Jay-Z has decided the best defense is a good offense, even after charges were dropped. The rapper and business mogul filed a lawsuit Monday against the anonymous woman who recently withdrew rape allegations against him, claiming she admitted the whole story was fabricated.

Jay-Z, aka Shawn Carter, is seeking to restore his "impeccable and lifetime-earned character" through this lawsuit filed in Alabama federal court. The suit names both "Jane Doe" and her attorneys, Tony Buzbee and David Fortney, as defendants.

The case stems from the accuser's previous lawsuit, which claimed Jay-Z and Sean "Diddy" Combs sexually assaulted her when she was 13 at an after-party following the MTV Video Music Awards in 2000. After an NBC News interview highlighted inconsistencies in her account, she acknowledged she had "made some mistakes" in presenting the allegations before ultimately withdrawing the claim last month.

Jay-Z's lawsuit alleges Doe "voluntarily admitted directly to representatives of Mr. Carter that the story brought before the world in court and on global television was just that: a false, malicious story." His legal team further claims she "admitted that Mr. Carter did not assault her" and that Buzbee himself "pushed her to go forward with the false narrative" to "leverage a maximum payday."

The Jane Doe in question submitted a declaration Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court that paints a different picture. "Although I ultimately chose not to pursue them, I stand by my claims in the New York Action and believe that I had a meritorious claim against Jay-Z," she stated.

Doe alleges she was "cornered" by investigators working for the rapper's lawyers on February 21, who asked her to sign an affidavit confirming her accusations were false. "I felt intimidated and terrified at being confronted by these two individuals on my doorstep," her filing states. She also claims investigators approached her parents with similar requests.

According to Doe, fear was what led her to drop the original lawsuit: "Fear of intimidation and retaliation from Jay-Z and/or his associates or fans is one of the reasons that I chose not to pursue the New York Action."

Buzbee was seemingly unfazed by Jay-Z's legal maneuvers, dismissing the lawsuit as "baloney" in a statement to Billboard:

"This case is baloney and has no legal merit. Shawn Carter's investigators have repeatedly harassed, threatened and harangued this poor woman for weeks trying to intimidate her and make her recant her story. She won't."

Jay-Z's team characterizes the original lawsuit as a "depraved attack" that began with an attempt "to extort Mr. Carter beginning on November 5, 2024, through a menacing 'private' 'demand letter.'" They claim it caused harm to his "personal and professional reputation" including "harm to his business entity, Roc Nation — which resulted in his business suffering substantial losses in excess of $20 million."

Buzbee previously defended his approach, stating in November that his firm sent a "standard demand letter" seeking "confidential mediation in lieu of filing a lawsuit" with "no amount of money" included and "no threats made."

As the legal battle continues, one thing is clear: the only people definitively profiting from this situation are the lawyers.