I bet you forgot all about that defamation lawsuit that Sean Penn brought against Lee Daniels. When asked about Terence Howard and his tendency to hit women he is involved with in a relationship, Lee said it was no different than Sean Penn. Penn took offense to the statement and is suing Daniels for $10M. In an amended filing yesterday, Penn included a statement signed under penalty of perjury by Madonna.
“I am aware of the allegations that have surfaced over the years accusing Sean of incidents of physical assault and abuse against me,” she wrote. “Specifically, I am aware of the allegations concerning an alleged incident that occurred in June 1987, whereby (according to tabloid reports) Sean allegedly struck me with ‘a baseball bat’. I know the allegations in those and other reports to be completely outrageous, malicious and false.
“I am also aware of allegations concerning an incident that occurred in December 1989, which purportedly resulted in Sean’s arrest for domestic assault and battery against me. I know those allegations to be false. While we certainly had more than one heated argument during our marriage, Sean has never struck me, ‘tied me up’ or physically assaulted me, and any report to the contrary is completely outrageous, malicious, reckless and false.”
On 28 December 1988 – which seems to be the second incident Madonna is referring to – Madonna had gone to the sheriff’s office in Malibu, where she made a complaint that Penn had assaulted her. He was charged with infliciting “corporal injury and traumatic conditions” on her, as well as battery. Madonna withdrew her complaint a week later, and has rarely commented on it since. In March 1989, she told Rolling Stone tabloid reports of the events were “extremely inaccurate, as they usually are. They made it all up. But I expect it. They’re always making s**t up. I’ve completely reconciled myself to that fact.” Penn said Madonna had made the complaint out of jealousy that he was having a sexual relationship with another woman.
So, if Madonna made the complaint up back in the day, how come she was not prosecuted for filing a false police report?