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Tyreseโ€™s Social Media Meltdown And Legal Battles, Explained

Over the past few months, Tyrese Gibson has posted emotional, often bizarre missives to social media detailing his legal battles with his ex-wife over their 10-year-old daughter.

Days after the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Servicesย closedย a child abuse investigation involving the singer-actor, he continues to confuse fans with intimate social media posts.

On Monday, theย R&B singer, also known for his roles in โ€œBaby Boyโ€ and the โ€œFast and Furiousโ€ franchise, claimed in an Instagram post that Will and Jada Pinkett Smithย had given him $5 million to help with legal fees. The irony, as many social media users pointed out, is that in his caption Tyrese pledgedย to โ€œget off and stay off the Internet now that my daughters legal fees will be paid!โ€ (He hasย published seven Instagram posts since.

A spokesman for the DCFS public affairs office, citing confidentiality rules, declined to comment on whether the agency has investigated Tyrese or his family.

Child abuse allegations

In September,ย People reportedย that Tyreseโ€™s ex-wife, Norma Mitchell Gibson, had been granted temporary legal custody and a temporary restraining order after accusing the singer-actor of abusing their daughter, Shayla, in an August incident. According to the magazine, Mitchell Gibson alleged in court documents that Tyrese โ€œpushed our daughter to the ground, pinned her face down, put his knees on her back, grabbed her hands with one arm and beat her with the other.โ€ย 

Peopleย also reportedย that Mitchell Gibson alleged that Tyrese hit Shayla โ€œbetween 12 and 16 times,โ€ and that the child reported being unable to sit down because of the pain.

Tyreseย denied the allegations, telling People in a statement that he was โ€œdisappointed to learn that the mother of my daughter has made gross and false accusations against my character in a shameful attempt to ruin our co-parenting efforts.โ€

Tyrese also addressed his ex in an Instagram post. โ€œIโ€™m sorry I got re-married, Iโ€™m sorry we didnโ€™t work out,โ€ he wrote. โ€œSometimes you get married and have kids and things just donโ€™t work out, but I have NEVER wished harm on youโ€ฆIย see the attacks just wonโ€™t stop so I believe this too will pass and God and the courts will reveal the truth.โ€

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All I wanna do is co/parent nothing else…… Please…. Stick and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt…… I’ve only prayed that your heart heals and we live our lives separately and peacefully on behalf of our daughter…… There’s someone out here for everybody – Norma I know you can see this, I’m sorry I got re-married, I’m sorry we didn’t work out…… Sometimes you get married and have kids and things just don’t work out, but I have NEVER wished harm on you……. But I see the attacks just won’t stop so I believe this too will pass and God and the courts will reveal the truth….. I want you to know I still love you and wish you the best in all that you’re looking to do… I just simply wanna co-parent and raise Shayla to be a respectful, decent, smart angel that I know she is… Paint your picture but God knows the truth…… if I was a bad dad I wouldn’t of went from 80/20 to 70/30 to 60/40 to 50/50 custody in my favor…… All of the honorable fathers and parents out here keep fighting the good fight you may embarrassed at times but in the end the kids will always run into the arms of the ones who really has their backs in a great father not because I’m famous with money but because I am – that’s my story and I’m sticking to it…. More truths coming soon……. Child custody family issues are the worst…….

SEPTEMBER 13″ he wrote on Instagram

Alleged restraining order violation

Last month,ย the Blast reportedย that Gibson hired a plane to fly a bannerย that read โ€œNo matter what, Daddy loves you Shaylaโ€ overย his daughterโ€™s school. In anย Instagram postย filled with photos of him and Shayla, Gibson acknowledged that he had commissioned theย banner and said he โ€œwanted the banner to be longer but itโ€™s [sic] was too expensive.โ€ Mitchell Gibsonโ€™s lawyer,ย Aleen Laura Khanjian,ย told Peopleย in a statement that the banner was โ€œa complete violation of the restraining orderโ€ and โ€œa reflection of Mr. Gibsonโ€™s erratic state of mind.โ€

โ€œSimply put, he doesnโ€™t respect boundaries,โ€ the statementย continued. โ€œIf he did, this restraining order would not have been necessary. At the end of the day, we simply want him to get the help he needs so that he can become a stable, solid and secure presence in his daughterโ€™s life.โ€

Health issues and emotional pleas

In late October, TMZ reported that Tyrese had checked himself into a Los Angeles hospital for chest pains following a court appearance. In an interview outside the hospital, Tyrese toldย the site that he was checked out for anxiety. โ€œGuys, please donโ€™t make this about me. This is about my daughter,โ€ he said.ย โ€œThis could compromise my case.โ€

Last week, Tyreseย cried in a videoย posted to Facebook. โ€œDonโ€™t take my baby, please donโ€™t take my babyโ€ heย said sobbing, while wearing a โ€œShayla Rocksโ€ hoodie. โ€œThis is all I got.โ€

Tyrese thanks his wife, Samantha Lee Gibson, for her support

On Saturday,ย Tyrese again took to Instagram to thank his wife, Samantha Lee Gibson, for supporting him through his legal battles. โ€œWhen your 1st charge get dropped your wifeโ€™s mind will finally REST!!!!!,โ€ he wrote next to a photo of his sleeping wife. โ€œwhen you wake up Iโ€™m sorry Baby Iโ€™m so sorry for posting this,โ€ he added. He also posted a photo of the couple praying together.

On Monday, he dedicated aย poem by Matt Bakerย to his wife, whom he married earlier this year. โ€œGod ! love you,โ€ he wrote.ย โ€œletโ€™s get married again.โ€

Amidย his legal battles,ย Tyrese has also continually lashed out against his โ€œFast and Furiousโ€ co-star inย social media posts. Afterย Universal Pictures announcedthatย the popular franchiseโ€™s ninthย installment would hit theaters a year later than expected, Tyrese publicly blamed Johnson for the delay. โ€œCongratulations to @TheRockโ€ฆfor making the fast and furious franchise about YOU,โ€ heย wroteย on Instagram.

But the relationship between the co-stars may be on the mend. On Friday, Tyrese posted a photo of him, Johnson and Vin Diesel, noting that he had โ€œa real Heart to Heart with one of Dewayneโ€™s [sic] associates and this will be my last post about him.โ€

โ€œMy story will never change I was never DJโ€™s Co-Star,โ€ he added. โ€œIโ€™m Shaylaโ€™s Father first.โ€

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