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Lionel Richie is speaking out for the first time about the scandal that ended his first marriage nearly four decades ago.

In June 1988, Richie’s first wife, Brenda Harvey-Richie, was arrested after confronting the music icon and his future second wife, Diane Alexander, at Alexander’s Beverly Hills apartment around 2:30am.

Though the confrontation was widely reported at the time, Richie never publicly addressed it.

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However, the 76-year-old singer broke his silence in his forthcoming memoir, "Truly," as he recounted what happened that night.

"What very few people knew was that Brenda and I were separated," Richie wrote.

He continued, "I got a pl

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