Mary Lee Harvey is an American author and makeup artist. She is well-known for being the ex-wife of Steve Harvey, a well-known American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. She has led a quiet life ever since her dramatic divorce from the comedian.
Who Is Mary Lee Harvey?
Mary Vaughn Harvey was born on October 20, 1960. She once admitted having a negative relationship with her father in a YouTube video. She said in the video: “Coming from my childhood and from my father’s house which was not ever pleasant for me. I was looking for that relationship that I never had even with my father.” She was raised in a family of 10 kids.
Mary Lee Harvey’s Career
Mary Lee Harvey was a makeup artist in the 1980s. She spent a good portion of the late 1980s and early 1990s working in that field. But once she married her husband in the middle of the 1990s, she had no idea what her job would entail. Mary Lee Harvey has made very few public remarks about her life since being divorced.
Mary Lee Harvey And Steve Harvey’s Relationship
Mary and Steve first met In a bar in Arlington, Texas, in the United States of America. Before becoming an item, they dated for about seven years following their first meeting. The couple got married in 1996. For a while, their union was doing well, with Mary working behind the scenes to support Harvey as he rose the corporate ladder. Later, Wynton Harvey, the comedian’s son, was born to Mary Lee Harvey.
Before divorcing in 2005, they had been married for almost ten years. The makeup artist accused Harvey of having an affair with Marjorie Elaine Harvey, who would later become his third wife. Mary Harvey filed a $60 million lawsuit against her ex-husband, citing allegations of child endangerment, torture, conspiracy to violate rights, kidnapping, murder, breach of contract, and intentional infliction of mental distress.
Steve eventually married Marjorie Bridges briefly after divorcing his second wife. The two reportedly met in 1990. They reconnected around 2005 and started dating and finally became an item in 2007.
This would not be Steve’s first divorce, as he was once married and divorced before he met Mary Harvey. His first wife was Marcia Harvey and they had two daughters (Brandi and Karli) and a son (Broderick Harvey Jr).
Divorce Of Mary Lee Harvey And Steve Harvey
Due to their bitter custody battle over their son, the divorce was nasty. Mary Harvey began posting videos to YouTube in an effort to gain support from viewers. She disclosed that Harvey had reportedly also been torturing her physically and psychologically through these recordings. Harvey sued his ex-wife in court and obtained a restraining order against her. Mary Lee Harvey was issued a gag order instructing her not to disclose or discuss the specifics of the case in public.
Mary Harvey lost custody of her only son because the odds were not on her side. The court records also revealed that Mary Harvey received $40,000 each month from Harvey until March 2009 and $1.5 million from him in that month. Mary Lee Harvey lost the well-known family she grew up in. Also unsuccessful was her $60 million lawsuit against her ex-husband.
Mary Lee Harvey re-entered the public glare thirteen years after the couple’s breakup by charging Steve Harvey with child endangerment, torture, and “soul murder.” She revealed that she suffered from depression and attempted suicide following their highly public divorce in 2005. The case was described as “meritless, frivolous, and completely false” by Steve Harvey’s counsel. In the end, the lawsuit was dismissed by the judge.
