Prince's Dark Side: Jill Jones' Abuse Allegations

0:00On April 28, Jill Jones, who dated Prince for years and sang back up on his tracks, dropped a heavy allegation in interviews for a canceled Netflix documentary. She described him as lovable and adorable at times, but said he had a hateful side too. Back in 1984, she claims he brutally beat her after she caught him kissing one of her friends and slapped him first. She says he punched her face repeatedly, and though she wanted to press charges, his team warned it would wreck his career and tour. They eventually patched things up, but her emotional scars lingered. Prince sent toys, balloons, and candy after her surgery as his version of an apology. Jones held back from speaking out for decades, waiting for a real apology that never came before his death on April 21, 2016. She pointed to the air as attitudes, where men often got away with knocking around their partners, calling it just something that happened. Peter scandals with stars like Chris Brown, who beat Rihanna in 2009, with Prince even

1:00giving him advice, pushed her to revisit her story. She also thought about Shenato Conner's claims that Prince attacked her in his Hollywood mansion in the early 1990s. Looking back, Jones felt like a coward for not backing Shenate sooner, even though she never saw it happen. It shows how these stories, from Prince's circle, keep surfacing, forcing us to rethink the icon behind the music. On the spotlight, powered by AI, this is entertainment and celebrity news. Today, I'm Corey with The Story.