“Jay-Z Can Seek to Restart Extortion Case After Accuser Recants, Appeals Court Says” — what this page in the network covers. An appeals court has ruled that Jay-Z can ask a lower court to reopen his extortion case against attorney Tony Buzbee and an anonymous accuser, after the woman recanted her rape allegation. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the rapper's immediate request to rehear the case based on what his lawyers called 'explosive new evidence,' but clarified that the district court has the authority to reconsider.
The accuser, identified only as Jane Doe, admitted in a recorded conversation that Buzbee pressured her to falsely accuse Jay-Z, according to court filings. Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, has consistently denied the original claim that he raped a 13-year-old at a 2000 MTV Video Music Awards after-party. The full version stays on the original page, which this listing opens directly.