Update 7/22: Kesha Nichols defends Richard Jefferson.Let's keep this short and sweet, since that's apparently how Richard Jefferson rolls. Brinson told you about RJ's last-minute break-up with fiancée Kesha Ni'cole Nichols earlier this week. The couple was set to be married last weekend, but RJ called it off a few days before. (His friends still partied on his dime, of course.)
The New York Post talked to RJ about the situation, and Jefferson admits he called off the wedding and broke up with Nichols by e-mail. He said he chose the typed word as the right medium to get his thoughts collected. Also, Jefferson tells the Post he gave Nichols, a former Nets dancer, a "six-figure settlement" to "help her move on." Also, he insists a rumor that he's gay is not true and has nothing to do with this. (Seriously. The Post actually asked that question, and he actually had to answer it.) Also, he called off his wedding via e-mail. I'm sure no heckling fan will ever use that as courtside ammunition.
Jefferson registers as fodder for the Post due to his seven seasons in New Jersey, where he starred as a key player on the most famous Nets team in the franchise's NBA history. The unfortunate rumor that RJ is gay likely stems from an old Media Takeout piece, which insisted one of those Nets was in the closet. (It's unfortunate because it implies that homosexuality is something to be ashamed of for athletes, or anyone. It's not.) Jefferson has also been in the news in the past for a potentially dubious assault arrest stemming from an incident in a Minneapolis night club.
Whatever you think about Jefferson's keypad send-off to Nichols, it's probably a smart move for everyone involved to break things off before the wedding if things aren't going well.
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Comments (Page 1 of 17)
WHAT A COWARDLY WAY TO GO OUT. BE A REAL MAN IN FACE THE MUSIC.
I wonder if she'll sue for breach of contract.
what music you idiots? he founded out that she was not being as truthful as he thought she should be (nicki was seeing an old friend) not saying it was sexual but she just wasen't being truthful. Then David said she what if she sue for breach of contract... yeah right... To the masses thats hating on him yall must be broke.
NONE OF US KNOW THE REAL STORY...BUT IF SHE WERE CAUGHT CHEATING...THEN AN E-MAIL BREAK UP WAS SUFFICIENT.
AND HOW ON EARTH CAN YOU CALL THIS MAN A COWARD? WHY WOULD HE HAVE TO HAVE A FACE TO FACE CONFRONTATION WITH HER...IF SHE WERE INDEED CHEATING ON HIM AND HE FOUND OUT? HE KNOWS HE IS NOT GOING BACK TO HER...SO A FACE TO FACE MEETING IS NOT EVEN NECESSARY. I AM SURE THEY MAY HAVE HAD SOME PRIOR DISCUSSIONS OF HER CHEATING PRIOR TO HIM SENDING THE E-MAIL.
IF SHE'S A CHEATER....THE E-MAIL BREAK UP WAS PROBABLY MORE THAN SHE DESERVED. SHE KNEW SHE WAS WRONG.
Get the story right before you people start bad mouthing him. He said they have been having a lot of issues and he sent her an email to gather all his thoughts instead of trying to tell her when they were fighting. He then called her immediately after sending the email, because they were in different states, they talked for 2 hours and decided to call off the wedding. And he gave her a couple hundred grand to help her out with her dance studio. I applaud his action rather then getting married to someone you uncertain about and then getting divorce a month or two later
When it comes to my life as Steve McNair I say e-mail her. She might be crazy too! You never know who you dating.
Women have done worse. Like borrowing money then finding someone else, and never contacting the man.
Could of been worse. Could of been via twitter:
@RJsLadyInWaiting: Moving on, here's your check
LMAO! The it could have been twitter reply was hilarious but seriously, the way he handled this situation tells alot about his character and integrity. Trust me that [deleted] is gonna come back to haunt is coward [deleted] big time. In the meantime, oh girl should take the money and hire a good [deleted] lawyer with it, then sue his sorry [deleted] for all she can get.
Keciaheart - Sue him for what? Spending all his money on the wedding. People break up before weddings all the time. Just because he's rich he should be sued? Tells a lot about your character doesn't it?
It could have been worst. He could have married her and then 6mo later he's in divorse ct giving her half. RJ find someone who has something to offer other than shaking her a. and posing for a living.
Too right.
Did she take the check? She didn't scream "money can't replace my love!"??
No. She may have been fond of him in her own way but mostly she was establishing a little security in her life via his wealth. Now she can invest.
Have to do it how ever your most confortable. Props..
She deserved more like ten figures for putting up with that crap!
she dosent desever anything if she was playing with another man and rj obvisisuly had thought it also. grant it he could have done it face to face you know grow a sack but she did this to herself. he is being very good about it he is giving her 6 figures to help her move on, she is only pist because she wont get to marry him and take him for what he is worth she is a gold digger.
Why does she deserve money just because he didn't want to get married?! Sound crazy, she should be pay for him having to guts to not marry and cause her even more heart and pain. So, what your saying is that person who calls off a wedding should pay to get out of it? Or waste what a marriage really means and get divorce in days, months, or years?
If she took the money then she is a gold digger because amount of money in the world could wash away my heartache.
She deserved more for what shit? For living a lavish lifestyle on someone's else's dime? Thats why these woman are seen as golddiggers. And its not that he's innoccent either.. but if these men admitted that monogomy is not in their vocubulary and the woman accepted that they are just the highest class of "working girl"... then its all good. its just that everyone is a hypocrite.
I was thinking the same thing, lol
That's why guys named Richard go by the nickname DICK! What a poor excuse for a man... if he was afraid to break up with such a tiny little woman then his teamates must wonder how tough he can be on the court. Also, spending that much on a spectacle of a wedding and giving your friends your credit card shows he will be another broke ass athlete in a few short years.
SO WHAT THAT HE DID IT BY E-MAIL...BASED ON HER ACTIONS IF SHE WERE CAUGHT CHEATING...THAT'S ALL SHE DESERVED.
NONE OF US KNOW WHY HE DID IT BY E-MAIL....THE BOTTOM LINE IT WAS DONE....THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS.
SHE ACCEPTED THE CHECK....SO APPARENTLY SHE ACCEPTED THE BREAK UP.
TO ALL OF YOU THAT ARE JEALOUS OF HIM...GET A LIFE!