Popular Grammy-nominated gospel recording artist, James Fortune, pleaded guilty to assaulting his wife earlier this week
Investigators say Fortune struck his wife with a wooden vanity stool, kicked her and threw her against a wall one night inside their Stafford home in October of 2014.
He accepted the plea on Tuesday to a third degree felony charge of assault – family violence. He was sentenced by Fort Bend District Judge Maggie Jaramillo to five years of probation plus five days in jail. He is also to serve 175 hours of community service, complete a “batterer’s intervention” program and stay away from his wife.
Following the ruling, James received an outpouring of support from his fans and from fellow artist, who promised to stand by him and help in any way they can during this difficult time
Yesterday on Facebook, he released his first statement ever since the court passed the ruling where he said that he is not a supporter of domestic violence and that he takes full responsibility of participation in the altercation. He asked his supporters and fans to continually pray for him.
“I want to make a public apology to my family, friends, and supporters for not being above reproach. Please pray that during this process God continues to perfect and restore me so that I become a better man, Father and Christian. Despite the accusations and media embellishments, I am not a supporter of domestic violence. I do take full responsibility for my participation in the altercation and have been seeking out spiritual and professional guidance to improve my anger management and emotional discipline for over a year now and will continue to do so. Thank you for your continued prayers,”
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