50 Cent Drops Defamation Suit Against Ex-Girlfriend Daphne Joy After She Accused Him of Rape and Physical Abuse

The rapper filed suit against the mother of his son Sire, 12, in May

50 Cent has dropped his defamation suit against ex-girlfriend Daphne Joy, months after she publicly accused him of rape and physical abuse in an Instagram post.

The rapper’s suit against his ex, which he filed in May, was dismissed without prejudice on Monday, Sept. 9 in Harris County District Court, meaning it can be refiled in the future, according to documents obtained by PEOPLE.

An attorney for 50 Cent (né Curtis Jackson) did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

The “In da Club” rapper, 49, filed suit against Joy (née Daphne Narvaez), claiming that her “false accusations” had subjected him to “extensive public ridicule, hatred and contempt,” and also alleged her post — which has since been deleted — was a “purposeful attempt” to sully his reputation and keep him from seeing their 12-year-old son Sire.

His suit came after Narvaez posted on Instagram in March that Jackson had only seen Sire 10 times in two years after they moved to New York to be closer to the rapper.

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“I am tired of upholding and protecting an image to our son that you have never even earned. Let’s put the real focus on your true evil actions of raping me and physically abusing me,” she wrote at the time.

At the time the suit was filed, Jackson’s attorney told PEOPLE that "despite being given ample opportunity to retract a false and malicious retaliatory accusation, Ms. Narvaez has shamefully chosen to interfere with her [12]-year-old son’s relationship with his loving father by falsely calling him a 'rapist.'"

Jackson’s filing also claimed that Narvaez shared her post the same day reports emerged that he was seeking custody of their son following a March lawsuit against Sean “Diddy” Combs that labeled Narvaez a “sex worker.” Narvaez later refuted those claims in an Instagram post, calling them “100% false and character assassination.”

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The filing said Narvaez “retaliated” against Jackson’s custody filing by posting “multiple defamatory statements” to Instagram, which “falsely and publicly accuse Jackson of rape and physical abuse during their prior relationship, in a purposeful attempt to… destroy his personal and business reputation, harm Jackson’s commercial and business interests, negatively affect his custody case, and prevent him from seeing his minor son. Narvaez’s claims are false.”

The hip-hop star was seeking more than $1 million in monetary damages. The dismissal papers say both parties must pay their own attorney fees.

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