Who Is Crystal Renay? 5 Fast Facts About Ne-Yo's Estranged Wife
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Crystal Renay has been in the news a lot, lately, thanks to her very public divorce filing from the Ne-Yo singer.
“8 years of lies and deception,” she wrote on Instagram on July 30, according to E! News. “8 years of unknowingly sharing my life and husband with numerous women who sell their bodies to him unprotected…every last one of them! To say I’m heartbroken and disgusted is an understatement. To ask me to stay and accept it is absolutely insane. The mentality of a narcissist.”
And while Crystal Renay subsequently deleted the fiery message, the damage was definitely done. Ne-Yo sent out a tweet attempting to do damage control while also asking for privacy shortly after Crystal Renay made the allegations against him.
"For the sake of our children, my family and I will work through our challenges behind closed doors. Personal matters are not meant to be addressed and dissected in public forums. I simply ask that you please respect me and my family’s privacy at this time.”
— NE-YO (@NeYoCompound) July 31, 2022
The posts on social media came just three months after the pair renewed their vows in a lavish ceremony in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Let’s take a look at what we know about the estranged wife of Ne-Yo, Crystal Renay.
She accused Ne-Yo of infidelity
According to TMZ, Crystal Renay said that Ne-Yo was unfaithful to her throughout their marriage.
She also alleges that he fathered a child outside the marriage
According to documents filed by Renay, she said that Ne-Yo fathered a child outside of the marriage and that the marriage was “irretrievably broken with no hope for reconciliation.” The divorce paperwork was officially filed on July 22, 2022, in Atlanta, Georgia.
She is Ne-Yo's first wife
Prior to his marriage to Crystal Renay, Ne-Yo was seriously involved with current Real Housewives of Atlanta star Monyetta Shaw.
Ne-Yo and Monyetta were together from 2009 to 2014, and he was engaged to Renay in 2015.
The pair share three children together
According to Page Six, Crystal Renay and have three children together: sons Shaffer and Roman, and daughter Isabella. Ne-Yo also has two children from his previous relationship with Shaw.
They met when she was a model
According to Essence, Ne-Yo and Crystal Renay initially met when she was working as a model.
“I was happily single at the time,” Ne-Yo said, according to the outlet, while adding that he and Renay “hit it off” almost instantly.
