50 Cent is suing ex Daphne Joy for defamation following sexual assault allegations

50 Cent is suing his ex-girlfriend Daphne Joy Narvaez for defamation after she accused him of rape and physical abuse.

The lawsuit was filed Monday in a Harris County, Texas, court and comes more than a month after Narvaez made the allegations after the rapper chose to be named in a civil lawsuit brought by producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones Jr. against Sean “Diddy” had uttered. combs.

In an Instagram post in March, Joy addressed 50 Cent by his birth name, Curtis James Jackson, and criticized the “Candy Shop” host for “wreaking real havoc, frenzy and chaos in people’s lives” after seemingly calling out Jones ‘ made light of the claim that Joy was among the women “who received a monthly fee for work” as Diddy’s “sex workers.” She also criticized her ex-boyfriend for his alleged sexual abuse and lack of involvement in their son’s life (they have a son together, Sire).

“Let’s put the real focus on your true evil deeds of raping and physically abusing me,” Joy wrote at the time. “With these last and final false allegations against me, you have permanently destroyed the last hope that I had for you as a father to preserve our family.”

Now Jackson is hitting back, claiming that Narvaez “took revenge” on him for seeking sole custody of their child by “immediately going online and posting several defamatory statements on her public Instagram account.”

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In an emailed statement to USA TODAY on Wednesday, Jackson’s attorney Reena Jain said Narvaez was given “ample opportunity to withdraw a false and malicious retaliation allegation.”

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“Ms. Narvaez shamefully chose to disrupt her 11-year-old son’s relationship with his loving father by falsely calling him a ‘rapist,'” Jain said. “The motivation behind this appears to be Ms. Narvaez’s unfortunate involvement and her misplaced loyalty to Mr. Combs, who we believe was behind this attack and about whom Mr. Jackson has warned Ms. Narvaez and others for many years.”

USA TODAY has reached out to Narvaez for comment.

The lawsuit says Jackson was “subjected to extensive public ridicule, hatred and contempt, with members of the public demanding that Jackson be ‘cancelled’ or ‘trashed,’ which they have done in previous assassination attempts so far.” to praise his life.

Jackson is seeking damages and the removal of Narvaez’s post.

Narvaez was named along with City Girls rapper Yung Miami in an amended civil lawsuit filed by Jones, who is suing Combs for sexual assault and harassment. Jones alleged in the filing that Narvaez and Yung Miami were among the women “who received a monthly fee to work as Mr. Combs’ sex workers.”

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