According to TMZ R&B singer Mario has been arrested for assaulting his mother. Shawntia Hardaway told police that her son was “throwing and damaging property” in addition to pushing her around. Mario allegedly shoved her around using his hands and forearms and pushed her eight feet across the room into a wall where she banged her head.
The Baltimore native was charged with 2nd degree assault and released on a $50,000 bond. Shawntia is a former heroin addict who has supported Mario’s dream to sing since he was a child and she bought him a karaoke machine.
(October 1)
UPDATE: On November 3, Baltimore, Maryland prosecutors dropped misdemeanor assault charges against singer, actor and former “Dancing With the Stars” contestant Mario. After he was initially charged with second-degree assault for allegedly pushing his mother, Shawntia Hardaway, against a wall, Hardaway gave a different account of the story. Hardaway told authorities she was under the influence of drugs and alcohol when she called police, and that Mario never laid a hand on her.
During the initial October arrest, Hardaway alleged that her son assaulted her on multiple occasions, including one September 27 incident that included Mario “pushing her eight feet into a living room wall.”
With his client clear of all charges, Mario’s attorney Bill Murphy says his client, “remains committed to helping his mother battle her addiction.”
“Shawntia is a former heroin addict who has supported Mario’s dream to sign since he was a child and she bought him a karaoke machine.” That’s fucked up. How’re you gonna smack around your cleaned-up, former drug-addict Mom who bought you a karaoke machine? Damn.
I don’t give a flying fuck what this about….you lay hands on ANY female…you straight up bitch…
what a piece of shit
what’s with RnB artists gettin into shit like this
what’s with RnB artists gettin into shit like this
LMFAO
“Former heroin addict” & “always supported her son” in one sentence without a flinge?
You’re killin me here
No excuse for this at all lost the little bit of respect i had for Mario what a fuckin shitbag
God bless his mother
Little punk-ass bitch. It aint right to hit a female let alone your own moms. This dude’s a straight bitch 4 reals. They should’ve let that bitch do some time.
SHUT THE FUCK UP NIGGA MY BITCH GET OUT OF LINE AN START BUGGIN BEST BELIVE ILL PUT HER IN HER PLACE
You shut up Gage. Respect women man damn.
@red what u talking bout respect women, they get respect, but there’s a line that aint sposed 2 be crossed. Bitches cross, need to get slapped back up behind that line.
@Chupps – Yeah…especially moms. smh.
his lineup is on pointtttt
Best comment.
she deserved it.
i thought this said maino at first, fuck this guy though
Strange, I thought the same thing
that forehead didnt tip yall off?
Way to go asshole.
bought him a karaoke machine? HAHAHA LMAO nice only hiphopdx has random pointsless facts
LMAO yep.
hahahaha riiiiiiiight? fuckin hiphopdx… ‘AND she bought him a karaoke machine’
i’m sure he was mad at her for using again…just like he was on that show they did for MTV. You can take only so much of your mother destroying herself.
what a dumb ass!! shit my moms pissed me off. but i never laid a hand on her. try waking up to ur not going to be shit.. wake up call when u live 10 mins from School!! n be woking up 45min before the bell.. shit…. n those days i was getting home @ 4:00am right before she got off work.. thursday nights partying hard at princeton university .. so yeah i woke up half drunk ready to fight moms but i never laid a hand on her.. maybe i through a chair halfway across the room to prove a point.. but damn mario for real….. ur buggin!!
Oh well, that’s what crackbabies do 🙂
Damn son.
i never had a ill feelin toward mom duke is you crazy thats the lady who brought me here..
everybody done bump heads wit pops because you think you can beatem until yo azz on da floor give pops credit old head got hands
i thought that said “Maino” and i was let down when it wasent. mario from bodymore what u expect
hahahah
Mama said “Knock Me Out”
hahaha
BWAHAHAHAHAH!
Not sayin that it happened this way, but yall know if your chick/ex came @ you wit a blade or gun, yall would smack her up…LOL
I thought is said Maino too, but if his career isn’t over, it will be a surprise to me. Chris Breezy still ain’t fully back yet, and this nigga was making #1 hits and had/has a big fanbase. Mario’s career wasn’t rly popping anymore to begin with
She may be his mother, but I’m 90% sure she “deserved” to be flipped out at
I’m all for not letting a bitch step to you n act up. But your moms, or any female in your family excluding your sister is the limit.
Er’bodys mom pisses them off, but you don’t go there, that aint just some bitch… That’s your moms.
lets not convecting Mario as yet, have Did any of you people making negative comment about Mario saw the shown addiction? do youknow what the hell his mother is putting him through? so don’t start finger pointing and try to understand what he has to deal with, a mother addicted and spending his money to get her fix. He has tried to be a good son standing by her trying to get her help off the drugs, well again put your self in his shoes, and i don’t think he hit her he was letting out his frustration smashing thing around the house if he did do that
These r&b cats have crazy tempers.
She was probably trying to sell his tv and microwave and all that..she has a reputation as an addict..I remember that show he had where she would disappear for days on end..smh
Beat up the crack dealer, not yo cracked out mama.
When we said Mario needs a new hit…
Have you ever attacked someone using you forearms?
Come’on people use that brain..
You can’t necessarily do a ton of damage with your forearms, but you can definitely shove with your forearms, especially if someone’s in your face and there isn’t enough room between the two of you to shove with your hands.
i dont care how crack addict your mom might be … there are things you just dont do ! you can argue with her, disagree with her, speech her, but at the end of the day you can definitely NOT hit her ! she needs your help not your fists !
and to any mothafucka judging her cause she’s a addicted to drugs, i bet yall addicted to something too. it might not be drugs but something else. try to stay away from addiction for a couple of days and fight against it then you might give lessons to the fiends !
now i believe in “innocent until provent guilty”, so wait and see to know what really happened !
U TELLING THE TRUE… I LIKE THAT COMMENT..
Respect!!
Co-sign.
So how do we know he wasnt pushing her away from a sack of heroine she was trying to get to, or maybe he was tryin to dump it, she was on her back, he was just gettin her off him. again, she said she was on dope when she made the call. Just questions i have
das not cool man seriously
Anyone else think Mario look like a Chiclet-toothed Chris Rock?
this foo look like he on acid
lol- thats what i thought- i used to do that shit. its dope!
whats next Ray J rapes brandi?
LOL
from pushing to raping.. right. you’re an idiot.
(Where’s his father?)Sounds like he needs a spanking or a beat down lol
i say never lay your hands on a Woman, but that doesnt mean i wont hit a Bitch
that’s his mom lol…
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