Marlo Hampton’s mug shots
When Marlo Hampton and NeNe Leakes got into a feud, Leakes promptly brought up the fact that Hampton had been arrested for a violent crime.
“Some of these girls felt like because of Marlo’s criminal background, the fact that she slashed a friend’s face with a knife and disfigured her over a man, they didn’t want her around!” wrote Leakes on her blog. “I looked past that and really tried to see her heart!”
And while Leakes’ statement was a not so subtle diss, many “Real Housewives” fans wondered if it was true.
For those who’ve followed the program, it’s no secret that Hampton has been arrested at least seven times and she previously discussed her legal troubles with Sister 2 Sister.
“It’s important for people to know I was on house arrest. Four of those were probation violations and not new charges,” the “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star told Sister 2 Sister in 2012.
Hampton then went on to detail the alleged incident where she “slashed a friend’s face with a knife,” as Leakes so aptly put it. The feud led to a felony aggravated battery charge for the reality star in 1999 when she was 23.
“While I was in college, that’s when I got into altercations and that was a felony charge. I was just mad at the world,” said Hampton.
She has since given more facts on the felony charge.
“As disturbing as the carrying of a weapon may seem, it was quite common in the environment in which I was raised, and not only I, but also the person involved in the altercation, had each brought weapons to protect ourselves,” wrote Hampton via her blog.
“There was a confrontation, her knife dropped, mine did not.”
In addition to the battery charge and probation violations, Hampton was charged with obtaining property or services in return for worthless checks, drafts and possession of a firearm, a no-no for a convicted felon.
All the while Hampton’s criminal past is being brought up by her ex-friend, the stylish “RHOA” associate has issued an apology to Leakes and several of her Bravo co-stars.
“To all the RHOA/Bridesmaids I have offended: Phaedra, Kandi, Kim, Sheree, Diana, Pat and NeNe, I apologize,” Marlo wrote on her blog.
“We may never be friends or see eye to eye on anything, (and I’m cool with that!) however, I don’t need to tear you down to build myself up. I know who I am — The Diva, Marlo Patrice Hampton and I am the spotlight, but so are you. Let’s all bask in it.”
-danielle canada
