LOS ANGELES — Daphne Joy, a model embroiled in a custody battle with ex-boyfriend 50 Cent, accused the rapper of rape after he trolled her over being labeled a sex worker in a lawsuit against Sean "Diddy" Combs. The G-unit emcee promptly denied the accusation.

The lawsuit, brought by Combs' "Love Album: Off the Grid" producer Rodney "Lil Rod" Jones, named Joy and others in a 105-page complaint full of illicit allegations about Combs and several associates. The federal suit was first filed in February, then amended this week amid bicoastal raids at Diddy's Holmby Hills and Miami mansions that were part a federal probe into Diddy regarding sex trafficking allegations. It has pulled son Justin Dior Combs, the bosses of major record labels, Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr., Prince Harry and other notable industry figures into its wake.

"Sean Combs bragged about having several women on a monthly stipend ... to work as Mr. Combs' sex workers," Jones' lawsuit said, identifying Daphne Joy, Combs' ex-girlfriend Yung Miami and Instagram model Jade Ramey as the women who received those payments. Jones' $30 million sexual harassment lawsuit, filed in U.S District Court for the Southern District of New York, said that the women were among "many of Combs' sex trafficking/freak-off participants."

In a Thursday statement posted on Instagram, Joy said she was "deeply hurt by the lies in Rodney Jones' lawsuit" and asserted that the claim that she was a sex worker "is 100% false." The model said she is retaining an attorney "to explore all legal remedies" against Jones and his attorney, Tyrone A. Blackburn.

Combs has also denied the claims made in that lawsuit, as well as those brought separately by four women, and his attorney described the producer's allegations as "complete lies."

As the lawsuit entangled Combs and those in his far-reaching inner circle, longtime rival 50 Cent piled on by tweeting "they don't come like that unless they got a case." 50 Cent, real name Curtis Jackson, also posted what appeared to be a paparazzi photo of his ex with the "I'll Be Missing You" rapper and trolled Joy by calling her a "little sex worker" in the caption. He referred to Combs by one his many pseudonyms.

"You moved a mile away in hopes of having another baby with me but I was busy. So you moved back and then you started receiving money from Brother Love. Now here we are, little sex worker," he wrote.

Joy — who previously accused Jackson of abuse — quickly rebutted his commentary and accused him of rape.

"Everything is a joke to you until our safety is compromised, which is happening now. You are wreaking real havoc, frenzy, and chaos onto people's lives. How would u feel if [son] Sire was the one in handcuffs? For nothing," she wrote in another Instagram post.

Joy said she moved to New York to give Jackson "an opportunity to be a father to your son," alleging that over the span of two years, the rapper saw their son only 10 times despite living a mile away.

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