Steve J and Joseline Hernandez have reality TV fans across the board talking about their epic fight with Benzino and Althea Heart at the “Love & Hip Hop Atlanta” reunion special. And although the buzz is definitely bolstering the couple’s notoriety, it recently got them in legal trouble after Heart filed a lawsuit against Hernandez, claiming that she attacked her while under the influence of cocaine. However, Hernandez’s so-called hubby, Stevie, recently spoke out in her defense, saying she’s not a coke user.
According to TMZ, Stevie claims that Heart is lying and that she and Benzino instigated the fight when Benzino cracked a joke that Stevie and Hernandez were feeling hot in the studio because they were high on cocaine.
Stevie says that the suit is also being used a means to cover up his allegation that Benzino socked Hernandez in the face during the brawl.
Stevie and Hernandez have now hired their own lawyer and plan to countersue because “no grown man should hit a woman.”
However, Benzino responded to Stevie’s claims, saying “It’s clear that him and his w—- jumped off the couch and attacked us and whatever happened from there was merely self-defense.”
Indeed, footage from the show as well as from bystanders shows Stevie and Hernandez lunging at Benzino and Heart first. It also doesn’t help that Stevie recently failed a court ordered drug test for marijuana and cocaine.
Clearly, this is going to be one drawn out battle between the warring couples, but considering how much legal trouble Stevie is already in over his $1 million child support debt, we’re not sure he nor Hernandez can handle another major legal blow. – nicholas robinson
