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Reply #210 posted 10/15/08 10:45am

filmnoirdame

bboy,what makes you think James hit Janet?
Shame, the Debarges did not have a bigger pop culture impact. Wonder if it would be different today.
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Reply #211 posted 10/15/08 10:47am

Timmy84

Because drugs can make you do things you know you shouldn't be doing. I'm also sure there was some physical abuse too. But I'm also sure that James apologized for it. Janet just couldn't take it anymore though so I don't blame her for annulling it. It wasn't meant to be.
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Reply #212 posted 10/15/08 11:01am

filmnoirdame

How long were they married for?
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Reply #213 posted 10/15/08 11:03am

Timmy84

filmnoirdame said:

How long were they married for?


From September 7, 1984 to March 11, 1985 - the day Janet filed for annulment.

The divorce wasn't finalized until September 1985.
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Reply #214 posted 10/15/08 1:10pm

TheWifey

whatsgoingon said:

TheWifey said:



Long time ago, can't remember where. Vanity confronted her about the baby.

If the media can pin-point Joe Jackson's love-child & put her pix all over the media, I find it very diffficult to believe they haven't found Janet Jackson so-called child with Debarge yet, after 20 yrs of searching. Therefore I doubt there is a baby. I think it has become a myth. And if there were a baby I am sure Latoya would have opened her big-assed mouth by now!!


I DIDN'T SAY I BELIEVED IT!!! I SAID VANITY TOLD JANET SHE HEARD SHE HAD A BABY!!! GEESH! CAN PEOPLE READ?
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Reply #215 posted 10/16/08 5:32am

SoulAlive

filmnoirdame said:

Didn't someone say upthread that El said his mom looked into the allegations and found they weren't true? I do know that EL said no one in his family ever asked James or Janet about it and that it was their business.


A few years ago,the "mystery baby" rumors resurfaced when the mother talked about it in a magazine interview.She spoke of the "grandchild" that she never got to know...basically implying that Janet is hiding something.One of the other brothers chimed in too.

Back then,we had several threads on it and I suggested that Janet should issue a strong statement denying it.I also said she should threaten a lawsuit against anyone who continues to spread this rumor in the media.
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Reply #216 posted 10/16/08 7:40am

filmnoirdame

Was this in Sister to Sister? Mama Debarge seems to love being all up in the media, that's for sure.
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Reply #217 posted 10/16/08 11:21am

Mara

This is the coldest thread thread I've seen in a minute.

I can't wait to dig in to all these pages.
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Reply #218 posted 10/16/08 12:34pm

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Hello, my friend. Check out this recent interview with Bunny DeBarge about that VIBE article:

http://www.sobomag.com/#/...4530566684


Dang. neutral So the sexual abuse was true; bunny confirmed it.

I was hoping it was just rumor. How sad for her. It sounds like she has moved past her past. Wish her and her family the best. pray
"Remember, one man's filler is another man's killer" -- Haystack
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Reply #219 posted 10/16/08 1:17pm

filmnoirdame

Is Bunny still married, btw?
Also, I heard that Chico actually went to jail for a friend-he did time to prevent a friend from going to the pen. Anyone know if that is true?
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Reply #220 posted 10/16/08 7:14pm

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daingermouz2020 said:

years ago (1994) I was stationed with a guy whom grew up with the debarges. he told me stories like he and chico use to get high together. and janet WAS pregnate because he met her when she came to MI. and he, chico and james left janet at there moms house while they went out and screwed with some other girls.

he told me that bobby was gay, and once at church they were praying for him and he went off saying something to the effect of " i don't need no m****f***ing body praying for me" (not sure when this took place but I am guessing it was prior to to 1987)

he also said there mom prayed alot. if she saw someone whom she thought need a pair of shoes she'd pray for them.

How true all this is? I don't know but this guy has a relative that was a member of switch.


It amazes me that she has been able to hide this fact for so long. Where is the daugther (I heard she had a baby girl). Some rumors say the girl was raised in Grand Rapids with some of the Debarge relatives, others say Reba Jackson raised her.
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Reply #221 posted 10/16/08 7:16pm

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Timmy84 said:

bboy87 said:

Bobby was gay? eek


I don't know about him being gay but I've heard a source that Bobby was bisexual.


I believe it.. I always got vibes from Bobby, before I knew what those vibes were.
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Reply #222 posted 10/16/08 7:39pm

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nevermind
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"Remember, one man's filler is another man's killer" -- Haystack
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Reply #223 posted 10/17/08 6:59am

SoulAlive

prodigalfan said:

daingermouz2020 said:

years ago (1994) I was stationed with a guy whom grew up with the debarges. he told me stories like he and chico use to get high together. and janet WAS pregnate because he met her when she came to MI. and he, chico and james left janet at there moms house while they went out and screwed with some other girls.

he told me that bobby was gay, and once at church they were praying for him and he went off saying something to the effect of " i don't need no m****f***ing body praying for me" (not sure when this took place but I am guessing it was prior to to 1987)

he also said there mom prayed alot. if she saw someone whom she thought need a pair of shoes she'd pray for them.

How true all this is? I don't know but this guy has a relative that was a member of switch.


It amazes me that she has been able to hide this fact for so long. Where is the daugther (I heard she had a baby girl). Some rumors say the girl was raised in Grand Rapids with some of the Debarge relatives, others say Reba Jackson raised her.


A few years ago when these rumors resurfaced again,this picture was floating all over the Internet....



hmmm I don't know who she is,but I don't think she's Janet's secret daughter.
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Reply #224 posted 10/17/08 1:33pm

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SoulAlive said:

prodigalfan said:



It amazes me that she has been able to hide this fact for so long. Where is the daugther (I heard she had a baby girl). Some rumors say the girl was raised in Grand Rapids with some of the Debarge relatives, others say Reba Jackson raised her.


A few years ago when these rumors resurfaced again,this picture was floating all over the Internet....



hmmm I don't know who she is,but I don't think she's Janet's secret daughter.


That's Jackie's Jackson daughter, Brandi. If she is Janet's daughter that means Janet had her when she was only 16 & it also means Janet is a grandmother because Brandi has a child of her own.
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Reply #225 posted 10/23/08 12:36pm

destinyc1

Wow!!! Growing up in the 70's and 80's i thought that the Debarge family was spanish to.
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Reply #226 posted 10/23/08 6:58pm

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destinyc1 said:

Wow!!! Growing up in the 70's and 80's i thought that the Debarge family was spanish to.Many on this forum had thought the same thing.Do you think jermaine put that story out?After reading all the threads and everything on line here are my questions that maybe someone can answer.1.The debarge father,Are there any photo's of him anywhere?Did he attend bobby's funeral?Is he in touch at all with his other 9 kids?Bobbys wife teri who is bobby the thirds mom and christians mom.Where is she now is she remarried.She married bobby at a real youg age.Who was the daughter in law that was killed by the serial killer?


and who was the killer? Alton Coleman? I remember he was around Toledo and Detroit area during the 80s and I knew a woman who's sister and niece was killed by Alton Coleman. I wonder if it was her.
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Reply #227 posted 10/23/08 9:23pm

shesoffthewall

I knew their mother, Etterlene, was black but I assumed by their looks, that their father was latino.
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Reply #228 posted 10/23/08 9:54pm

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Back in the day, I believe it was Rock and Soul magazine, Etterlene gave an interview and talked about the dad being white. Debarge is not a Latino sounding name at all. Completely French. It's funny how all them Debarges, but especially El (his name may be one of the main reasons people thought they were Latino), James and Chico all look Latino. Bobby looks more white to me.The Debarges have a really distinctive look. I have been around biracial people all my life and have some in family and have been mistaken for being biracial, but I have never seen any biracial people that looked like them.

As far as I know, the dad isn't in touch with the kids. if you see that Vibe article from a year ago, there is a pic of him in it. Funny, but the kids look nothing like their parents, but they all have a similar look.

And it's funny, but growing up in the 80s, I never knew anyone that thought they were Latino. Everyone either thought they were black or knew they were part white.

BTW, Bunny said the whole family made a conscious decision to "hide" their dad when they got famous
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Reply #229 posted 10/24/08 12:28am

SoulAlive

That's correct,their father is French (white).
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