Jeannie Mai and Jeezy’s ongoing custody battle and divorce is growing even more contentious as new legal documents reveal allegations of domestic violence, verbal abuse and child neglect by Mai against the “Put On” rapper.

In a response filed Thursday in Georgia’s Fulton County Superior Court, the former “The Real” talk show personality unleashed a slew of allegations against her husband of two years, challenging his “ability to appropriately parent a small child.” The former couple, who separated in September 2023, are in a heated custody battle over their 2-year-old daughter, Monaco.

Mai’s 117-page response, reviewed by The Times, details three incidents in 2022 wherein Jeezy allegedly verbally and physically assaulted Mai. Court documents accuse the rapper of “not properly monitoring” baby Monaco during his parenting time and of keeping firearms and bullets in “unsecured locations” in his Atlanta home.

“The allegations are not only false, but also deeply disturbing, especially coming from someone I loved,” the 46-year-old rapper (real name Jay Wayne Jenkins) said in a statement shared with The Times. “This malicious attempt to tarnish my character and disrupt my family is ridiculous.”

The statement continued: “It’s disheartening to witness the manipulation and deceit at play and at this time my main concern is being an active father to our daughter as I continue to fight for court mandated joint custody. Rest assured, the truth will prevail through the proper legal channels.”

The rapper, also known as the Snowman, shared a photo of the statement to his Instagram page on Thursday. “Yall know me. #Integrity,” he captioned his post.

Jeezy and Mai married in March 2021 and welcomed their first child together later that year. In the months that followed Monaco’s birth, Mai touted the family she and Jeezy had started on social media. But those public glimpses into seaside family vacations and holiday festivities came amid incidents of alleged verbal and physical abuse, according to court documents.

The couple allegedly engaged in an argument on Jan. 18, 2022, when they were in a parked car in Miami. Jeezy allegedly hurled insults at his then-wife and threatened divorce. Mai also said Jeezy kept her inside the vehicle “against her will” and “struck [her] with a closed fist across her cheekbone and eye, causing a subconjunctival hemorrhage,” or broken blood vessel in the eye, when she tried to leave the car.

Mai also detailed another dispute months later, in April 2022, when the couple stayed at the Ritz-Carlton in San Francisco. She alleged that Jeezy “choked [her] from behind” as she was going up a stairwell, pushed her down the stairs and hurled expletives at her, allegedly repeating, “I can do so much better than you.” According to a hotel report included in Mai’s response, hotel security intervened in the couple’s dispute and Mai said at the time that she “felt unsafe” in her husband’s presence.

The third alleged incident occurred amid the UNCF 39th Atlanta Mayor’s Masked Ball in December 2022, where Jeezy allegedly “became enraged” when he didn’t know his wife’s whereabouts and abruptly demanded that they leave the event, court documents said. Mai alleged that the rapper, after asking the driver to leave the car, “grabbed [her] by the neckline of her dress” after she tried to leave the vehicle twice. Her dress was allegedly torn during the exchange and she received “multiple 2 to 3 inch scratches across her right breast due to [Jeezy’s] fingernails,” the legal documents said. Mai said she informed a therapist about the incident with Jeezy present, and told a friend in confidence.

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