*The decade-long legal battle between Shawn Carter, known worldwide as Jay-Z, and Rymir Satterthwaite has officially ended after a U.S. District Court judge dismissed the paternity case last month. According to Complex, court filings reveal that Jay chose not to pursue attorney fees, allowing the deadline to pass, even though he won the federal case in Los Angeles. A judge has now declared the matter fully resolved and irreversible.
We reported earlier that Satterthwaite, 30, voluntarily withdrew his lawsuit against the rapper in late July after years of asserting that Carter is his biological father. He maintained at the time that stepping away from the action represented a calculated decision rather than surrender. “I have not stopped my fight. I did withdraw my case, but it’s for a reason. It’s not because I’m stopping it or I’m going to refile. It’s just a lot going on behind closed doors […] I have not gotten any DNA test. I have not gotten a settlement. It is not over,” he told viewers during a livestream.
Weeks before that withdrawal, Jay-Z’s attorneys branded the legal actions a “decades-long harassment campaign” built on “fabricated” allegations. On November 5, 2025, a federal judge dismissed the case “with prejudice,” ensuring no version of the same paternity claim can ever return to court.
The origins of the dispute trace back to the early 1990s, when Satterthwaite’s late mother, Wanda, claimed she shared an intermittent relationship with the then-upcoming artist. Wanda, who died in 2019, initially pursued child-support proceedings in state court long before the recent federal actions.
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A separate but connected lawsuit brought by Satterthwaite’s godmother and former legal guardian, paralegal Lillie Coley, met the same fate when U.S. District Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett dismissed it with prejudice on November 4. Throughout the proceedings, no DNA testing was ever ordered, and Carter has steadfastly denied paternity.
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