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Whitney Houston’s mother says allegations that her superstar daughter and her son were molested by her niece are “unfathomable.” In a statement to People magazine on behalf of herself and her sister, singer Dionne Warwick, Cissy Houston said they first learned of the claims two days before the documentary “Whitney” premiered in May.
In the film, Whitney Houston’s longtime assistant said the singer told her that cousin Dee Dee Warwick molested her as a child and Whitney’s oldest brother claimed he, too, was molested.
In the statement, Cissy Houston said Dee Dee Warwick may have had her “personal challenges,” but the idea that she would have molested her children is “overwhelming and unfathomable.”
Dee Dee Warwick died in 2008. Whitney Houston died in 2012.
Rapper Cardi B announces birth of daughter on Instagram
Cardi B is celebrating the birth of her first child. The 25-year-old rapper welcomed Kulture Kiari Cephus during a post on Instagram Wednesday. The girl was born Tuesday.
The announcement comes two weeks after Cardi B, whose real name is Belcalis Almanzar, confirmed she and rapper Offset, of the hiphop group Migos, had secretly married in September 2017.
This is the fourth child for 26-yearold Offset, whose real name is Kiari Cephus.