McMillan files $40-million suit
Novelist Terry McMillan is suing her former husband for $40 million, alleging that he tried to smear her reputation during their highly publicized 2005 divorce.
McMillan, 55, filed the complaint Wednesday in Contra Costa County (Calif.) Superior Court against Jonathan Plummer, 32, who inspired her bestselling 1996 novel, “How Stella Got Her Groove Back.” The book, later adapted into a movie starring Angela Bassett and Taye Diggs, chronicled the adventures of a fortysomething woman who falls for a guy half her age.
The lawsuit claims Plummer, a Jamaica native, married McMillan in 1998 only to become a U.S. citizen. He later announced that he’s gay. Plummer’s lawyer, Dolores Sargent, also is named in the lawsuit.
The couple eventually settled their divorce for an undisclosed amount.
Plummer, now a Danville, Calif., hairstylist, declined to discuss the lawsuit Wednesday. Sargent could not be reached for comment.
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