Since his text message, Dr. Dre says the only time he and Young have been in contact is when she came to visit him in hospital in January after he suffered a brain aneurysm. According to Dre, she hugged and kissed him and told him she loved him. Two months later, she filed for a domestic violence restraining order that was denied.

“There were never any domestic violence claims made by Nicole before or during our marriage, formal or informal,” Dr. Dre says. “At no time were the police ever called during our marriage. I was present for Nicole’s deposition. She testified that there are no witnesses to the alleged abuse and she admitted that she never told anyone, including her mother or siblings or other family or friends about any alleged abuse.”

He continues, “There are no texts, no emails, no photographs, no videos, no police reports, no domestic violence filings, or other documents evidencing abuse and no witnesses to her offensive allegations. After learning last August of Nicole’s false accusations of abuse, I realized then that I did not know the woman I had married and loved.”

Dr. Dre is currently fighting Nicole Young’s request for over $4 million to pay her lawyers. He adds that abuse allegations and claims of forcing her to sign a prenup “are appalling” and “in my view nothing but an effort to attempt to obtain more money than that to which she is entitled and to what she agreed in our Premarital Agreement.”