15 Music Stars Who Had Disturbing Relationships With Their Entourages [Photos]
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When you see a superstar singing for sold out audiences, the initial attribution for their success is generally hard work and God-given talent. But sometimes, we come to find out that their may be serious drama behind-the-scenes that landed them there as well.
Kesha is currently suing superstar producer Dr. Luke for a host of seedy charges that he’s vehemently denying. We drummed up several other music celebs who also had bad romances with members in their camps and entourages.
It’s why they say keep your business and pleasure separate.
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Mariah Carey & Tommy Mottola
The famous music exec helped propel MC’s superstardom that you see today, but he also emotionally abused her throughout their five-year marriage. He also reportedly had been eyeing her ever since she was a teenager.
Britney Spears & Fernando Flores
The pop star’s former bodyguard didn’t appreciate having to look at her naked body so he sued her for sexual harassment. She paid him off in 2012 to make the case go away.
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Bobby Brown & Whitney Houston
Both sides accused each other of domestic violence, among other things, so we’re calling stalemate here.
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Marilyn Manson & Joshua Keasler
The shock rocker was charged with criminal sexual assault in 2001 for rubbing his crotch on his own security guard’s head. Can you blame him for pressing charges?
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Wyclef Jean & Lauryn Hill
The public likes to blame Lauryn Hill for the dissolution of the Fugees but it was Wyclef’s cheating on his wife caused all sorts of uneasy tension within the group.
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Tupac Shakur & Female Groupie
The immortalized rapper spent nearly a year of his short 25 years on earth for sexual abuse on a woman he admitted to previously sleeping with.
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Amy Lee & Ben Moody/Dennis Rider
Evanescence’s 7X platinum initial success was apparently tainted with lead vocalist Amy Lee accused the band’s former guitarist and manager of all sorts of sexual misconduct.
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LaToya Jackson & Joe Jackson
LaToya came to be blacklisted within the family for accusing her then-manager, and biological father, Papa Joe for allegedly sexually abusing her.
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LaToya Jackson & Jack Gordon
But she still struck out when she got into bed with Jack Gordon, professionally and physically, who allegedly tormented her for years until she walked away.
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Mystikal & His Hair Stylist
In 2002, while at the top of his game (platinum albums, debuting No. 1 on Billboard), the rapper found out his hair stylist was extorting his money, so he raped her. And videotaped it. He later served six years in prison.
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Don Johnson & Melanie Griffin
The former Miami Vice star swooped up the eventual star actress when she was just 15-years-old, recorded some pop albums and then married her in 1989. She was his biggest fan.
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Sonny Bono & Cher
“Sonny & Cher” will forever go on to be a household name but few know that the pair hooked up when the singing icon was broke, waitressing and just 16-years-old.
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Tina Turner & Ike Turner
Love had nothing to do with the most infamous celebrity case of domestic violence of all-time.
Keith Brown & 5 Browns
It’s takes a special kind of monster to molest your own daughters and force them into playing music along the way. That’s what 5 Browns patriarch, Keith Brown owned up to in 2011.
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Eric Clapton & Pattie Boyd
Eric Clapton’s first wife used to be married to former Beatles legend George Harrison. Clapton wanted her so bad, he even wrote a classic album about her. Afterwards they became married in a drug-infested, nightmarish romance for several years.
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Aaliyah & R. Kelly
If you’re not totally familiar with the salacious relationship R. Kelly had with a then-15-year-old Aaliyah, Wendy Williams is ensuring that you will soon enough.
