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American Rapper and Business Mogul, 50 Cent is suing his former girlfriend Daphne Joy for defamation after she accused him of physical abuse and rape.
The rapper alleges the model concocted the charges to win sole custody of their 11-year-old son, Sire.
In the lawsuit, filed on Monday, May 6, and obtained by TMZ, 50 Cent claims that Joy's accusations were retaliatory after he sought sole custody of their son, Sire, following her involvement in the sex trafficking lawsuit against Diddy.
He alleges that her article harmed his company's reputation and child custody dispute.
"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 the rapper's legal counsel in a statement.
This legal battle comes amidst a series of shocking allegations and lawsuits involving Diddy, where Joy was named as a “sex worker”.
Joy had denied the lawsuit's claim that she was a sex worker, calling it “character assassination”. In response, she accused 50 Cent of rape and being an absent father to Sire.
50 Cent is seeking damages in excess of $1 million for defamation and a court order to take down Joy's post and refrain from further defamatory comments.
The couple dated from 2011 to 2012 and split up a few months after the birth of their son.
