Ciara And Future: Exes Spotted In Court, Singer Says He's 'Tormented' By Her New Romance [UPDATED]
[This post has been updated with new information at the bottom]
Well, it seems that famous exes Ciara and Future’s lawsuits against each may have actually resulted in court appearances.
According to Twitter user @cellorockit, the two were in a courthouse together recently:
So there I was, in the middle of a court run, I had to get copies of a file from a courtroom. Anyway I stepped off the elevator and I bump..
— Marcello Mendoza (@cellorockit) May 16, 2016
Into Ciara, mind you it didn't click that it was her, mostly because Ciara is beautiful and I kinda stammered like a bumbling fool. — Marcello Mendoza (@cellorockit) May 16, 2016
But, guys, Ciara is beautiful. Like really, really, beautiful. So a couple seconds pass by, and it still hasn't clicked in my head. — Marcello Mendoza (@cellorockit) May 16, 2016
Until I look ahead and see Future. And then it clicked. They're getting divorced. So I immediately make eye contact with both of them. — Marcello Mendoza (@cellorockit) May 16, 2016
They know I know. They just do, so future starts covering himself up but Ciara is a queen so she took it stride and waltzed into that court — Marcello Mendoza (@cellorockit) May 16, 2016
Meanwhile future looked like he was trying to catch up to his lawyers, and he looked furious and embarrassed. — Marcello Mendoza (@cellorockit) May 16, 2016
Moral of the story, men treat your woman good, or she'll take yo ass to court. — Marcello Mendoza (@cellorockit) May 16, 2016
[H/T to ThaCelebriteaNews]
It's unclear the exact reason the two would be in a courtroom together--if it was for a specific hearing or a deposition--or even if this guy on Twitter is making up seeing them (this is the Internet after all). BUT the timing does match with Ciara sharing a cryptic tweet that could be interpreted as a having something to do with her legal battle with Future.
Where There's FAITH, There's HOPE. God is An Awesome God! — Ciara (@ciara) May 16, 2016
ICYMI, Ciara is suing Future for $15 million over statements the rapper made about her in interviews and on social media (they're not getting a divorce as the sharp-eyed fan above tweeted, since they were never married).
According to court papers filed on behalf of Ciara (via The Jasmine Brand): “Following the parties’ break-up, both plaintiff and defendant embarked on new personal relationships...However, it is important to note that given Plaintiff’s celebrity status, her relationship with her current significant other became highly publicized in April, 2015, and has been subject of media attention since that time. Plaintiff’s new significant other is also a public figure.”
The blog also reports that Ciara believes Future created the feud over her fiancé Russell Wilson spending time with their son, Baby Future, to drum up media attention for his album and that her blossoming relationship with the Seattle Seahawks quarterback has “tormented” the "Jumpman" rapper.
For his part, Future fired back with a countersuit arguing that his comments (including referring to the singer as b**ch on twtter) were not defamatory and adding that her career isn't a “successful" one and hasn’t been for several years.
UPDATE 1:30 p.m. ET: It seems the court appearance had NOTHING to do with the Ciara and Future's lawsuits against one another, but was over their child, Future Jr. According to TMZ, the couple had a hearing in which Ciara and her lawyers argued for full custody of the two-year-old. But the judge ruled in Future's favor and the two exes will have to keep sharing joint custody.
