EXCLUSIVE: Jay-Z Under Federal Criminal Investigation for 2000 Rape of 13-Year-Old Girl Alongside Diddy

NEW YORK, 2 December 2025 – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York and the FBI have opened a full criminal investigation into Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter for the alleged aggravated rape of a 13-year-old girl at a Manhattan after-party following the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards, multiple federal sources confirmed tonight.

The probe stems from a previously sealed civil lawsuit filed last year under New York’s Adult Survivors Act. The plaintiff, now 38 and identified only as “Jane Doe,” claims she was lured to a VIP suite at the Kitano Hotel by a Bad Boy Records limo driver. There, she alleges, both Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jay-Z took turns sexually assaulting her for over two hours after giving her alcohol and what she described as “liquid ecstasy.”

Court documents unsealed this morning contain explosive new details:

DNA evidence recovered from the hotel bedsheets in 2000, preserved by NYPD’s cold-case unit
Recovered BlackBerry pager messages from September 2000 referencing “the young one in the white dress”
Security-camera hallway footage showing a visibly intoxicated minor being carried into the suite by two men matching the rappers’ descriptions

Four additional witnesses, including a former Bad Boy stylist and a Kitano doorman, have now agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors. One told investigators Jay-Z laughed and said, “She’s old enough where I’m from,” before the assault began.

A senior FBI source told Page Six: “This is no longer civil. We have forensic evidence, sworn statements, and digital records that survived two decades. Mr. Carter has been asked to appear voluntarily for questioning next week. Refusal will trigger an arrest warrant.”

The NYPD simultaneously raided two former Jay-Z residences in Tribeca and reopened the original 2000 police report, which was mysteriously closed in 2003 citing “insufficient evidence.” Under current New York and federal statutes, there is no statute of limitations for rape of a child under 14.

If indicted and convicted on the federal charge of aggravated sexual abuse of a minor, the 55-year-old billionaire faces a mandatory minimum of 15 years and a maximum of life in prison, with no parole.

Roc Nation issued a brief statement Tuesday evening: “These allegations are categorically false and appear designed to extort and destroy a man who rose from nothing. Mr. Carter will fully cooperate to clear his name.”

Beyoncé cancelled all public appearances this week without explanation, and her Instagram account, for the first time since 2013, has been switched to private.

Within hours, #JayZIsOverParty became the number-one worldwide trend. Spotify playlists featuring his music reportedly dropped 60% in streams overnight.

From Marcy Projects to federal indictment, the man who once proclaimed himself “Hova” now faces the possibility of dying in prison alongside the same industry peer he distanced himself from only months ago.

The Diddy fallout has claimed its biggest casualty yet.