On Friday, June 17, 2005, a civil court judge in
Martinez, CA ordered NY Times bestselling novelist, Terry
McMillan, to pay her gay husband, Jonathan Plummer, spousal support and attorney's fees effective immediately. Her romance with Jonathan, 23 years her junior, was the basis of the hit novel/movie, "How Stella Got Her Groove Back."
Almost immediately, this has become fodder for tabloid TV with
a segment appearing late Friday night on Celebrity Justice/Extra.
The segment failed to mention that McMillan was ordered to pay
spousal support nor did it mention Jonathan's declaration of harassment due to s*xual orientation, as the basis of his restraining order.
It was a very lopsided broadcast with the focus on McMillan, as she
prepares to launch her latest novel, The Interruption of Everything.
Jonathan has already faced tremendous backlash as a result of coming out to his famous wife, including being kicked out of his home
6 months ago with only the shirt on his back, making Friday's
"victory" truly significant. In addition to numerous gay bashing and
"outing" incidents, which were the basis of his restraining order, she
has threatened to publicly shame him in this country and Jamaica,
his country of origin. She did not count on him:
1) being able to afford representation, 2) being articulate enough to communicate his story to an attorney, and 3) having pride in his s*xual identity.
SO STELLA LOST HER GROOVE!
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Friday, June 24th 2005 at 9:57PM
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