GRANDPA SEX TALK
Kin told killer of Morgan link
THE GRANDDAUGHTER of Morgan Freeman was troubled by “grandpa feelings” in the last months of her life, according to newly revealed texts that appear to hint at an alleged sexual relationship with the Oscar-winning actor.
In a July 3, 2015, text to her boyfriend and alleged killer, Lamar Davenport, E’Dena Hines, 33, alluded to trouble with another man and also referenced her famous older relative.
“I dont ask him for advice,” Hines wrote. “He was calling to ask me . . . I blocked him for myself not for you because men who equal grandpa feelings dont need to be in my life at all.”
Hines wrote the text as she and Davenport chatted about the status of their rocky relationship and whether they would take a break. In the exchange, they referenced outside influences, including her relationship with “grandpa.”
During their chat, Davenport texted to Hines that “when it comes to . . . your grandfather, there’s a submissive love that will always be there.” He suggested in the text that as Hines’ boyfriend, he had to accept that fact.
For nearly a decade, it has been rumored that Hines had a sexual relationship with the “Shawshank Redemption” and “Glory” star.
Hines was the daughter of a woman adopted by Freeman and his first wife.
The doomed woman and Freeman, 80, denied any encounters. They also denied gossip website reports that they planned to wed.
But at Davenport’s trial in Manhattan Supreme Court on Friday, lawyers stipulated that Hines “disclosed to Lamar Davenport and others that her grandfather engaged in a sexually inappropriate relationship with her.” No details were disclosed, including how old Hines was when the alleged sex started.
The text exchange between Davenport and Hines supports the prosecution’s theory that their relationship was strained. The Manhattan district attorney’s office argues he intended to kill her.
When lawyers disclosed their stipulation in court Friday, Hines’ birth mother, Deena Adair, and Myrna Colley-Lee, Freeman’s second wife who unofficially adopted Hines, were in the gallery.
Officials said Davenport, 33, killed Hines in front of their W. 162nd St. building in Washington Heights on Aug. 16, 2015. According to prosecutors, Davenport stabbed Hines 25 times.
Defense lawyers say Davenport was in the throes of a drug-induced psychosis, and thus is not criminally responsible for her death. Davenport faces a second-degree murder charge carrying a maximum sentence of 25 years to life in prison.