EXCLUSIVE: Fantasia's 12-Hour Settlement Talk With Boyfriend's Wife Unsuccessful; Lawsuit Imminent
Nov. 11 2010, Published 5:30 a.m. ET
American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino met with her boyfriend’s scorned wife, Paula Cook, earlier this month in an attempt to keep the details of Barrino’s alleged affair with Antwaun Cook private and out of the Mecklenburg County courthouse, Breaking Celebrity News has exclusively learned.
A source close to the situation says the two women attempted to settle their dispute through private mediation but the ladies were unable to reach a settlement, propelling Cook to move forward with a civil lawsuit against the singer.
“Fantasia and Paula were in mediation for nearly 12 hours on November 1,” a source close to the situation told Breaking Celebrity News.
“They didn’t settle because Fantasia refuses to acknowledge that she was aware of Paula’s marriage to Antwaun when she started dating him, and Paula is adamant that she knew.”
Fantasia became the center of a celebrity cheating scandal last year when she famously got the name “Cook” tattooed on her collarbone in honor of her boyfriend Antwaun Cook – a married man.
According to the source, Fantasia and Paula are set to meet in a North Carolina courthouse again on November 22.
“Fantasia was prepared to pay Paula as much as $100,000