Richie’s Wife Arrested in Assault
Award-winning musician Lionel Richie’s wife was arrested today for allegedly hitting the pop singer and a young woman after she found them together in the woman’s Beverly Hills apartment, police said.
Brenda Richie, 35, was booked on suspicion of corporal injury to a spouse, resisting arrest, trespassing, vandalism, battery and disturbing the peace after the early morning incident but was released on $5,000 bail. The other woman was identified as Diane Alexander, 22.
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