Mary J, Blige father, Thomas Blige, 63, and his former girlfriend were is a domestic dispute when she stabbed. The woman is under arrest and is charged with assault with intent to murder.
According to Battle Creek Enquirer, police were called to Blige’s apartment at the Arbors of Battle Creek apartment complex around 7am Thursday morning. They found Blige in his apartment with three stab wounds, including one to his neck. He was taken to Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, Mich., where he underwent surgery.
Police went to the scene and found blood in the snow near the entrance drive to the apartment complex and more blood in Blige’s apartment. Police also found a knife in the apartment they believe was used in the attack. Officers then went to the former girlfriend’s nearby apartment at the Arbors and found the woman in blood-spattered clothing. She was taken into custody without incident and treated at a Battle Creek hospital for a cut. She was then taken to the Calhoun County jail and was expected to be arraigned Friday in Calhoun County District Court.
According to police, Thomas Blige saw the woman deflating the tires on his Ford SUV in the parking lot outside the apartment and went out to confront her. And argument ensued and Blige was stabbed. Reportedly, police have handled seven domestic violence complaints between Blige and his 50-year-old former girlfriend since last summer. The woman was charged in October with aggravated domestic violence after she hit Blige in the head with a glass candlestick.
Mary J. Blige father abandoned her and sister LaTonya following his divorce from their mother, Cora Blige in 1980. Mary J. Blige previously described her father as a jazz musician and Vietnam War veteran who suffered from post-traumatic stress syndrome. Mary J. said, “He left us when I was 4, but he’d come back from time to time and abuse her some more.
