Patti LaBelle: Verbal Abuse, Bottle-Hurling Lawsuit Settled

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NEW YORK (AP) - R&B diva Patti LaBelle has agreed to pay $100,000 to a Manhattan woman who accused her of hurling curses and water at her and her 18-month-old daughter during a dust-up over parenting in an apartment building lobby.

Roseanna Monk and her husband, Kevin, filed a lawsuit against LaBelle last year.

The couple lives in a Manhattan building where the Grammy Award-winning singer stayed while appearing in the Broadway musical "Fela!"

The couple's lawyer, Sam Davis, tells the New York Post LaBelle settled the case even before being deposed. The Monks will donate the money to a children's cancer charity.

LaBelle's publicist declined to comment.

According to the lawsuit, LaBelle chastised Roseanna Monk, threw a bottle of water and launched into an obscenity-filled tirade during the Nov. 11, 2010 argument.

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outofsavannah

patti has always been an obnoxious, abrasive, conceited ******* ....

September 06 2012 at 4:44 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
James Stodola

It is too bad that this one ego driven has been has to bring shame on all the fine entertainers of her era.. She needs to just simply disappear quietly.

September 06 2012 at 1:46 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Sunny

I love James Earl Jones but I really don't think he was the one who originated that quote, cash.

September 05 2012 at 11:55 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ghartserv

******* ****** ****

September 05 2012 at 11:24 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
cash1111

Barney your ignorance is appaling. It is best to be quiet and have people think you are a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. (James Earl Jones)

September 05 2012 at 11:12 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
barney

should have used the elevated blood sugar defense

September 05 2012 at 10:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
tiffanypiano1

Patti LaBelle has always had a big mouth. Sounds like her ego is out of control too.

September 05 2012 at 10:13 PM Report abuse -1 rate up rate down Reply
hello Joe

Maybe she should mind her own damn business.

September 05 2012 at 9:28 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
DSD

And that's Patti's KARMA.
Too bad for her.

September 05 2012 at 8:27 PM Report abuse -1 rate up rate down Reply
rmrmsix

This is the same wonderful woman that had her body guards BEAT and put in the hospital a West Point Cadet home for the holidays .. because she said he had stood too close and might have taken a picture..of the witch!! Nothing would be too good to have happen to her!!!! She will get hers some day and the world will be a better place then too!!

September 05 2012 at 6:57 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
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