Ne-Yo has been declared the authorized father of his two youngest kids.
Ne-Yo has been declared the authorized father of his two youngest kids
The 43-year-old ‘Nearer’ singer – born Shaffer Chimere Smith – has sons Braiden, two, and seven-month-old Brixton together with his ex-girlfriend, Sade Bagnerise, 35, and filed to determine his paternity of the boys in Could.
His youngsters will now have their final names legally modified from Bagnerise to the singer’s actual final title Smith, TMZ stories.
The outlet added Ne-Yo needed Braiden and Brixton to have entry to his inheritance, regardless of him now not courting their mom.
Dad-of-seven Ne-Yo additionally has daughter Madilyn Grace, 12, and son Mason, 11, with ex-fiancée Monyetta Shaw, and Shaffer Chimere Jr, seven, Roman Alexander-Raj, 5, and Isabella Rose, two, with ex-wife Crystal Renay.
The pair married in February 2016 however the on-off couple divorced two years later – earlier than marrying once more in April 2022.
In July 2022, Crystal accused Ne-Yo of dishonest on her with “quite a few” girls and filed for divorce and alleged the singer had fathered a baby with one other lady.
Two months after Ne-Yo and Crystal finalized their divorce in January 2023, the performer sought parental rights for Braiden, who was born in 2021, and Brixton, who arrived in February this yr.
Crystal cited his alleged infidelity with Sade as the rationale for his or her cut up and referred to as their marriage “irretrievably damaged with no hope for reconciliation”.
A day earlier than her submitting, Crystal accused Ne-Yo of dishonest in a prolonged publish on social media, saying she endured “eight years of lies and deception” all through their relationship.
She mentioned on the time: “8 years of unknowingly sharing my life and husband with quite a few of girls who promote their our bodies to him unprotected… each final certainly one of them!”
“To ask me to remain and settle for it’s completely insane. The mentality of a narcissist. I’ll now not mislead the general public or fake that that is one thing it isn’t.”
Ne-Yo hit again on social media, saying: “For the sake of our kids, my household and I’ll work by means of our challenges behind closed doorways.
“Private issues will not be meant to be addressed and dissected in public boards. I merely ask that you just please respect me and my household’s privateness presently.”