Brian McKnight Denies Abandoning His Estranged Daughter, Says He Paid Support For 18 Years

As we first reported, again in 2020, Briana sued Brian for defamation. She accused him of spreading a “vicious lie” about her on-line.

Briana claimed Brian claimed she had slept with a cousin as a minor after she blasted him on social media. He denied the allegations and argued his statements had been “considerably true.” The case was settled in February earlier than trial.

Within the submit that she stated set him off, Briana wrote, “’Daddy’s little woman’ was by no means actually a factor for me. No one understands what I’ve been by means of apart from my siblings. Consider it or not, I’m not at all times the individual I appear to be. I’m not at all times blissful and more often than not I’m battling my very own demons identical to everybody else.”

Brian’s estranged daughter added, “I grew up pondering that the issues that occurred to me and my dad’s relationship was my fault. I grew up pondering that he doesn’t wish to come to go to me as a result of he doesn’t love me … It sucks understanding that my telephone calls need to undergo a stranger I barely know, that my textual content messages are learn and not using a response, and that my stepmother tells me that they “want the very best for me”.

“It kills me to know that it’s so exhausting for me and my siblings to get a phrase in. Not one phrase. At a really younger age, I used to be at all times second place in my father’s coronary heart. Possibly even third, fourth, or fifth, relying on the scenario. My father hasn’t referred to as to want me a “blissful birthday” in years and but I sit by the telephone each single yr hoping that sooner or later his coronary heart will change,” she stated.

Briana revealed her story after Brian’s older son BJ wrote his personal submit trashing their father.

In courtroom paperwork, Brian claimed Briana’s accusation he had not referred to as her on her birthday was false.

He stated, “As an alternative of informing the general public that she has by no means had a real relationship with [Brian], [Briana] lamented that [Brian’s] step-children come earlier than her. As an alternative of informing the general public that she and her mom lived off [Brian’s] monetary munificence for 18 years, and he or she attended the best personal faculties and noticed the very best medical doctors because of [Brian’s] generosity, [Briana] complained that no person understands what she has been by means of.”

He argued his video, the place he made the accusations Briana sued over, was him defending himself in opposition to the absent father claims.

Brian stated he “spoke exhausting truths about his kids: their sense of entitlement, their lack of appreciation, and the false implication that he deserted them.” He argued he did nothing fallacious.

Brian has just lately caught warmth for praising his stepchildren along with his new spouse whereas not doing the identical for his organic kids.