Steve Harvey: Taking The High Road Regarding Ex-Wife's Salacious Smear Campaign
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http://www.bvnewswire.com/2011/01/24/steve-harvey-addresses-attacks-from-ex-wife-mary-harvey/
Over the course of the weekend, Steve Harvey's name became a trending topic after a series of YouTube videos surfaced of his ex-wife, Mary Shackelford Harvey, making shocking claims against the King of Comedy.
In the viral videos, Harvey's former spouse alleges that her ex-husband was a serial cheater and left her with nothing, including custody of their 15-year-old son Wynton following their 2005 divorce.
"He turned my son against me, had me evicted from our house," she said. "I woke up and everything was gone."
So what's all the talk about six years later?
According to People, Shackleford says Harvey is currently suing her in Texas, which is why she is now speaking up. "In Steve's opinion, I was responsible when Oprah [Winfrey] did not give him a TV show," she shared. "I'm being sued for that. That is why I'm saying what I have to say."
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Harvey's lawyer, Bobbie Edmonds, released a statement in response, saying they were "appalled and aware of the videos
and other fabricated documents."
According to Edmonds, the videos "contained false, misleading, derogatory, disparaging, malicious, explicit and slanderous information," which led them to be "saddened" that Mary "has resorted to such devious and selfish behavior, with a reckless disregard for their minor son, her adult son and Mr. Harvey's other children."
He asserted that there are "court orders and permanent injunctions which prohibit either party from discussing and releasing information [about the marriage and divorce] on the Internet and to the media."
"We are taking the necessary legal steps to rectify this matter to the full extent of the law," he assured, "and we will be seeking contempt and sanctions against her for such reprehensible and callous disregard for the court orders.
"Mr. Harvey cannot personally respond to these assertions, documents and videos due to the existing court gag orders," the attorney concluded.
But the burgeoning media darling took to the radio airwaves this morning (Jan. 24) during a segment on his nationally syndicated radio program, 'The Steve Harvey Show,' to clear up any misconceptions. The show shared the taping exclusively with BlackVoices.com:
"I know the truth," declared Harvey to his listening audience. "But the matter is, the part that's hurtful in this is my wife and children had to be drugged [sic] into this. If you're going to be vindictive go ahead and aim it at me, but my son is coming in the room crying. And that's also her son. So why would you do this?
"And I don't even understand the purpose of it," he continued. "I mean, I got you mad 12 years ago, that's what we're doing now? And here's the thing that my father always taught me. He said, 'Son there's three sides to every story. It's their side, it's your side, and it's the truth.' And the truth 'gon come out. Because see, once you go public then you allow people to start asking some other types of questions.
"So, I'm just more concerned about my son, who I happen to have total custody of, rights to all education and everything. He's with us on the ship today. And he doesn't deserve to have to answer questions like this from his friends. And it's just being inconsiderate of your own child.
"A lot of it is lies, but ... a lot of celebrities get dogged out and pitched about and then there's no repercussions behind the person who's doing the pitching," Harvey lamented on the airwaves.