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On March 25, Jay-Z recently shared in a GQ interview how rough his 2025 was, mainly due to

a civil lawsuit accusing him of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl alongside Sean

Ditty-Cohms after the MTV Video Music Awards in September 2000.

The anonymous accuser filed the suit in New York Federal Court late in 2024 claiming the incident

happened at a private home that night with another unnamed celebrity present.

Jay-Z denied the claims right away, pointing out they broke old street rules he grew up with

about protecting women and kids, and he refused to. Settle? Saying you would hurt his family too much.

The case fell apart quickly from big inconsistencies, like photos showing Jay-Z at a New York City

nightclub that evening and the accusers own. Father not recalling picking her up, leading her to

drop it voluntarily with prejudice in February 2025. Afterward, Jay-Z countersued the woman

and her lawyer in Alabama for $20 million, calling the accusations a conspiracy, but he admits the

emotional toll lingers as he focuses on fatherhood with Beyonce and their three kids insisting truth

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