First Ex Wife Suing Tyrese for Defamation

Last month R&B singer Tyrese accused his first ex wife, Norma Gibson, of blackmail, defamation, extortion, making death threats, tax evasion, forging signatures, falsifying bank statements, domestic and international wire fraud and money laundering [click here if you missed that].

Now Norma is suing Tyrese for defamation of character and for sharing their daughter's unredacted personal information online...

From The Blast 

According to court documents obtained by The Blast, the actor's former spouse is suing him for multiple damages. She claims Tyrese not only defamed her with his public disclosure of private facts but also encouraged his fans to attack her.

The "Fast & Furious" star started the drama on April 30, sharing court documents that accused his ex-wife of owing over $25,000 in their daughter's tuition fees. He also slammed her for other offenses, crimes Norma vehemently refuted in her new lawsuit.

She is suing Tyrese for defamation, false light, and public disclosure of private facts. According to Norma, her former spouse is using his Instagram account to "cyber harass, defame, and dox" her in front of his 20.4 million followers.

"Gibson is livid purportedly because Mitchell cannot afford to contribute as much as he can towards their daughter's private high school," the document alleged, stressing that Tyrese didn't need to publicly air their differences after filing a motion against Norma.

Norma noted that Tyrese wasn't satisfied with filing the motion against her, so he turned to Instagram to publicly litigate the issue. She accused him of slamming her with "a cruel barrage of derogatory and defamatory posts."

These posts allegedly included false accusations that she had committed "blackmail, extortion, death threats, tax evasion, forgery, bank fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering." Norma also implied that Tyrese's actions affected their daughter's privacy.

"Gibson doxxed Mitchell and their daughter — a minor — by posting an unredacted copy of the Motion on Instagram," the documents explained, adding:

"The 176-page Motion contains Mitchell's private and confidential information including their daughter's full name, the name of her high school, birthdate, address."

According to Norma, Tyrese knew his actions were wrong and seemingly acknowledged his faults in multiple posts by telling fans, "Before they make me take down this post and the link…GO THERE NOW!"

The link highlighted above led to a Google Drive with the unredacted Motion he had filed in Family Court. He also encouraged fans to read and download it, leading to what Norma claims are "vile comments" about her.

Norma doubled down on her defamation claims, noting that Tyrese's lies had spread like wildfire. She claimed that she and her daughter "reluctantly found themselves in the public's eye under vexatious circumstances."

Additionally, she stressed that several news outlets had republished Tyrese's false allegations alongside their daughter's private information. In light of these crimes, Norma is asking for relief and judgment against her ex-husband in a jury trial.

She wants compensation for damages, including general and special, in an amount to be proven at trial.

She also wants interest at the maximum legal rate, the coverage of her attorney fees, and punitive damages in an amount that will punish Tyrese and deter such conduct in the future.