R&B Diva Angie Stone Arrested, Charged for Assaulting Daughter
Three-time Grammy Award nominee R&B singer-songwriter Angie Stone, 53, was arrested and booked Tuesday in DeKalb County, Georgia, for domestic aggravated assault on her 30-year-old daughter from her marriage to Rodney Stone (AKA Lil' Rodney C! Of the hip-hop group Funky Four Plus One).
According to media reports, police were called to a home on the 1400 block of Rogers Lake Road. Once there, they were reportedly told by Angie that her daughter, Diamond Stone, had punched her in the face several times. She confessed that in retaliation, she struck Diamond in the face with a metal stand, knocking two of her front teeth out. Angie also admitted that once she realized what she had done, she turned to run away, but her daughter came after her again. An unnamed family friend reportedly eventually broke up their fight.
Diamond, according to the police report, said the fight started when her mother came into her room demanding she clean it up. She also said her mother told her to control her own children, who were found running around the house half-naked. The fight then broke out but she said she could not remember who lashed out first. She was taken along with her mother to the police station for processing but was eventually released. Angie remained and was booked for domestic aggravated assault.
Diamond, who occasionally provide back-up vocals for her mother's performances, later posted on her Facebook page [via Madame Noire] photos of herself with her missing teeth along with a message that reads: "People are so quick to pass judgment but never really know the full story. Never uphold people in wrong no matter who they are I'm crushed but I ain't dead so for the people that praise "her" keep right on just know that it ain't over. You so big and bad but had to use a weapon on me in a fight that you started. You giggled on the inside because you thought I was going to jail too.?#?Wrong? I'm sick of putting up these fronts and because you took shit to another level I will too. I love all my family but I cannot take anymore abuse so I'm separating myself from it all. I pray God heals us from this but from where I sit there is no turning back cause if you ain't wit me you against me. You so worried about to media and the press but I promise you this I will not rest until my story is heard!"