Tia Kemp was absent from a court hearing involving 50 Cent on Tuesday, November 3, leaving the rapper’s legal effort to secure a permanent protective order for his 14-year-old son, Sire Jackson, unresolved. While 50 Cent appeared before the judge virtually through Zoom, Kemp did not participate in the proceedings, and his legal team accused her of intentionally avoiding being served with court documents.
According to TMZ, the hearing ended without significant progress because Kemp reportedly had not been formally served with the injunction. Until that legal requirement is completed, the court cannot move forward with a permanent order.
The rapper, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, briefly addressed the judge during the virtual appearance. He reportedly explained that he would prefer not to continue pursuing the dispute but believes the circumstances leave him with little choice.
The court hearing was supposed to address whether restrictions previously granted to protect Jackson’s teenage son should remain in place. Instead, the proceedings centered on Kemp’s absence and the outstanding service issue.
Jackson’s attorneys reportedly claimed during the hearing that Kemp was deliberately avoiding service. However, that accusation remains an allegation from his legal team, and no independent evidence establishing intentional avoidance was presented in TMZ’s account.
Being served is a formal legal process that provides someone with notice of court proceedings and an opportunity to respond. Without proper service, a judge generally cannot simply proceed to a final protective order against that individual.
The legal confrontation began escalating in late October when Jackson filed a petition in Miami-Dade County, Florida, accusing Kemp of repeatedly targeting his son through social media posts and public comments.
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In court documents, Jackson alleged that Kemp called Sire “slow,” claimed the teenager was on the autism spectrum, and suggested he “can’t talk.”
Those statements are allegations contained in Jackson’s legal filings. No medical information establishing the claims about Sire has been verified, and the teenager’s private health information is not at issue for public determination.
Jackson also alleged that Kemp shared a photograph of his son alongside a sexually explicit image of a woman who was allegedly being portrayed as the boy’s mother, Daphne Joy.
His filing claimed that the online remarks caused Sire humiliation, embarrassment, and emotional distress.
On October 26, a Florida judge granted Jackson a temporary injunction that restricted Kemp from contacting Sire directly or indirectly, including through social media. The order also required her to remain at least 500 feet away from the teenager.
The temporary order included restrictions involving firearms and ammunition, with surrender requirements taking effect upon service.
That temporary protection was originally scheduled to expire on November 3, the date of the Tia Kemp court hearing. However, her reported lack of service prevented the expected proceedings concerning a longer-lasting injunction from moving forward. The current status of the temporary restrictions was not clarified in Tuesday’s report.
Before the court intervention, Jackson’s attorneys reportedly sent Kemp a cease-and-desist letter demanding that she stop making certain statements about his son.
According to Jackson’s filing, Kemp responded by sharing part of the legal notice online with a dismissive message directed at the rapper and his attorneys.
Kemp, who shares an adult son with rapper Rick Ross, has publicly pushed back against Jackson during their ongoing dispute. Following news of the temporary protective order, she criticized him on social media and called him a “rat.”
Their public disagreements intensified after Jackson commented on reports involving an alleged assault against Kemp’s son with Ross, William Roberts III. The exchange eventually expanded into remarks involving Jackson’s family.
The latest Tia Kemp court hearing also comes amid a separate federal lawsuit in California in which Jackson is reportedly seeking at least $6 million over Kemp’s alleged statements concerning Sire.
The Florida injunction proceedings and the California civil lawsuit are separate legal matters, although both involve the reported comments about Jackson’s teenage son.
Kemp’s absence on Tuesday did not result in a reported final ruling on the underlying allegations. The court has not established that she intentionally avoided service, and the claims of harassment have not been resolved through a final injunction.
