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Typically known as a classy performer, Patti LaBelle is taking heat for allegedly screaming obscenities at a toddler and throwing a punch at the baby’s mother during an incident in Manhattan. Kevin and Roseanna Monk are telling authorities that LaBelle went ballistic against their daughter Genevieve, and they are filing suit in Manhattan Superior Court.
The family’s attorney is saying that the little girl is only 18 months old, and was running around the lobby of the apartment building when LaBelle allegedly got upset.
"'What are you doing letting your kid run around like that?'" Davis said that LaBelle asked the father.
The family’s attorney says that LaBelle then began "screaming at my client, throwing water from a bottle at the mother's face and the baby's face."
"'Are you happy that this is what you have done to this baby?!'" Davis said Roseanna Monk asked the singer.
That’s when they allege that LaBelle tried to hit the mother. The singer was then pushed into her limo and the mother claims that the baby threw up. Patti’s reps aren’t commenting.
The family says they would have been happy with an apology, but decided to sue when they read about a similar incident in Houston, where Patti’s hairdresser and body guard are accused of attacking a West Point cadet.
“Violence seems to be part of their road show,” Davis said.
