“It was her”: Joe Smith alleges ex Moniece Slaughter piled on his money troubles after stealing $109k

Joe Smith has become a prime example of why NBA players need financial advisors to monitor their expenditures and investments. Smith himself had to thank his financial advisor for allegedly exposing some fraudulent activities of his ex-girlfriend Moniece Slaughter.

In an interview with Vlad TV, Joe Smith recounted his version of events:

"From my point of view, I got a call from my financial advisor after I retired. They can see their money being withdrawn quickly now 'coz it's not as much in there as it would be before... She's asking me why am I writing all these checks. I'm like, 'What checks are you talking about?' 'coz I don't write checks back then.

"I either use my card, or I get cash. I didn't write checks, but I had checks on my nightstand by the bed. She's talking, 'When did you start writing all these checks?' I'm like, 'What checks?' So she took photos of it and sent me the photos. She was like, 'These checks,' so I looked at them. I'm like, 'I didn't write these checks. That's not my handwriting.' She was like, 'I didn't think so. You never write checks. That's what really alarmed me.'"

Smith said that upon diving further into the issue, he found out that Slaughter was the culprit. He said:

"I started doing my research, and I found out that it was her. I had a private eye track the banks, and they came back with the photographs of her at the bank teller handing the checks and cashing the checks at the bank."

Smith wasted no time suing Slaughter, but there was one problem:

"Immediately, I went to try to file charges, but in LA, they wouldn't allow me to file charges because they said it's a he says, she says matter.

"She was saying that I gave her blank checks to write the checks, and I'm coming in saying that I've never given her checks. So they're saying that they couldn't charge her with anything because it's he said, she said."

Smith alleged that Moniece Slaughter wrote nine checks totaling around $109,000. With no charges filed against her, Joe Smith had to concede that he had a "total loss".

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Who is Moniece Slaughter, Joe Smith's ex-girlfriend?

Moniece Slaughter, an R&B singer and songwriter, became popular when she appeared in the reality show Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood, which aired over six seasons from 2014 to 2019.

She sang the theme song for America's Next Top Model and released the album The Naked Truth in 2018.

She had one son, Kamron, with a former boyfriend, rapper Lil' Fizz.

Like Slaughter, Lil' Fizz was in all six seasons of Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood.