his business. “By refusing to apologize, and continuing to ‘stand on what [she] said,’ despite all the evidence and, indeed, her own admissions to the contrary, Doe continues to display a shocking and reckless disregard for the truth that is both intentional and malicious,” the “99 Problems” rapper’s complaint reads. “Doe never had any reasonable grounds to support any truth in her statements and acted with reckless disregard for the truth. In other words, she lied.”

Also in his amended lawsuit, Jay clarified a prior claim that Roc Nation lost out on an unspecified $20 million. The statement says the $20 million represented the “minimum fee guarantee” of an undisclosed contract, and that the full fee for the deal “would have been many millions of dollars higher had the contract been performed.” He also alleges Doe’s allegations significantly affected his ability to pursue new business opportunities.

“As a result of defendants’ filing of the false lawsuit and other false public statements against Mr. Carter, Mr. Carter was denied a $55 million personal credit line,” the amended complaint claims. It also says Roc Nation was denied a $115 million loan. The legal team argues this directly affects Jay as well because he and Roc are “inextricably tied.”

On Dec. 8, 2024, Doe publicly accused JAY-Z of raping her alongside Sean “Diddy” Combs at a MTV VMAs afterparty when she was 13 years old. She voluntarily dismissed the suit in February and the Brooklyn rapper sued her attorney, Tony Buzbee, for extortion and defamation.

Alex Spiro, JAY-Z’s attorney, also issued an individual statement at the time: “The false case against JAY-Z, that never should have been brought, has been dismissed with prejudice. By standing up in the face of heinous and false allegations, Jay has done what few can – he pushed back, he never settled, he never paid 1 red penny, he triumphed and cleared his name.”