This time around, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson finds himself entangled in another legal battle, involving a former senior officer who served under him for more than 11 years.
On April 30, 2026, Monique Mayers lodged her complaint against 50 Cent before United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. In the case, she alleges that she was dismissed for whistleblowing against 50 Cent, who had asked her to conceal information about the latter’s bankruptcy proceedings in 2015.
Mayers held senior roles across several of his companies, including G-Unit Records, G-Unit Touring, G-Unit Film & Television, and Sire Spirits. According to her version of events, during the rapper’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy, she was pressured to put certain properties and assets in her own name to keep them away from creditors. She says she refused, not wanting to cross the line into bankruptcy fraud.
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She also alleges she was asked to file a false police report claiming that his driver and bodyguard, Bajar Walters, had stolen a vehicle along with roughly $600,000 in cash. Once again, Mayers says she turned the request down.
She claims she was let go around March 2019 because of those refusals. In addition to this, she states that things worsened after her termination. In the years that followed, she claims to have been subjected to well over 83 cases of harassment, including threats made by phone call and text message. Some of the messages reportedly said things like “you will suffer fif” and voicemails that included lines such as “Bang bang, I shot you down.”
Mayers also claims she was physically assaulted in connection with the property issue and that 50 Cent used his connections to pressure Forbes into pulling a story about her work.
She is now suing the defendant for intentional infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy, among other suits. She’s also asking the court for a permanent injunction to stop any further contact or retaliation from 50 Cent or anyone acting on his behalf. She has requested a jury trial.
50 Cent’s legal team wasted no time pushing back. Attorney Reena Jain called the allegations “baseless” and denied them “categorically and strenuously.” They described Mayers as a “disgruntled former employee” who was fired for cause more than five years ago. His representatives called the lawsuit a “transparent attempt” to get an “unjustified payday” and suggested most, if not all, of the claims are likely past the statute of limitations.
They also pointed out that when Mayers previously raised concerns about threats, 50 Cent’s lawyers actually encouraged her to contact law enforcement and even reported the matters themselves so they could be properly investigated.
As of early May 2026, 50 Cent had not yet been formally served with the complaint.
Timeline of Events
2015: 50 Cent files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
2015–2019: Alleged pressure to hide assets and file false police report.
March 27, 2019: Mayers is terminated.
2019–2026: She claims ongoing harassment.
April 30, 2026: Lawsuit filed in federal court in Georgia.
For right now, this case is still very new. Nothing has yet been brought into the courtroom, proven, or decided by a judge as far as timeliness goes. Large media entities such as Billboard, and XXL Magazine have reported on the complaint; however, everyone is still regarding it as an allegation rather than truth.
As with any other well-known dispute in the world of entertainment, this situation will probably boil down to who the judge believes. Cases like this frequently end in quiet settlements or get dismissed on technical grounds, such as the statute of limitations.
For now, it’s a classic “he said, she said” situation with strong, detailed accusations on one side and a flat denial on the other.
