*So much for hip-hop weddings. TLC
group member T-Boz is divorcing her husband,
rapper Mack 10, claiming adultery and that
he threatened to kill her.
The singer, real name Tionne Tenese
Watkins Rolison, also has arranged for
a temporary restraining order against the
rapper, barring him from coming within
100 yards of her.
T-Boz filed the divorce papers and requested
the restraining order June 8. She seeks full
custody of their 3-year-old daughter, Chase Anela.
Mack 10, whose real name is Dedrick D-Mon
Rolison, denied the allegations in court documents
filed Friday. In them, he said his wife has made
the claims "for the sole purpose of attempting
to gain an advantage in these proceedings" and
to prevent him from seeing their daughter.
The couple married in August 2000 and
are now separated. T-Boz said in an affidavit
that Mack 10 threatened to kill her several
times, most recently on June 8.
The first threat allegedly occurred in October
2002. The 34-year-old singer said she was leaving
Mack 10's home with Chase when the rapper
grabbed their daughter from the car and told
T-Boz she couldn't leave.
"My husband informed me that he would
smash my teeth down my throat," she stated
in the affidavit. "I asked my husband to give my
daughter back to me and I reached for her, and
my husband pushed me to the ground twice.
"At that point, my husband grabbed me around
my neck and choked me," threatening to kill her,
T-Boz said.
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