Fantasia Monique Barrino (born June 30, 1984) commonly known as Fantasia, is an American R&B/pop singer, Broadway and television actress who rose to fame as the winner of the third season of the television series American Idol in 2004. She has been nominated for eight Grammy Awards. After playing the part of Celie in the Broadway musical The Color Purple, she has been cast to be in the film adaptation of the musical.

In 2004, she released her debut single, "I Believe", which debuted at the top spot of the Billboard Hot 100. Subsequently, she released her debut album, Free Yourself, which went on to be certified Platinum by the RIAA and garnered Barrino four Grammy nominations in 2006. In 2006, she released her second album, Fantasia, which featured the number-one R&B hit "When I See U". The album was certified Gold by the RIAA and received three Grammy nominations in 2008. She then played the part of Celie in the Broadway musical The Color Purple. Her third studio album, Back to Me, was released worldwide on August 24, 2010 and features the top-ten R&B hit "Bittersweet".

She attended Andrews High School in High Point, North Carolina. After she was raped by a classmate, she was left feeling harassed and embarrassed and dropped out of high school. She became pregnant at age 17, and on August 8, 2001, gave birth to her daughter, Zion Quari Barrino. Barrino then briefly moved to neighboring Greensboro, North Carolina before trying out for the American Idol Auditions in Atlanta.

She says in her memoir she was raped in the ninth grade when she was 14, by a popular boy on whom she had a crush. She claims he abused her in the school auditorium, and she went straight home and got into bed.

"And my mom comes upstairs and she says, 'Something is wrong with you.' I wouldn't even talk. She says, 'Have you been touched?' I still said nothing," said Fantasia. "I laid in that bed for two days. I wouldn't even go to school."

Fantasia finally told the truth to her mother and says the boy was disciplined, but it was Fantasia who suffered, blaming the incident on her own behavior. "One point in time I was saying it was my fault – just because of the way I was dressed, I caused it on myself," Fantasia said.



FantasiaFantasia Barrino has come under fire after she was accused of engaging in an affair with a married man and making sex tapes with the individual. It is clear that she made no effort to hide the relationship either, as her social networking profiles had pictures of the man on them. Papers were submitted by Paula Cook stating that her reasoning for divorce was that her husband had been engaging in an affair with Barrino. She also referenced a number of sex tapes as evidence that the affair was taking place. Cook has been separated from her husband since June, and is seeking custody of the couples too children as well as monetary support.

The divorce papers state that Fantasia Barrino and Antwaun Cook started their relationship after they met in a T-Mobile store in Charlotte, in August of 2009. The affair has been ongoing since that time, and Barrino started seeing Cook openly, despite the fact that he had a wife. She flew him to several US cities as well as vacations to Barbados.


Tags: Tags: sex tape leaked, sex tapes leaked, sex tape, Famous Celebrity Sex Tapes, Famous Celebrity Sex Tape, new, number, post, blog, health, magic, luck, masterzico, world, money, subscribe, Famous Survivor Celebrities Of Sex Abuse, Fantasia Barrino Sex Abuse