Morgan Freeman had a bizarre love affair for nearly a decade with his step-granddaughter — with The National ENQUIRER exposing the scandalous relationship years before E’Dena Hines’s tragic murder at the hands of her psychotic boyfriend. The “Shawshank Redemption” star’s strange secret has once again been exposed during the murder trial of Lamar Davenport, who was caught on videotape savagely slaughtering his live-in girlfriend. Davenport’s defense attorney is seeking an insanity defense — with Beth Unger claiming: “E’Dena Hines disclosed to Lamar Davenport and others that her grandfather engaged in a sexually inappropriate relationship with her.” Get all the shocking details about the bizarre romance that ended in one of Hollywood’s worst celebrity divorce scandals…
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The alleged affair not only contributed to his split from his longtime wife Myrna (pictured), but also led to his breakup with longtime mistress Mary Joyce Hays. An insider told The ENQUIRER: “Myrna said E'Dena told her that when she was a teenager, she and Morgan went to dinner at a friend’s house one evening. Both had been drinking, and when they returned home, Morgan attempted to have sex with her.”
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E'Dena is the granddaughter of Morgan's first wife, Jeanette Adair Bradshaw, and was raised by Morgan and Myrna "since she was a little girl," the source told The ENQUIRER. "Myrna said E'dena told her that when she was a teenager, she and Morgan went to dinner at a friend's house one evening. Both had been drinking, and when they returned home, Morgan attempted to have sex with her. They stopped just short of having intercourse."
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"E'Dena," continued the insider, "explained to Myrna that she stopped Morgan from going any further." Myrna confronted Morgan, and he agreed to leave E'Dena alone — but unbeknownst to Myrna, the relationship continued for years, said the source. Myrna realized the affair was still ongoing when E'Dena began acting strangely during a weekend home from college at the Freemans' estate in Mississippi about 2005, when she was in her early 20s.
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Myrna spent an hour talking to E'Dena before her plane was due to take her back to school. She noticed that the younger woman appeared " wired" and "off the wall," according to the source. When Myrna asked Morgan about E'Dena's strange behavior, Morgan told her he had no idea what was wrong with the young woman — and that she had been "driving him crazy all weekend," said the source.
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But E'Dena reportedly called Myrna the following day in tears and "freaking out," then allegedly blurted: "We had sex when I was in California in his hotel room, and I just can't handle it anymore." E'Dena told Myrna that she'd given Morgan sexy photos of herself as a substitute for his needing to be intimate with her, but that was not enough for Morgan, according to the insider.
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With the affair continuing, Myrna finally threw in the towel on her marriage, claimed the source. Mary Joyce Hays also ended her romance with Morgan when she realized what had been going on between her lover and his step-granddaughter, said a source: "When Mary Joyce learned the truth about E'Dena, she dumped Morgan flat. Myrna had enough, too. It was the last straw, and she filed for divorce demanding $ 60 million."
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In the intro to the book "Proud To Call Mississippi Home," Morgan had referred to E'Dena as his granddaughter and wrote that she is "a lovely, intelligent and talented young woman." In 2001, Morgan donated $ 250,000 to the Memphis prep school that E'Dena attended. "It's not technically incest," said the insider during the split, "[but] Morgan is trying desperately to keep his divorce out of open court so all the shameful facts won't become public."
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In the intro to the book "Proud To Call Mississippi Home," Morgan had referred to E'Dena as his granddaughter and wrote that she is "a lovely, intelligent and talented young woman." In 2001, Morgan donated $ 250,000 to the Memphis prep school that E'Dena attended. "It's not technically incest," said the insider during the split, "[but] Morgan is trying desperately to keep his divorce out of open court so all the shameful facts won't become public."
The ENQUIRER would later reveal that E'Dena had been left by the actor after his divorce — with Freeman caught out in Jan. 2012
with a new Filipino sweetheart. Morgan couldn't escape his past with E'Dena, however. In 2015, shortly after this video captured E'Dena's final moments, the star took legal steps to prevent her biological father from inheriting the $800,000 Manhattan apartment he purchased for her.
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Morgan had previously denied the shocking claims about E'Dena in 2012. “The recent reports of any pending marriage or romantic relationship of me to anyone,” he said in a statement, “are defamatory fabrications from the tabloid media designed to sell papers.” But now the shocking accusations against the star are once again in the spotlight, and in the court record!
The alleged affair not only contributed to his split from his longtime wife Myrna (pictured), but also led to his breakup with longtime mistress Mary Joyce Hays. An insider told The ENQUIRER: “Myrna said E'Dena told her that when she was a teenager, she and Morgan went to dinner at a friend’s house one evening. Both had been drinking, and when they returned home, Morgan attempted to have sex with her.”
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E'Dena is the granddaughter of Morgan's first wife, Jeanette Adair Bradshaw, and was raised by Morgan and Myrna "since she was a little girl," the source told The ENQUIRER. "Myrna said E'dena told her that when she was a teenager, she and Morgan went to dinner at a friend's house one evening. Both had been drinking, and when they returned home, Morgan attempted to have sex with her. They stopped just short of having intercourse."
"E'Dena," continued the insider, "explained to Myrna that she stopped Morgan from going any further." Myrna confronted Morgan, and he agreed to leave E'Dena alone — but unbeknownst to Myrna, the relationship continued for years, said the source. Myrna realized the affair was still ongoing when E'Dena began acting strangely during a weekend home from college at the Freemans' estate in Mississippi about 2005, when she was in her early 20s.
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Myrna spent an hour talking to E'Dena before her plane was due to take her back to school. She noticed that the younger woman appeared " wired" and "off the wall," according to the source. When Myrna asked Morgan about E'Dena's strange behavior, Morgan told her he had no idea what was wrong with the young woman — and that she had been "driving him crazy all weekend," said the source.
But E'Dena reportedly called Myrna the following day in tears and "freaking out," then allegedly blurted: "We had sex when I was in California in his hotel room, and I just can't handle it anymore." E'Dena told Myrna that she'd given Morgan sexy photos of herself as a substitute for his needing to be intimate with her, but that was not enough for Morgan, according to the insider.
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With the affair continuing, Myrna finally threw in the towel on her marriage, claimed the source. Mary Joyce Hays also ended her romance with Morgan when she realized what had been going on between her lover and his step-granddaughter, said a source: "When Mary Joyce learned the truth about E'Dena, she dumped Morgan flat. Myrna had enough, too. It was the last straw, and she filed for divorce demanding $ 60 million."
In the intro to the book "Proud To Call Mississippi Home," Morgan had referred to E'Dena as his granddaughter and wrote that she is "a lovely, intelligent and talented young woman." In 2001, Morgan donated $ 250,000 to the Memphis prep school that E'Dena attended. "It's not technically incest," said the insider during the split, "[but] Morgan is trying desperately to keep his divorce out of open court so all the shameful facts won't become public."
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The ENQUIRER would later reveal that E'Dena had been left by the actor after his divorce — with Freeman caught out in Jan. 2012
with a new Filipino sweetheart. Morgan couldn't escape his past with E'Dena, however. In 2015, shortly after this video captured E'Dena's final moments, the star took legal steps to prevent her biological father from inheriting the $800,000 Manhattan apartment he purchased for her.
Morgan had previously denied the shocking claims about E'Dena in 2012. “The recent reports of any pending marriage or romantic relationship of me to anyone,” he said in a statement, “are defamatory fabrications from the tabloid media designed to sell papers.” But now the shocking accusations against the star are once again in the spotlight, and in the court record!
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