YOU AGAIN? Gospel singer James Fortune pleads guilty to assaulting wife!

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YOU AGAIN? Gospel singer James Fortune pleads guilty to assaulting wife!

Popular Grammy-nominated gospel recording artist, James Fortune, has pleaded guilty to assaulting his wife.

He accepted a plea deal Tuesday to a third degree felony charge of assault - family violence. He was sentenced by Fort Bend District Judge Maggie Jaramillo to five years of probation plus five days in jail. He must also serve 175 hours of community service, complete a "batterer's intervention" program and stay away from his wife.

Investigators say Fortune struck his wife with a wooden vanity stool, kicked her and threw her against a wall one night inside their Stafford home in October of 2014. In court, a prosecutor read a victim impact statement form Fortune's wife in which she wrote, "I hope in all of this you get help. Serious help. Although this probation might be like a slap on the wrist, I hope you look at it as a moment to better yourself and change something within you for your future."

Fortune had no comment as he walked out of court. His mother told Eyewitness News he is not guilty, but she would not elaborate on that claim.

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It's the second time Fortune has pleaded guilty after hurting a family member. In 2002 he took a plea deal for six years of probation after burning his four-year-old son in hot water. Investigators said Fortune said it was a form of discipline. The boy was burned over 40 percent of his body.

Prosecutors say Fortune's wife agreed to the plea deal this time because she didn't want to put their three kids through the stresses of trial and the possibility of testifying against him.

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AGAIN! James Fortune: Gospel Singer Arrested For Aggravated Assault!

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He’s Done it AGAIN! James Fortune: Gospel Singer Arrested For Aggravated Assault!

Well Y'all can the church say AMEN! He's dne it AGAIN! Grammy nominated gospel singer James Fortune was arrested Friday, October 24 for aggravated assault of a family member and released on $20,000 bond, according to staffers at the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s office, reports MyFoxHouston.com.

The name of the family member involved has not been released.

Unfortunately, this is not Fortune’s first brush with the law. As previously reported here on The Chronicles, the popular singer was also sued for  child abuse in 2012.

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According to  lawsuit documents, in 2001 James Fortune burned his 4-year-old step son, leaving the boy disfigured with 2nd and 3rd degree burns on nearly half of his body. His wife Cheryl was also named in the lawsuit.

According to the civil lawsuit, James picked up his step son from pre-school and the teacher told James the boy had been acting up in class. Fortune then scolded the boy the entire ride home and continued to yell and be-raid the  boy when they got home. He then prepared a scolding hot bath for the boy. The lawsuit also says James Fortune told the boy to take off his clothes and preceded to whip the boy before pushing the toddler in the scolding hot bath, holding him underwater causing 2nd and 3rd degree burns.

In 2003 James Fortune plead guilty to felony injury to a child and received 6 years deferred adjudication.

The toddler’s biological father is responsible for the lawsuit and is suing for $5 Million in order to take care of the boy’s continued plastic surgery.

Fortune, a two-time Grammy Nominee, three-time Stellar Award winner and six-time ASCAP award winning songwriter, has not released a statement about this new aggravated assault charge. This is such an embarrassment to Gods Kingdom but I guess it’s safe to say ‘HE’S HUMAN’?