50 Cent sues ex Daphne Joy after she accused him of sexual assault and abuse
50 Cent is suing his ex-girlfriend Daphne Joy Narvaez for defamation after she accused him of rape and physical abuse.
Filed Monday in a Harris County, Texas, court, the lawsuit comes over a month after Narvaez made the allegations, following the rapper's comments on her being named in a civil lawsuit by producer Rodney "Lil Rod" Jones Jr. against Sean "Diddy" Combs.
In a March Instagram post, Joy addressed 50 Cent by his birth name, Curtis James Jackson, and criticized the "Candy Shop" emcee for "wreaking real havoc, frenzy, and chaos onto people's lives" after he seemingly made light of Jones' allegation about Joy being among the women "who were paid a monthly fee to work" as Diddy's "sex workers." She also blasted her ex-boyfriend for his alleged sexual abuse of her, as well as his lack of involvement in their son's life (they share a son, Sire).
"Let’s put the real focus on your true evil actions of raping me and physically abusing me," Joy wrote at the time. "You have permanently damaged the last hope I had for you as a father to preserve our family with these last and final false claims made against me."
Now, Jackson is hitting back, claiming Narvaez "retaliated" against him for seeking sole custody of their child by "immediately taking to the Internet and publishing multiple defamatory statements on her public Instagram account."
In an emailed statement to USA TODAY on Wednesday, Jackson's lawyer, Reena Jain, said Narvaez has been given "ample opportunity to retract a false and malicious retaliatory accusation."
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"Ms. Narvaez has shamefully chosen to interfere with her 11-year-old son's relationship with his loving father by falsely calling him a 'rapist,'" said Jain. "The motivation behind this appears to be Ms. Narvaez's unfortunate entanglement and misguided loyalty to Mr. Combs, who we believe to be underwriting this attack and whom Mr. Jackson has been warning Ms. Narvaez and others about for many years."
USA TODAY has reached out to Narvaez for comment.
The lawsuit notes that Jackson "has been subjected to extensive public ridicule, hatred, and contempt, with members of the public calling for Jackson to be 'cancel(ed)' or 'throw(n)… in the trash,' and going so far as to praise prior attempts on his life."
Jackson is seeking monetary damages and the removal of Narvaez's post.
Narvaez, along with City Girls rapper Yung Miami, was named in an amended civil lawsuit by Jones, who is suing Combs for sexual assault and harassment. Jones claimed in the filing that Narvaez and Yung Miami were among the women "who were paid a monthly fee to work as Mr. Combs' sex workers."
Narvaez responded to the allegation in an Instagram post in March, threatening possible legal action against Jones.
"I am deeply hurt by the lies in Rodney Jones' lawsuit," Narvaez wrote. "The claim that I am a sex worker is 100% false and character assassination. I am retaining an attorney to explore all legal remedies against both Rodney and his attorney."
Contributing: Edward Segarra
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: 50 Cent sues ex Daphne Joy for defamation after sexual assault claim
