20 Celebrity Couples Who Survived Sex Or Cheating Scandals!
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That’s the bombshell charge dropped by insiders and Mary’s sister,
Ruth Vaughn, who recounted the horrifying night when the
overpaid TV terror went berserk after Mary learned he was still married to his first wife,
Marcia — while they were shacking up!
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“I could tell she’d been in a scuffle,” a family insider told
The National ENQUIRER, and went on to detail Mary’s bruising after a showdown in Plano, Texas, where the couple then lived. “She’d just gotten her nails done — and when I saw her again all her fingernails were broken off.”
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When asked what happened, Mary exclaimed: “I just found out Steve is married!” It was clear
the bad-boy talk host had pounded his wife, the source recalled: “A woman don’t break her nails just by talking!” At the time, Steve was building a “million-dollar home” for himself and Mary, and persuaded her not to leave him.
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But her horrific dealings with Steve during — and since — their nine-year marriage that ended in 2005 has left Mary shell-shocked! “Mary can’t work because she suffers from PTSD,” insists a source. “When she has to talk about the
distress and abuse Steve caused her, she usually just breaks down sobbing.”
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Steve’s TV image as a sassy jokester is a total sham that masks a brutal beast, the source said. “He’s just like everyone else in Hollywood. They put up a front for the fans just to make everybody believe their life is perfect, that they do no wrong. And they take advantage of real people who try to live their lives right.”
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While no criminal charges were ever filed, Mary (center) is battling back. She’s socked Steve with a $60 million lawsuit in L.A., claiming
his cheating triggered a breakdown that landed her in a mental hospital, and that he bullied her into signing divorce documents just one month after her crack-up — stiffing her out of her fair share of their fortune.
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Steve and his legal team managed to hit Mary, mother of Steve’s son Wynton (here with Steve in 2006), with a gag order during a 2013 legal scuffle, and had her tossed in jail. But this past Nov. 13, when his attorneys’ asked an L.A. judge to dismiss Mary's lawsuit, the response was “absolutely not.”
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He was still wed to Marcia when he began bedding Mary. He reportedly cheated on Mary before and during their marriage with a gal identified as
Terry Smith. Mary also claims he was still married to her when he wed his current wife,
Marjorie (right), in 2007.
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“He likes to promote this image as a good guy and a family man, but he’s torn Mary’s life apart,” says a source. “She’s never been the same since he cheated on her.”
Photo credit: Getty Images/Coleman-Rayner
That’s the bombshell charge dropped by insiders and Mary’s sister,
Ruth Vaughn, who recounted the horrifying night when the
overpaid TV terror went berserk after Mary learned he was still married to his first wife,
Marcia — while they were shacking up!
Photo credit: Getty Images
“I could tell she’d been in a scuffle,” a family insider told
The National ENQUIRER, and went on to detail Mary’s bruising after a showdown in Plano, Texas, where the couple then lived. “She’d just gotten her nails done — and when I saw her again all her fingernails were broken off.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
When asked what happened, Mary exclaimed: “I just found out Steve is married!” It was clear
the bad-boy talk host had pounded his wife, the source recalled: “A woman don’t break her nails just by talking!” At the time, Steve was building a “million-dollar home” for himself and Mary, and persuaded her not to leave him.
Photo credit: Getty Images
But her horrific dealings with Steve during — and since — their nine-year marriage that ended in 2005 has left Mary shell-shocked! “Mary can’t work because she suffers from PTSD,” insists a source. “When she has to talk about the
distress and abuse Steve caused her, she usually just breaks down sobbing.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
Steve’s TV image as a sassy jokester is a total sham that masks a brutal beast, the source said. “He’s just like everyone else in Hollywood. They put up a front for the fans just to make everybody believe their life is perfect, that they do no wrong. And they take advantage of real people who try to live their lives right.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
While no criminal charges were ever filed, Mary (center) is battling back. She’s socked Steve with a $60 million lawsuit in L.A., claiming
his cheating triggered a breakdown that landed her in a mental hospital, and that he bullied her into signing divorce documents just one month after her crack-up — stiffing her out of her fair share of their fortune.
Photo credit: Coleman-Rayner
Steve and his legal team managed to hit Mary, mother of Steve’s son Wynton (here with Steve in 2006), with a gag order during a 2013 legal scuffle, and had her tossed in jail. But this past Nov. 13, when his attorneys’ asked an L.A. judge to dismiss Mary's lawsuit, the response was “absolutely not.”
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He was still wed to Marcia when he began bedding Mary. He reportedly cheated on Mary before and during their marriage with a gal identified as
Terry Smith. Mary also claims he was still married to her when he wed his current wife,
Marjorie (right), in 2007.
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“He likes to promote this image as a good guy and a family man, but he’s torn Mary’s life apart,” says a source. “She’s never been the same since he cheated on her.”
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