Hip-hop star 50 Cent allegedly "destroyed" an unsuspecting Florida mother's reputation by "doctoring and publishing" a private sex tape she made. The woman's attorney told jurors that it was all as part of a twisted scheme to get under the skin of rival Rick Ross on the opening day of her civil rights suit trial.

According to the New York Daily News, Ross previously fathered a child with Lastonia Leviston, and 50 Cent posted the video as a means of taunting him.

"She dead," the newspaper reported the rapper said near the end of the video. He narrated the video on his website, all the while referring to the victim in vile terms and describing various parts of her body parts.

"She dead! ... meaning he's done destroyed her -- destroyed her reputation," Leviston's attorney, Philip Freidin, told jurors.

As the theatrics played out, Leviston quietly sobbed in the front row of the Manhattan Supreme Court courtroom. In addition to suing the rap star for violating her civil rights by publishing the tape, she also accuses him of inflicting emotional harm.

A lawyer for 50 Cent immediately countered the claims by saying that Leviston's life has improved since she took the rap star to court.

"Her life is better because she filed this lawsuit against Rick Ross' rival," said James Renard, adding that Leviston has never held down a full-time job for any "appreciable" length of time.

Renard also claimed that someone hacked into his client's computer and stole the tape before he had a chance to post it.

"The bottom line is Mr. Jackson is not the one who first published it," he said.

In Freidin's mind, it was all about business. He told the court the video quickly went viral, and soon after, the rapper was using his beef with Ross to drum up more traffic for his website, where he also sold concert tickets, his own brand of underwear, memorabilia and albums.

In the tape, 50 blurred out the face of the man Leviston was actually with and inserted his own "cartoon" character called "Pimpin' Curly," which was 50 himself in a long curly wig and a purple fur coat.

Previously, U.S. District Court Judge Katherine Failla blasted the rapper's attempts to have the case heard in federal court as "frivolous."

Failla later chastised the rapper and his team of high-powered attorneys for what she labeled "a transparent delay tactic, an egregious abuse of the federal removal statute and an unmeritorious attempt to avoid standing trial."