Beyoncé's Dad Sues Tabloid for Reporting Star Had "Cut Him Out of Her Life"

Beyoncé means the world to her father, Mathew Knowles.
So insists Knowles himself in a defamation lawsuit filed against
London's Sun tabloid, which, he claimsin a statement released to E!
News, interviewed him and then "knowingly and maliciously
misrepresented [his] relationship with his daughter, Beyoncé, and with
his granddaughter,"Blue Ivy Carter.


In the article in question, dated March 24, 2013, The Sun teases the
story with the sub-headlines "Former manager talks about family rift
for the first time" and "Mathew Knowles has reportedly not yet met
Blue Ivy."


The story also states: "Although he insists the decision to go their
separateways was mutual, Mathew, 61, is hurt that Beyoncé has cut him
out of her life."
In his statement, Knowles calls foul onthose three particular assertions.


"My daughters and my family mean the world to me," he said. "The
barrageof repeated falsehoods spawned by theBritish Sun's defamatory
article has been exhausting and personally damaging to me. No matter
how manypapers it sells or web hits it generates, The Sun, like any
newspaper, needs to maintain a basic level of journalistic integrity


. The Sun crossed the line when it went after my family. The Sun needs
to be held responsible for its liesin a court of law. This happens too
often to too many people, and it is simply unfair."


Meanwhile, the paper also quotes Knowles in the article as saying,
"'Normally I hate to talk about anything personal, but it would be a
lie if I did not say it has been difficult.It was hard for me to let
her go--it was hard for both of us to let each other go. And let's be
clear on that. She didn't let me go, we both let each other go. That's
a big difference."


Knowles is suing The Sun for unspecified damages, alleging defamation
and breach of contract.
News Corp. has not yet returned a request for comment.



"He is my father for life and I love my dad dearly," Beyoncé said in a
statement in 2011 upon announcing that she and her dad, who had
managed her career since her Destiny's Child days, were parting ways
"on a business level."