Jennifer Hudson's half-brother Stephen Angelo Simpson was arrested yesterday for repeatedly stabbing the boyfriend of his estranged wife. More inside....
There's more trouble in Jennifer Hudson's extended family. The Oscar-winner's half brother Stephen Angelo Simpson (through her father Samuel Simpson) was arrested in Michigan yesterday after he burst into the apartment of his estranged wife and repeatedly stabbed her current boyfriend in the face.
According to Van Buren County's local CBS affiliate WWMT, neighbor Torrey Hunt, said that the couple ran to his home for help around 3 a.m.
"He said someone knocked on the door, he thought he was knocking on the door for somebody, and he started getting stabbed up. I open the door and see blood everywhere. He was stabbed in his chin and his chest, he had puncture wounds in his chest and his arms and stuff." Once taken to the hospital, he received dozens of stitches and was released.
Detective Adam DeBoer went on to tell WWMT that during Stephen's attack on her boyfriend, the wife "locked herself in the bathroom until he left." He added, "It appears to be an ongoing feud over a woman."
Jen's brother has a very sketchy past and a string of domestic violence arrests. At the time of the stabbing, he was on probation and had been jailed for assaulting his estranged wife on Super Bowl Sunday back in February. For now, he is in custody in Paw Paw, Michigan, and expected to be charged with attempted murder and first degree home invasion.
Unfortunately, the arrest of Stephen is just the latest in a string of tragic events to hit the family. In 2012, Jennifer took the stand to testify in the murder trial of William Balfour, the estranged husband of Jen's sister Julia, who was convicted of murdering her mother Darnell Donerson, brother Jason Hudson and nephew Julian King.
Neither Julia nor Jen, who's been traveling around the county to promote her upcoming cd "JHUD", have spoken publicly about the arrest.
In case you missed it....
Jennifer appeared on the TODAY show yesterday where she debuted her latest single "Dangerous" from her forthcoming "JHud" disc (Sept. 23rd).
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