Cardi B’s boyfriend, Stefon Diggs, fired back at a lawsuit accusing him of being the father of a 5-month-old baby girl, Us Weekly can report.

On July 17, New England Patriots player responded to a paternity and child support lawsuit filed by a woman named Aileen Lopera in Los Angeles Superior Court.

Lopera gave birth to a daughter named Charliee Harper Diggs-Lopera on April 2. Diggs, 31, said he was not certain that he was the father.

The wide receiver requested “genetic testing to determine whether” he was indeed the father. Diggs asked for joint legal and physical custody of the child if the DNA test shows he is the father.

Lopera filed court docs in December 2024 claiming she was pregnant with Diggs’ child. She claimed they had sexual intercourse in California, which led to their baby. She asked that the NFL star be declared the legal father.

Her petition requested sole legal and physical custody of the child. She proposed that Diggs be awarded visitation. The filing also asked the court to order Diggs to pay child support, cover the expenses related to her pregnancy and legal fees.

Lopera’s lawyer, Tamar G. Arminak, tells Us, “My client looks forward to the day Mr. Diggs acknowledges and provides for his infant daughter in Los Angeles.” The Sun was the first to report the news.

Cardi (real name: Belcalis Almánzar) announced she was pregnant with Diggs’ baby on Wednesday, September 17, in an interview with Gayle King. She said, “I’m having a baby with my boyfriend, Stefon Diggs. I’m excited.”

“I’m happy,” she said. “I feel like I’m in a good space. I feel very strong, very powerful that I’m doing all this work — but I’m doing all this work while I’m creating a baby.”

Cardi and her ex, Offset, share three children: Kulture Kiari Cephus, 7, Wave Set Cephus, 4, and Blossom Belle, 11 months.

Cardi also opened up about her relationship with Diggs during her chat with King, 70.

“He just makes me feel safe and very confident and very strong,” she said.

“Two weeks ago, I was literally having a panic attack. I was like crying and crying and crying, just because I was getting really nervous with the whole album rollout. People were coming at me very hard; you know, sometimes people love you, people hate you. And people was just saying very mean things about me,” the singer explained.

Cardi continued, “I was like, ‘See, this is why I don’t put music out?’ This is my art and something I put a lot of time to and it’s just like sometimes, when people just rip it apart, it just hurts you and it crushes you. And he was just like, ‘Girl, you better get it together.’ … I feel like feeling safe, feeling confident, it makes you feel like you can take over the world.”

Cardi addressed Offset as well. She said, “I just wish he was a better person. But it is what it is. Be a better person for the kids.”

Cardi addressed Offset as well. She said, “I just wish he was a better person. But it is what it is. Be a better person for the kids.”