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Appellate Practice

Oct. 1, 2026

Jay-Z seeks rehearing after accuser recants rape allegations

Shawn Carter is asking a California appeals court to reconsider its anti-SLAPP ruling after his accuser declared under oath that he never raped her and that her allegations were false.

Attorneys for Shawn Carter, better known as Jay-Z, are asking a California appeals court to reconsider its anti-SLAPP ruling after his rape accuser declared under oath that her allegations were false.

Carter's Sept. 24 petition asks the 2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 2, to take notice of the recantation, vacate its Sept. 9 opinion affirming an order that ended his extortion and defamation claims against attorney Tony Buzbee and others, and send the case back for limite...

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