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 noe on July 16, 2009 at 3:27pm - no mames pinche maricon, una vieja asi no se manda ala verga por mail que jo
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Comment by THE BLACK MAMBA on July 16, 2009 at 3:14pm - come on now.....dude is gay!gay gay gay.......
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Comment by ♥~Christina~Dior~♥ on July 16, 2009 at 3:08pm - Ok he's giving her a “six-figure” settlement so she can start a new life after he broke up with her..WOW..ain't no way in hell i would give someone i just broke up with money.
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Comment by Holly Jasmine on July 16, 2009 at 3:06pm - Sounds like a smart guy...why get married and have to give up 50% anyway after the divorce...i'm sure she wouldn't have agreeed to marry him with a pre-nup. People go through problems and feel like they should continue in a toxic relationship for the sake of the relationship but people should also realize that their happiness shouldn't be sacrificed for the sake of maintaining a bad relationship. Just because you're friends...doesn't mean you should be lovers. And just because you're lovers doesn't mean you were meant to be friends.
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Comment by ladybug on July 16, 2009 at 3:05pm - well damn..............
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Comment by Jason L on July 16, 2009 at 2:47pm -
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Comment by Jason L on July 16, 2009 at 2:47pm
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My Boy C4 riping the mic as always. Dude got skills, he's bringing real hip hop back, mad metaphors, nice flow and good punchlines. Check him out C4, respect it or check it.....Let me know what yall think heres the link......
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Comment by N.Y.L.A. on July 16, 2009 at 2:46pm - DAMN THAT'S FUCKED UP DOESN'T SEEM LIKE RELATIONSHIPS LAST ANYMORE NYLA 90047-10002
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