Monday, March 31st, 2008
Sean Levert Has Passed Away
Posted by Bossip Staff
Sean Levert was found dead in his jail cell over the weekend:
“Sean Levert, son of O’Jays lead singer Eddie Levert, was found dead in a Cleveland, Ohio, jail over the weekend. Sean Levert, 39, was being held for allegedly failing to pay about $80,000 in child support. The cause of death was not immediately known.
Sean Levert was a member of the R&B group LeVert with his late brother Gerald Levert and Marc Gordon. Gerald Levert died Nov. 10, 2006 at the age of 40.”
We can’t even begin to imagine what his family must be going through right now. Gerald Levert passed away just 2 years ago. We send our thoughts and prayer to them.
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RIP… You’re family is a legend and you will also be missed!
RIP….
OMG….My prayers go out to the Levert family.
Wha????
Fuzzy from the Land…
Where are you? Was he in the county? I cant take it…
R.I.P. HOW THE FUCK DID THIS HAPPEN MAN?? IM FUCKD UP BEHIND THIS, TWO BROTHERS DEAD BACK TO BACK MY CONDOLENCES TO THE LEVERT FAMILY! WOW!
Are you serious? His family is gonna have a nervous breakdown.
Like I cannot believe this. I pray he wasn’t attacked and it wasn’t suicide. I cannot believe this! That is terrible. Prayers to the Levert Family for real! We miss you too Gerald. What a shame. What a shame!
God bless the Levert family in this terrible time of bereavment.
I pray God gives his family, the heart to bearf the loss.
COT DAMN! SMDH
That is so sad.My thoughts and prayers go out to his family
This must be really hard on them, especially Eddie.
It had to be suicide, who would want to kill him?
This is so unbelievable. Eddie must be out of his mind with grief. My condolences to the family.
If there are anymore more Levert brothers or anyone in the family under the age of 40 they need to get a thorough medical check up. I weird to have to brothers die so young.
Damn. My sincerest thoughts are w/ that family.
Nothing is promised.
…except death and taxes….
I can’t believe this shit…..
RIP My prayers go out to their family.
Damn, that’s crazy. R.I.P. Sean.
OMG are you serious! I can’t believe this. This is truly sad.
**RIP** God Bless the Family.
sad news…
Pardon me but I blaim his money hungry baby momma. His kids must hate her now.
Shame on the baby mother. Her greed for more money killed him
:thumbsdown
Thats crazy…it just seems like yesterday that Gerald died!
That had to be suicide???
versace
It had to be suicide, who would want to kill him?
Cleveland is grimey anybody who’s a nobody would want to kill him.The chances are much greater in the county jail there.I hope it was natural causes tho.
Some of you are truly ignorant. How in the hell can his baby mama be blamed for his death?? Let’s not pass judgement or jump the gun before we know how he really died. Damn.
Anyway…R.I.P. to Sean, and condolences to his entire family. I know Eddie is taking this extra hard, seeing as how Gerald just passed away less than 2 years ago. SMH.
“To be absent from the body, is to be present with the Lord.” I pray that God grants the peace that surpasses all understanding to the family. Know that God will supply you with everything you need.
Oh shit.
2 kids in less than 2 years…DAMNNN…wats going on?
Its kinda like Luther Vandrosses’s family..all 4 kids and hubby gone and their mum is still alive. Parents shldnt have to bury their kids!
My thoughts and prayers go out to the family though!!
drugs wil do it, as rich as they were, what was going on with their diet? those brothers shuld be still living, same with Luther Vandeoss,,,fat people need to wake up ! i used to be big, untill i started having cheast pain, fuck that! my fat ass started jogging, now im 165lbs. from 205lbs.
Everyone’s talking suicide and murder, why not a heart attack, sorry but visceral fat (belly fat) is a huge contributor to heart disease.
RIP SEAN
Wow! thats one way of not paying child support.
This is so tragic. I feel so bad for their family. Imagine how their parents are feeling losing 2 kids in a 2 year time span.
THE CAUSE OF DEATH IS NOT KNOWN BUT IF SEAN KILLED HIMSELF, YOU ALL CAN’T BLAME HIS CHILDREN’S MOTHER FOR HIM BEING A DEAD BEAT DAD…HOW DO YOU GET $80.000 BEHIND IN CHILD SUPPORT WHEN YOU COME FROM A FAMOUS FAMILY, THAT’S NOT BEING GREEDY ON HER PART THAT’S JUST BUSINESS, HELL SHE DIDN’T MAKE THOSE BABIES BY HERSELF AND KIDS COST MONEY…IF HE TOOK HIS LIFE THAT’S BEING WEAK, SELFISH AND A POOR EXCUSE OF A MAN ON HIS PART, WHY WOULD YOU TAKE YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU GOT KIDS TO LEAVE BEHIND?…THAT’S A COWARDS WAY OF DEALING WITH THINGS…HE SHOULD HAVE JUT BEEN A MAN AND DID HIS TIME.
I DO FEEL BAD FOR HIS PARENTS AND HIS CHILDREN.
Damn! no parent should have to bury their child. My prayers go out to the Levert Family.
you women wonder why men don t want to commit, the is a prime example(child support)her ass dont need that much money, its greed! now her ass aint getting shit!THAT WHAT SHE GET
@ Jay
We don’t know how much child support he owed, this amount could be year’s worth. As for this being a factor into why men don’t committ, I say Bull shit, in that if you a celebrity why should your child love in poverty and his daddy’s flossin’?
I know accidents happen, but damn this getting pregnant for these stupid dudes seems to be an epidemic.
Damn….What a tragedy man. So sad. Gerald and Sean gone just like that. I can’t believe this shit!
I agree they were so young and any other family members should get a phyiscal exam..This however, is just sad..God Bless
Well, at least his children will be eligible for social security benefits now. Hopefully, the mother knows those checks will be steady at least until the kids are grown.
The Leverts must be related to those Kennedys……the family is cursed!!!
My Prays go out to his mother and father. It has to be very hard loosing 2 children with 1 1/2 apart. God Bless you and try to stay strong. God is just a pray away.
From my family to yours
#1 His kids mother will feel guilty no matter what and people will even go as far as to blame her.
#2 I think the real culprit for his death is the OBESITY!!
Black people need to start getting check ups and eating healthier.
Years ago in SLAVERY days, we could eat fattening foods because we were out in the cotton fields. Now is different.
Too many young black people dying because they are too FAT!!
Geeeshhh!
My thoughts and prayers to the family!
what a damn shame!
R.I.P. Damn thats fucked up…. Not only to die in jail, but because you aren’t paying the child support?? Speechless.
May he R.I.P. first of all. From my understanding he died from a panic attack, I have heard of people having panic attacks before, but did’nt know it could be fatal. DAMN!
What some women don’t understand about child-support is the shit is real flawed in alot of ways. Alot of brotha’s get behind when they have a decrease of income and don’t report this to child-support court. If you don’t let them know when your money is not what it once was, they keep charging you at the same rate. Hence alot of men fall behind real quick. This could be why he got so far behind. Nevertheless, his kids will have to grow up without him, and that is truly sad.
RIP, I feel so bad for Eddie and his wife.
One more thing, even if a man is putting money right in his BM’s hands, even if he is taking his kids shopping for gear, shoes, whatever….this is not counted as paying child support according to the court. All that would be considered to be a gift from the dad. At least that’s how it is in the state of PA.
Oh my God! How can people even be saying such awful things in a time like this! We all just need to pray for the Family because we don’t know when it’s gonna be our time or someone we love. Let’s stop being so selfish and show some love and respect for each other no matter who famous or homeless.
RIP
RIP, my condolences to the Levert family.
SMH in disbelief…..this is a lot for any one family to lose 2 sons so quickly.
The baby mama is wrong for puttin that man in jail for that
He wrong for not payin child support
Eddie levert wrong for allowing his son to go to jail of 80K
WHATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
OMG
this has to be hard on Daddy OJ! MAN..I my prayers are with him, and his family! MAN! I was totally depressed when G Passed, but NOW sean..WHAT!!
I am sadden by this! He will be def in my prayers!
When they made that tribuate to G..YOU can tell that he just was so Crushed by his brother’s passing..Like all the life was taken out of him! GOD BLESS!
This is soo sad. Their family must be besides themselves with grief! Losing two of your childens in less then 2 yrs time that is crazy! Thoughts and prayers go out to them big time.
WHAT IN THE WORLD….is in that families kool-aid?
GOODNESS!
2 sons 2 soon! too sad.
Mrs Martha:
May the Good Lord bless and keep you during this time of darkness. When you feel like you cannot go on PRAY and ask Him for guidance. Remember that He will never forsake you. Your boys are with Him together in Heaven.
This is crazy – his parents MUST be devastated. RIP to both brother’s who are (unfortunately) back together again……
@ Afiya, my apologies, for the fuck yall remark directed towards you and another poster.
@ Bossip, I shouldn’t bring this up but I’mo beat others to the punch. COULD YOU ALL PLEEEEEEEEEEEASE FIND A BETTER PIC OF THE RECENTLY DECEASED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How disrespectful. That is not a good pic. Shame on you all.
OMG…..I hadn’t touched my computer all weekend and I come in here this morning and find this out…It is so hard for a parent to have to bury one child now this poor man has to bury his other son….R.I.P. Sean and God bless to Eddie and the rest of the Levert family….
Good Lord! First and foremost I want to send out condolences to the family.. Secondly I want to pray Eddie and the entire LeVert family through this terrible time.. This has just got to be too much for Eddie right now.. He’s out lived his adult children… How tragic indeed… RIP
This is soooo freaking sad on so many levels. RIP
my prayers go out to his Family. I guess his Childrens mother will get all she wanted now…
stay out of jail black man, stay out of jail – some people just can’t take that stress and i believe he just had a heart attack at the idea of being in JAIL .. but he died at the hospital, collapsed at the jail .. prayers go out to the family and the children who will now, no doubt, eat off his inheritance – God’s ways are not our ways.
@SOCA PRINCESS…So what about all the skinny people that die of panic and heart attacks because they don’t take healthier care of themselves?? What do you have to say to those people? I swear, I believe that if most people just “looked” healthy, there wouldn’t so much bitchin and crying about “getting healthy.”
@pm
Eddie levert wrong for allowing his son to go to jail of 80K
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Sean’s father, Eddie is NOT responsible for his son’s child support payment. Sean’s daddy wasn’t there when those babies were made. Sean was a grown-ass 39 year old man. He wasn’t a kid and he knew better.
Grown ass people kill me complaining about how their parents “won’t” help them with their children’s expenses. Parents can help if they choose, but they are not obligated.
When you DECIDE to have sex with someone and produce a baby…….the buck starts and ends with you and your partner.
Muthafuckas kill me with always wanting other folks to clean up their shit. Grow up and manu up!!!
@SOCA PRINCESS
you shittted: Years ago in SLAVERY days, we could eat fattening foods because we were out in the cotton fields. Now is different.
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you dumb dumb broad – as if they were running around sweating off calories picking cotton, they were in sedentary conditions .. and do you know for a fact they weren’t obese? you dumb broad .. i hope your man pops you one for your foolishness
this is so sad, will be praying 4 his family
Oh my God!!!!!! that is so terrible , my heart and prayers go out to the Levert family, that is a tragedy and God bless this family and thats for real…OMG!!!!
RIP Sean you and your big bro will be missed. Mz Underwood, what up, I’m here. This is some incredibly sad sad news.
This is so sad, but it’s hasn’t been 2 yrs since Gerald died, it’s almost 18 months. To lose 2 children is too much for any parents to bear, my condolences go out to the family, and children.
Why should his baby mama feel guilty? R.I.P. to Sean, he should have been handling his business as far as supporting his children financially. And co-sign with BB and Soca Princess – being overweight was probably as big a factor in both deaths then anything else.
are you serious? my condolences.
So fucked up! So, so fucked up……… well at least he’ll get to kick it with his brother again. Damn.
WOW RIP DOG
LOCKED UP FOR CHILD SUPPORT
DID THEY BEAT HIM
http://WWW.MYSPACE.COM/THAGRINDAHOLIC
PEEP THE NEW TRACK
“GRIMEY”
AWWW Donald…that was sweet of you to apologize…thanks…see I knew you had a good heart…sometimes we just misdirect it.
HUG!
the strain was too much for cuz to bear…..he died from a combination of stress and being overweight….stress and obesity is a lethal mix…..Blessings out to his family…..
@donald r king – the dead no not anything! i wish these pastors would stop bullshyting their congregation – ain’t nobody in heaven looking down, ain’t no one kicking it with another dead one anywhere .. his body will shortly be in the ground where it will return to dust, his breath/soul back to God and he’ll be whole ONLY at the resurrection .. ya’ll too old to be believing that nonsense – get real and get grown! SMH
NoBitchAzzness Fuzzy luvs 2 PARTY…
Wow I didnt see this coming….
To the tune of Freddy’s Dead by Curtis Mayfield
The deadbeat is dead
That’s what I said
Said the women misused him
Ripped him off and accused him
Another deadbeat playing’
Missing payments I ain’t saying
But the court has spoke and it ain’t no joke
A terrible blow, but that’s how it go
Sean’s will be in the ground now
You wanna be a deadbeat, why?
Remember, Sean’s dead
That’s what I said
Sean, the deadbeat is dead
1) the mother has nothing to feel bad about, she was trying to do right by her three children ALL BY HIM
2) he had to know he was behind and being the celeb or once celeb he was knows how to make that money, could have had an auction, held a concert, released a single, borrowed from daddy, he could have gotten the money
3) we don’t know if she tried to work with him but the courts only issue an order of arrest after MANY warnings, PLEADINGS and after settlement agreements have failed
4) his obesity possibly caused his death, who knows, many fit, trim athletes also have heart attacks, so can’t say for sure
5) like someone said, everything happens for a reason and while we can get angry all we want, there must be a heavenly reason that we’ll never understand at the fast turn of events.
God bless the family
Damn Nigra should’ve kept in shape and not been so damn fat.
@Cesar Lopez…I do believe in Reincarnation…the way you live in this life determines how you will live in the next life.
the man probably just did’nt have the money to pay so he stress himself out and he ent a small brother so his blood pressure probably went sky high and just die. My the good lord have mercy on him
yeah, it’s called living holy and pure and you’ll get to heaven to live holy and pure – do evil and not confess sins you will be in hell burning till your death for those sins – no living after that hon
on his soul i mean
Eddie,
I am so so sorry that this happen . I used to hang with you guys in studio up on 93rd and Way . you probably don’t remeber but I am so terribly sorry . I can’t say I know what it’s like to go through that type of pain but I know you are hurting. May God bless you & keep you.
Love always
Robbie
Sad…condolences to the family.
i know that’s right cesar lopen i don’t know maybe i’m just too sensitive towards people and feel sorry. but hopefully he repented…we don’t know
I’m sorry, but death in jail is suspect.
advice to michelle williams get a new manager and producer or whatever they call them and GET RID OF MATTHEW KNOWLES cause your career wouldnt blow as big (at least you a child of God so maybe God may help you blow up ) but it deffinetely wouldnt be because of matthew knowles YURK! SORRY BEYONCE
This is so sad…
@Cesar, do you believe we are living in heaven and hell right her on earth?
He was not found dead in his jail cell, he was rushed to Lutherin hospital and died there Sunday night right before midnight.
sorry: right ‘here’ on earth
I THINK HE MAY HAVE DIED OF NATURAL CAUSE YA’LL. HE HAD HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. LETS NOT THINK SO NEGATIVE, JUST SEND OUR PRAYER TO THE LEVERT FAMILY….=RIP SEAN
this is called earth we are living in [feels like heaven and hell] but no, it’s simply earth – heaven is above hell is ?? but once we are done with this life, we die, nothing more happens, we resurrect at the first resurrection and are caught up to go to heaven [if we've lived a righteous life] and awaken at the second resurrection [if we haven't] for our final judgement – but if we are following the bible, these things are made perfectly clear to all, regardless of denomination – if you aren’t, there isn’t use in arguing with you and your beliefs ..
rip to this man!!!!!
see bossip, thats whats happens when ya’ll be all up in peoples business.. posting ish about them and etc…
damn
Sean made the mistake of paying the money directly instead of through the system where he would receive credit. His offspring wanted for nothing and he was active their life. Now they have nothing but proceeds from the death and a loss of a father that was involved and present.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he had committed suicide. In fact, I’m suspecting it. Mourning his brother’s death, trying to make a come-back with a completed album and then the setback of the negative publicity of being in a jail that would postpone the promotion and tour would be enough to send a person into the next life.
I pray for the people who have made the negative comments without knowing the whole story. Just keep on living. Everybody experiences a dark season.
According to the radio station here in Atlanta I believe an older member of his family died recently too… like a grandmother or something. I know it’s a really tough time for the Levert family especially Gerald’s daughter who’s in college and has had to deal with 3 deaths in less than a year and a half. My prayers go out to the Levert family. I know it must be really though right now.
RIP bra…
I’ve never heard his music. Has any rapper remixed their songs?
OMG!! This is soooo SAD! Lord help them! WOW……I have no words …….;p
This is sad. Gerald & Sean are 2 brothers gone 2 early.
sorry to hear about Sean Levert, so sad 2 brothers from one family gone in 2 years time. God bless the family. @ ms braided beauty , hello sweet heart hope you are doing fine my lady?
My heart and prayers goes out to the family. According to Gen 3:19 we were taken from the ground, for dust we are and to dust we will return. So we all pray that Jehovah will remember both Gerald and Sean and we shall see them in the resurrection. For he promise us there will be life here on earth a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.
OMG thats eerie how bossip just did the post about him and his child support problems like last week and now he’s dead. So Sad R.I.P.
OMG, how sad. Rest in peace to him. I grew up listening to Levert.
RIP. I am thinking he must have died of a heart attack as well.
OH…no argument here…just a question.
@Jamal (the man)… hello yourself! and how are you on this beautiful day? That is just too bad about Sean Levert my prayers go out to his family!
damn, i really thought i was dreaming..that radio/alarm clock stay messing with me..
i wonder if he had a heart attack brought on by being jailed for owing child support? or suicide? damn thats crazy..Eddie had to bury 2 of his sons..my condolences to the fam
It is so unnatural for children to die before their parents. I pray to god that my daughter does not die before me because I would be besides myself. I would have a nervous breakdown. That family seemed very close knit and I just pray that the folks their left behind will be ok after these two unfortunate deaths in such a short space of time.
This is very sad… my prayers go out to Eddie and the rest of the family (and his children) and may Sean R.I.P!
The reality is we all are going to die one day. Whether it is due to natural causes, @ the hands of someone else etc, this is going to happen to everyone on the face the this earth. It was his time to leave, and he had to go. May his entire family heal in this awful time. God please give them the strength to continue on!
So only the thin one from the trio remains? That must be an odd feeling for him.
I am sorry about the “not a casanova” comment I made on Friday.
RIP..
WTF!?!?!?!
THIS GOES WAY BEYOND BIZARRE!!!
RIP…….
shady wardens kill inmates daily no one seems to talk about that – they could have sufficated him which i believe happened but of course, the inexperienced coronor is going to report natural causes or heart failure because he’s going on oral reports rather than facts
Wow… this is soooo sad. Im barely over Gerald…now this?? Sucha shame.
First Gerald now Sean. Wow How much can a person take. 2 Sons in two years I know that Eddie and Geralds and Seans mother must be taking it hard. They hardly had time to Mourn Geralds death and now Seans. My heart and payers are with their family at this time of need. May GOD give you strength to carry on. So sad.
DAMMIT! we gotta get to the bottom of this chit! we cant keep losing our folks!
MY CONDOLENCES TO THE LEVERT FAMILY
MAY GERALD & SEAN R.I.P
damn…
That’s cold.RIP to the LeVert brothers. Condolences to the fam…
THE DEVIL IS REALLY BUSY.I dont think it’s been a year since Gerald passed or maybe just a year. My heart goes out to the family cuz something just don’t seem right. I know they deny prisoners healthcare regularly but damn.
I would like to send my condolences out to the Levert family. No matter what, he still was one of God’s children and for that alone we should be sending our prayers out to his family instead of criticizing with the woulda, coulda, shoulda’s. We don’t know the situation. Only God is in the position to judge.
I hope it wasn’t suicide
@Ms BRAIDED BEAUTY.. I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU TO PUT UP A PICTURE ON YOUR GRAVATAR, BUT I FORGOT YOU DONT DO PICTURES ON HERE. I GUESS I HAVE TO LOOK AT THE ONE MY BRO HAS AT THE RINK IN CHICAGO AND VISUALIZE THAT IT IS YOU, I HAVE A FEELING IT IS YOU, MAYBE YOU CAN GIVE ME YOUR REAL NAME?
I guess that officially ends my hopes for a Levert reunion.
DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope he didn’t commit suicide. Not for child support! My sympathy goes out to the family.
Damn! Damn! Damn!
“I guess that officially ends my hopes for a Levert reunion.”
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I….have…just…stepped…off..a…cliff!
Sorry he died; He was way to fat, heart problems, etc…he’s not “big boned” or “filled out” or “chunky”…he’s overweight because he ate too much of the wrong foods..that’s why he’s dead. We all have to start taking better care of ourselves
I really feel bad for his Father. He out lived his sons. RIP SEAN AND GERALD
Here’s the latest from msn.com: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23881830/
Would you all quit speculating about why this man died, for crying out loud. People that are thin drop dead from health problems all the time. I have a male friend who worked out religiously daily. He was very fit and ate right too. He’s had two strokes and is on his death bed. I’m not saying that being overweight is healthy, but just b/c someone is thin doesn’t mean they are eating right or healthy. Also I know people who are a bit overweight and are healthy. Believe it or not.
@wordtotheWise
Damn that made it even sadder…..but thanks for the hook-up on the 411! I truly feel for Eddie and their mother!
I think the story needs to be retracted and the AP version should be posted. I am a clerk for a family court and I don’t believe that locking up these people for non payment. You can’t get money while they are in jail. Where I’m from jobs are being lost by the hundreds and a lot of men can’t pay the support. You have some that do for the children besides child support and they should be given credit for that. When you sit where I sit you’re whole prospective of deadbeat dads would change. Even though some men don’t or can’t pay their support the deadbeat “MOMS” need to get of their ass and do something. I am a single parent I’m not getting anything, but I work Mon-Fri to make sure my children eat and get the things they need. I don’t have it like that, but unlike some people I can’t get help, but my kids aren’t starving, stink, dirty, or jacked up. If that man ain’t doing what he needs to be doing, so be it. A way will be made out of no way.
But anyway…My prayers and thoughts go out to the Levert family. RIP Sean!!!!!
@ WordtotheWise—
Thank you for the link. I appreciate knowing an accurate version.
Again, Thanks!
Lord, please look after the Levert fam right now poor poor Poppa Eddie it’s terrible for he & his wife to have lost 2 sons – what is going on?
Eddie Levert & family my heart goes out to yall!
I truly can’t believe this. I actually thought that it was a joke until I read the write-up. I’m really sorry to hear this and send my regards to the Levert family. truly a very sad story.
You’re welcome, Detroit4Life and 1TruDiva!
Oppps, I meant to put “Detroiter4Life.
He died at the hospital get the facts straight bossip !
@ LISA I TRULY THOUGHT THIS WAS A JOKE ALSO UNTIL I READ THE WRITE UP . THE STORY BROKE MY HEART. ONE THING I DO KNOW IS THAT PRAYER WORKS WONDERS! ALWAYS HAVE FAITH IN THE LORD AND THE PAIN WILL EASE UP SIMILARILY. RIP SEAN I LOVE YOU AND YOURS!
I can’t for the life of me,belive they had the nurves to arrest him for a $80,000 child support charge,If we as black people could have donated one dollar a peice from 80,000 people,maybe we would still have him with us,but we never new this problem about his privet life,sometime its best to reach out to one another,than to just not to.The Lord works in many differant ways.We must all give him a chance.Iam truelly sorry to hear this type of news,this is not good at all.
Bobby Freeman why should we pay his child support we didn’t lay down and fuck his baby mama.
Not to really blame ANYone, but it is one damn shame how people are treated in that Hell Hole called jail. One can make the point that he should have paid his child support, but we should stop this “LOCKING UP” of our people like they are dogs over non-violent offenses. Maybe, that’s the American way to extract money from an unwilling payer, but, as shown, it truly can defeat the purpose. Now, the kids don’t have a father to pay anything; he is dead, gone forever! We make the assumption that these black singers and actors are loaded with money. Based on that, you get the white justice in black robes. The judges set such high amounts based on a “preceived” worth. If the royalties don’t come fast enough, it becomes hard to keep up. Plus there are the taxes. Not to excuse the guy for not paying, but it is sad how we cage our people like sardines. Those animals that guard the jails could give a #@!$ about you. No one knows how long he could have needed help before collapsing. Their dirt is rarely caught on tape as it was with the young man at the boot camp in Florida. Sure those mothers have to have money to raise the kids by the fathers of their kids, but they should find means other than that cage to get paid. His house, car, etc. Jail, in any matter that isn’t a threat to bodily harm, should be a last resort. Debtors prison is barbaric. It was supposed to have been abolished. There is no outside blame, but greed does pay a part. Celebrities are people, too. They don’t have bottomless pockets. How much is ever enough? He was a grown man with big boy responsibilities; no one should pay his support for him. It is just a shock to some people that this happens to the people who are in the spotlight. Another tragic, alas! Pray for the family. This is still someone’s son. Those kids will have to live with the fact their father is gone. Pray.
According to reports: Sean was placed in “restraints” after beating on his cell door and acting irrationally. When the guards went to check on him he was unconscious and they called EMS.
It’s not the mother of the children’s fault that he was placed in jail, it’s the law. I wanna know how his back child support got to such an outrageous amount?? I personally don’t agree with people being placed in jail for not paying child support because you need to work to earn the dough. My heart goes out to his family. I didn’t know the Leverts personally, but I have friends in the music business who worked with him and they were still trying to get over Gerald’s death… now this…
For the dumb a** who said Gerald Levert died because of his weight…damn you…He died because he had taking an accidental mix of prescription and over-the-counter drugs.
Sean who knows what happened..but he is now with his BIG brother who was my baby…damn I miss me some Gerald Levert (might have to wear my mr levert nighie tonight)
The Levert family much love and prayers…
Rest In Peace Sean. My question is … why would ANY female birth a child if she was not finacially capable of rearing said child? Locking the father down serves no purpose what so ever. I remember 32 yrs ago I took my Sons so called father to court to simply have his name changed to his Dads. He told the Judge that ” I ain’t given that Bitch nothing ” true to his word I have received nothing. Never once did I consider prosecuting this AIRHEAD. I simply took care of my child the best that I could . 12.50/wk was all that he was ordered to pay. needless to say his DADDY PRIVELDGES went right out of the window w/his snide remark! WAKE UP GIRLS IT TAKES 2. Being that the white mans law enjoys locking down the men I Know a whole lot of Bitches that need to be locked down right w/them. MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS US ALL!
Sounds like the law beat another brother to death. You know, I have to say this. So much of the time you see brothers devoting all of their energies into putting Black women down and holding other women up. It’s seems like having the ability to date and marry white women is the only achievment of the Civil Rights struggle that they are grateful for. That’t cool if that’s your thing, I’ve enjoyed the swirl a few times myself. But they have ignored a lot of issues that continue to plague and threaten their own lives. The police beat and kill as many black folks today as they did a hundred years ago. I believe if Black men would stand up for themselves and demand true and lasting protection and equality instead of constantly blaming and putting black women down, they would not only experience true freedom, but they would really learn that manhood is not about how many different kinds of ladies you can lay up with, but about how well you value, protect, and promote yourselves and your own.
I WAS SO SAD TO HEAR ABOUT SEAN,I FEEL FOR THE LEVERT FAMILY.I WAS SO SICK WHEN GERALD DIED IT HIT ME HARD. I FELT LIKE I HAD LOST A FAMILY.I CARRY A PART OF HIM IN MY HEART ALWAYS.AND I LISTEN TO HIS MUSIC ALWAYS TO HEAL MY HEART.GOD BLESS YOU ALL. KIM, LOS ANGELES
ALMOST A YEAR SINCE GOD TOOK SEAN HOME TO BE WITH GERALD. CONTINUED PRAYERS TO HIS MOM,DAD,WIFE CHILDREN SURVIVING FAMILY FANS AND FRIENDS