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Ex-Maroon 5 Bassist’s Wife Files for Divorce After Domestic Violence Accusation

Kate Bowman’s filing comes two weeks after accusing Mickey Madden of texting teens sexually-explicit messages.

The wife of former Maroon 5 bassist Mickey Madden has filed for divorce after three months of marriage, two weeks after she accused him of domestic violence and sending teenagers explicit text messages. Kate Bowman cited “irreconcilable differences” in the court papers filed Wednesday according to TMZ. Bowman accused her ex-partner of domestic abuse after she allegedly confronted him about texting teens, detailing a rape fantasy and soliciting lewd photos. “He physically abused me,” Bowman said in court documents filed in Los Angeles Superior Court. “I’m now terrified of him.” Bowman recounts how the night of the confrontation, Madden went “insane” and became physically aggressive. “He pulled me to the ground and was out of his mind. I managed to move around and... ran out of the house to escape him.” Bowman claims the bassist chased after her with no shoes on and clad in just his underwear, and had “found [her] twice in different locations, physically abusing [her] each time.” She included screenshots from her doorbell camera footage as part of her divorce filings. A judge granted Bowman a temporary domestic violence restraining order. Madden has allegedly since entered a sex addiction rehabilitation program. The bassist left the band in 2020 after 26 years due to domestic violence charges. A representative for Madden could not be located for comment.