50 Cent Bankruptcy Case Reopened to Consider Abuse Allegations

A Connecticut judge reopened 50 Cent’s bankruptcy and directed a New York court to consider whether a woman’s $20 million abuse allegations against the rapper should be tossed.

Once the New York state court rules on 50 Cent’s motion to dismiss the suit, the bankruptcy court can then address whether the claims were discharged through his Chapter 11 case, Judge Ann Nevins of the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut said in an decision Thursday.

The plaintiff in February filed a summons in New York County Supreme Court against the rapper, whose given name is Curtis Jackson, seeking $20 million and other costs related to personal injuries she said she suffered from him. She cited New York’s Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Act.

Nevins previously ordered the allegations sealed, finding they must be kept from public view “due to their potential to cause economic and/or reputational harm to” Jackson.

Jackson urged the state court to dismiss the claims, saying they’re barred by the statute of limitations and his bankruptcy discharge, and that the state court lacks jurisdiction over him. He asked the bankruptcy court to reopen his case to stop the state court suit and lodge sanctions against the woman for violating the court’s order discharging his debts.

The Grammy-winning musician, known for his 2003 hit “In da Club,” filed for Chapter 11 in 2015 and had his bankruptcy plan confirmed a year later. He received a discharge of his debts in February 2017, and his case was closed in in August 2023.

The allegations, filed by plaintiff Jahaira Rodriguez, stem from purported conduct that occurred “well prior” to the rapper’s bankruptcy, Jackson’s attorneys have said. Claims incurred before July 22, 2016, were discharged, even if they were unknown at the time, they said in a state court filing. Rodriguez never raised a claim during the bankruptcy, the attorneys added.

Nevins in her opinion said Jackson bears the burden to show Rodriguez received adequate notice about the deadline to file claims in his bankruptcy.

Jackson has denied the allegations and “any recollection of any involvement with her.” He’s said the allegations are part of “a frivolous filing intended solely to extract a financial settlement.”

Nevins held that an evidentiary hearing must take place to decide whether the New York lawsuit violated the bankruptcy court order discharging Jackson’s debts.

Jackson’s attorneys have denied any “trauma” he’s accused of subjecting Rodriguez to. They’ve also pushed back on what they say are Rodriguez’s arguments that Jackson couldn’t have provided proper notice at the time of his bankruptcy for creditors who suffered “sexual psychological injury and trauma.”

Nevins said the viability of Rodriguez’s claim, even if it wasn’t discharged, may be affected by developing law on the Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Law and its potential preemption by other state revival laws allowing abuse claims.

Jackson is represented by Blank Rome LLP. Rodriguez is represented by Slater Slater Schulman LLP.

The case is Curtis James Jackson, III, Bankr. D. Conn., No. 15-21233, opinion 7/10/25.