Jeezy is responding to the home abuse claims Jeannie Mai made in her current courtroom submitting amid their ongoing and tumultuous divorce.
In an announcement to ET, the “All There” rapper stated the home abuse allegations “should not solely false but additionally deeply disturbing, particularly coming from somebody I cherished.” Jeezy added, “This malicious try and tarnish my character and disrupt my household is ridiculous. It is disheartening to witness the manipulation and deceit at play and presently my essential concern is being an lively father to our daughter as I proceed to battle for courtroom mandated joint custody. Relaxation assured, the reality will prevail by means of the correct authorized channels.”
The assertion comes after Mai filed courtroom paperwork claiming she suffered bodily abuse by the hands of Jeezy — actual title Jay Wayne Jenkins — over the course of their marriage. In line with courtroom paperwork obtained by ET, Mai claims one alleged incident went down in April 2022 whereas on the Ritz-Carlton Resort in San Francisco, California. She claims the rapper choked her from behind as she was heading up the steps earlier than pushing her down the steps.
She claims Jeezy then verbally assaulted her by calling her a “f**king b**ch” and repeating “I can achieve this significantly better than you.” Mai claims resort safety quickly intervened after she advised them she did not really feel protected being round him.
One other alleged incident got here in January 2022 simply weeks after Mai gave start to the couple’s first youngster, Monaco. Mai claims they had been driving in a automobile collectively when he started berating her and telling her, “You wh**re” and “I am unable to wait to divorce you once we get again.” Mai claims she tried to get out of the parked automobile however Jeezy allegedly struck her with a closed fist throughout the cheekbone and eye. She claims the alleged blow resulted in a subconjunctival hemorrhage.
Mai additionally introduced up one other alleged incident in December 2022 whereas on the UNICEF thirty ninth annual Atlanta Mayor’s Masked Ball. She claims Jeezy grew so irritated when he could not discover her for 25 minutes — after having gone to the restroom with a girlfriend — that they left the occasion. Whereas within the automobile, she claims he grabbed her so violently that it resulted in a number of two to three-inch scratches throughout her proper breast.
Mai claims that one other alleged incident concerned a golf cart that Jeezy crashed as a consequence of him being overly intoxicated. She claims Jeezy texted her, apologizing for his conduct and the accidents the crash prompted. In her 115-page courtroom submitting, Mai hooked up a collection of textual content messages and photographs of the alleged accidents.
In a single such textual content message alternate, Mai purportedly despatched Jeezy a collection of photographs displaying a giant bruise on her knee and scrapes and bruises on her elbow. She additionally What’sApp’d him, “Babbbby… I’ve loads of clothes to put on this week,” adopted by a face with a peeking eye emoji.
Mai claims Jeezy — who’s saved in her contacts as “Tacky” — responded, “I so sorry babe. Have not forgiven myself for puttin you in peril. I have been uneasy and unhappy about it.”
Within the courtroom paperwork, Mai claims she shared these alleged abuse claims with their pastor and/or therapist.
As beforehand reported, Mai had raised considerations about their kid’s security, insisting that protected measures be put in place in the case of “securing and locking away all firearms which have been unsecured prior to now.”
In her newest courtroom submitting, Mai claims she raised these considerations following an alleged October 2023 incident, during which she claims “[Monaco] discovered [Jeezy’s] AK-47 in a zipped up Louis Vuitton bag on [their] eating room ground, and after the identical gun was discovered subsequent to a mattress, which [Monaco] may have simply accessed.”
The estranged couple is presently locked in a custody dispute over their 2-year-old daughter. Jeezy filed for divorce from the previous The Actual co-host final September after two years of marriage.
Should you or somebody you understand is experiencing home violence, name the Nationwide Home Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or go to thehotline.org. All calls are toll-free and confidential.
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