Brian โMcKnight Marks Ex-Wife’s absence โฃat Defamation Suit โVerdict, Awarded $8.8 Million
LONDON,โ ENGLAND – October 16,โ 2025 – Singer Brian McKnight publicly celebrated a $8.8โ million judgment in his defamation case against his ex-wife, julie McKnight, sharing the โคnews in a video posted to his Instagram account. โขThe verdict stems โคfrom โallegations madeโข in Julie mcknight’s book, “Mama Bear: Beautifully blended,” where she reportedly made โคfalse claims portraying Brian McKnight as an abusive husband and neglectful father.
Theโ lawsuit centers on โขclaims within the book, released inโ Januaryโข 2025,โ wich details the experiences of aโ motherโ and her sons finding support โขwithin an extended family network.โข Brian โคMcKnight, โค55, previously made headlines for controversial statements about โhis โchildren, referring โto them asโค “evil” โฃandโข a “product of sin.”
Inโค the Instagram video, filmed in theโข English countryside approximately 90 minutesโ outside of London, McKnight stated, “It’s been a long journey getting to this dayโฆButโ we are hereโฆand theโ verdictโข is in.” He continued, โstating his legal โteam had been handling โcommunications whileโฃ he and his family focusedโ on their lives, adding, “trying to ruin my name and trying to bring harm to my family in aโฃ book filled with liesโ equals $8.8โ millionโข dollars.” โขHe also indicated further legal โคactionโข against thoseโ who promoted the alleged falsehoods.
McKnight also played a โคvoicemail message โpurportedlyโ from Julie McKnight, in which she โขinstructs โขsomeone not toโฃ contact their son,โ Cole Nikolas “Niko” McKnight, who tragicallyโ diedโ on Mayโ 30 followingโ a two-year โbattle with cancer.โค The โmessage,directed to both an individual namedโค Nikoโ and Leilani,states,”Do not text โNiko again,do not call Niko โฃagainโฆI am very serious about this.” She concludes by addressing Brian directly, stating,โค “Youโ knowโ meโฆandโ you know that I mean โขwhat I’m saying to you.”
Brianโค McKnight shares two sons, the late niko McKnight, 32, and Brian McKnightโข Jr., 35, withโ Julie McKnight.