50 Cent is suing ex Daphne Joy for defamation following rape allegations

50 Cent sued his ex-girlfriend Daphne Joy on Monday, accusing her of defamation after she claimed he raped her during their relationship.

According to TMZ, the 48-year-old “Many Men” rapper claimed that Joy only accused him of rape because he requested sole custody of their 11-year-old son, Sire. He said the allegations damaged his business reputation and hurt his chances of winning the case.

Joy, 37, dated 50 Cent from 2011 to 2013 and posted a lengthy Instagram post on March 28 directed at the rapper, whose legal name is Curtis Jackson.

“Let’s put the real focus on your true evil deeds of raping and physically abusing me,” Joy wrote. “You are no longer my oppressor and my God will deal with you from now on.”

50 Cent and Joy were in a legal battle over custody of Sire when Rodney Jones, also known as Lil Rod, mentioned Joy in a lawsuit against Sean “Diddy” Combs.

The lawsuit accused Combs of abusing and manipulating Jones. In the documents, Jones said Combs paid women monthly as sex workers, and he named Joy as one of those women.

“The claim that I am a sex worker is 100% false and character assassination,” Joy responded on Instagram. “I am retaining an attorney to review all legal remedies against Rodney and his attorney.”

50 cents mentioned the lawsuit in a tweet It said, “I didn’t know you were a sex worker, you little sex worker.”

Joy responded to this tweet with her Instagram message, accusing 50 Cent of raping and abusing her while she was not in Sire’s life.

In 2013, 50 Cent was charged with domestic violence for allegedly kicking Joy in the stomach during a violent rampage at her Southern California home. He ultimately pleaded no contest to a vandalism charge and the domestic violence charge was dropped.