(PHOTOS) Patti LaBelle Being Sued For Terrorizing An Infant
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Patti LaBelle is being sued because she lost her cool and flipped out on an 18-month-old baby and her pregnant mother. She even went as far as throwing her drink in the baby’s face! I am surprised to hear she acted in such a way. I don’t care how much of a ‘diva’ she is, this is classless and unacceptable. Get the rest of the details here…
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Patti LaBelle, known for smooth R&B hits, lost her cool when she screamed at a toddler, threw water in her face then tried to punch the baby’s pregnant mother during a profanity-laden rampage, alleges a lawsuit.
Roseanna Monk says the 67-year-old soul-singing legend terrified her 18-month-old daughter Genevieve so badly that she started vomiting violently. The child hasn’t been the same since and suffers from personality changes, sleeping disorders and ‘increased fear of strangers,’ Ms. Monk and her husband Kevin claim.
The Monks have filed a lawsuit against Ms LaBelle for an incident they say took place in the lobby of their Upper West-side apartment building last fall. Ms Monk said she put down her daughter to carry luggage out of the building. When Ms LaBelle walked in and saw the child running around the lobby, she went ballistic, according to the suit.
LaBelle asked Ms Monk, a kindergarten teacher who was pregnant at the time:
‘What are you doing letting your kid run around like that?’
When Ms Monk picked Genevieve up, Ms LaBelle, herself a mother of five children, admonished the new mom for leaving her daughter by the door. Ms Monk told the New York Post she responded:
‘I have no interest in what you say or think.’
The diva, who was dressed in a fur coat and over-sized sunglasses, started hurling profanities at Ms Monk and her baby, according to the lawsuit.
Ms LaBelle then threw water from a water bottle in the baby’s face.
When Genevieve started to cry, Ms Monk told her:
‘Are you happy that this is what you have done to this baby?’
That’s when the singer ‘tries to take a swing’ at Ms Monk, the couple’s attorney Sam Davis told the New York Daily News. Ms. LaBelle’s entourage restrained her and shuffled her off into a waiting car.
The couple said they didn’t want to sue. First, they asked the singer, who was staying at the New York apartment building while she worked on the Broadway show ‘Fela!’, for an apology.
But they decided to file a lawsuit after reading about an incident in Houston where Ms LaBelle’s bodyguards were arrested for beating a West Point cadet in March. Their attorney Mr Davis said:
‘The purpose is to hold Patti LaBelle responsible for her conduct. That kind of behavior is completely unacceptable, especially when aimed at a kindergarten teacher carrying an 18-month-old child.’
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