Woman Sentenced In Attack On Mary J. Blige's Father

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) - A Michigan woman accused of stabbing the father of R&B singer Mary J. Blige during a domestic dispute has been sentenced to jail.

The Battle Creek Enquirer reports Cheryl White of Battle Creek was sentenced Monday to 365 days in the Calhoun County jail with credit for 270 days already served. She'll also serve five years of probation and pay more than $17,000 for Thomas Blige's nursing services.

White didn't address the court Monday.

White in September pleaded no contest to assault with intent to commit great bodily harm. A no contest plea isn't an admission of guilt but is treated as such for sentencing.

Thomas Blige testified earlier in the case that White attacked him with a knife on Jan. 23 after he caught her slashing his tires.

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