Basketball Star Richard Jefferson Dumps His Wife Via Email Days Before Scheduled Wedding and I’m Not Gay
Former Net star Richard Jefferson admitted yesterday that he told his beautiful bride-to-be that their wedding was off in an e-mail — stunning her just days before their planned posh nuptials.
Kesha Ni’Cole Nichols got the heart-wrenching message after a tense Fourth of July weekend, Jefferson told The Post.
“There was a lot of stress and tension in the relationship. We’ve been through a lot — but we just couldn’t continue,” said Jefferson, sounding upset during a telephone interview.
But at least Nichols got a nice parting gift — Jefferson, who was traded from the Milwaukee Bucks to the San Antonio Spurs last month, said he’s giving her a “six-figure” settlement so she can start a new life.
“I won’t say a negative word about Kesha. She is one of my best friends,” said Jefferson, who courted for nearly five years.
He said things came to a head when they celebrated July 4 in LA, a week before their planned July 11 wedding at the luxurious Mandarin Oriental on Columbus Circle.
After Nichols boarded a plane back to New York the next day, Jefferson said, he sent her the devastating e-mail.
“Sometimes you might write an e-mail to get your thoughts down right,” he explained.
After Nichols — and the message — arrived in New York, the couple spoke by phone for two hours, Jefferson said.
Jefferson said they haven’t spoken in a week.“It was a conversation Kesha and I had,” he said, adding only that it was “a combination of things” that led to the split.
“It’s been an emotional time for both of us,” he said. “I know she’s hurt. I’m hurt, too.”
The couple had planned to top off their $500,000 wedding with a honeymoon in London, where they had tickets to one of the Michael Jackson comeback shows.
Of the money he’s giving Nichols, Jefferson said, “I’m not trying to buy her off. She has a lump sum to help her move on.”
He added, “I’ve made my mistakes in this relationship, 100 percent. But at the end of the day, there were some people who were responsible for the demise of it.”
He insisted a rumor he’s gay had nothing to do with the breakup.
“I’m not gay,” Jefferson said. “That couldn’t be any further from the truth. I have nothing to hide.”
Nichols could not be reached.
On July 6, Jefferson told his family the wedding was off.
Kesha told her family and friends the next day, he said.
Because some out-of-town guests were already in, or en route to, New York, they decided to go through with a dinner that was supposed to have been part of the wedding celebration, Jefferson said.
The jilted bride, a former Net dancer, checked into the Mandarin and spent what would have been her wedding night in a luxury suite. A fellow dancer pal of Kesha, Keltie Colleen, wrote on her blog that Nichols was “going through some serious grief.”
None of Jefferson’s family made the trip. “My family didn’t take this well. I’m the last one not to have married,” said Jefferson, the son of Christian missionaries. “My family was looking forward to me starting a family of my own.” Jefferson flew to Paris last week with some basketball buddies. He went “only because I care about her so much that I didn’t want to change my mind after those emails were sent,” he said. “I didn’t want to start missing her and decide, ‘let’s do this.”‘ “It’s so crazy, the divorce rate out there,” Jefferson added. “If you aren’t 100 percent certain about something, you shouldn’t do it.”
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Comment by the 1 u need on July 17, 2009 at 5:29am - fag
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Comment by dr0 on July 17, 2009 at 2:25am - wurrrd her ass looks like 2 now laters stuk 2getha but atleast she got cute face i dun curr if a bitch got a fat ass an her face looks like reggie miller i aint fukn wid it she got have a nice asss n thighz an cute face 2 go wid it yu dig
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Comment by deeznutz954 on July 17, 2009 at 2:02am - thats wassup jefferson, slay the fine pussy while you can, this girl got NO ASS neway.. but really who gives a shit, the media is all up in the mans business
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Comment by The Legend on July 17, 2009 at 1:50am - HE MUST BE FOR 2 REASONS..HE LEFT HER AND HE HAD TO SAY HES NOT GAY
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Comment by new york PEPSI on July 17, 2009 at 1:12am - WOW I FEEL SO BAD FOR HER I THINK HE'S A GREAT BALLER BUT HE SHOULD HAVE DONE LIKE MY B-DADY AND NEVER ASKED HER
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Comment by Marquis Hubbard on July 17, 2009 at 1:10am - she got no ass folks
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Comment by Jus P on July 17, 2009 at 12:41am - FAGGGGGGOOTTTTT!!!!!!!!!
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Comment by c07ros on July 17, 2009 at 12:38am -
HES GAY CUZ HE TRYING TO SAY HE'S NOT
SHIT ILL TAKE HER
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Comment by mR 305 aka YuNg tRoN on July 17, 2009 at 12:27am - yea u betta know who ur marrying b4 u walk down the aisle especially if they credit aint good and urs iz....shyt we in a recession f marriage.....j/k ladies
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