Stevie Wonder’s Ex Calls Him a “Manipulator" Amid Eviction Battle

Oct 29, 2026 - 20:03

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Stevie Wonder’s Ex Calls Him a “Manipulator" Amid Eviction Battle

Stevie Wonder’s former fiancée Carmen Efferson slammed him as a “gaslighter” as their legal battle over his attempt to evict her from her residence in one of his California properties continues.

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Carmen Efferson is not mincing words.

As the eviction battle between Stevie Wonder and his former fiancée wages on, Efferson is sharing her signed, sealed and delivered opinion on the singer’s actions.

“He’s going to paint this like I am the one who is lying, and there is no talking to this fool,” Efferson—who was engaged to Wonder in the late 1980s—told The Daily Mail in an interview published Oct. 28. “I’m so sick of someone like him always getting away with this s--t.”

She also accused him of being a "gaslighter and manipulator."

E! News has reached out to Wonder’s legal team for comment but has not yet heard back.

Efferson and Wonder’s disagreement centers around one of the properties he owns in California. Efferson has resided in the home since 1988 upon a verbal agreement, one acknowledged by Wonder and his legal team as seen in a complaint filed with the Superior Court of California in Los Angeles by his team on Oct. 22 and obtained by E! News.

According to the documents, the legal team for Wonder (real name Stevland Morris) notified Efferson in July to inform her that an authorized insurance representative would need access to the property at the end of the month “for purposes of updating and retaining property insurance on the Premises.”

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In response, Efferson sent a letter, included as an exhibit in Wonder’s filing, noting she did not consent to any parties entering the property. “If you or any other representatives attempts to enter my home or trespasses on the property,” she wrote, “I will immediately contact law enforcement.”

Ultimately, after refusing to allow the insurance inspector onto the property—which Wonder’s legal team says led to the “cancellation of the property insurance policy” and left the 76-year-old “at substantial risk of economic loss”—Wonder’s legal team informed Efferson she was being evicted and she had 30 days to vacate the premises.

“Notice is hereby given that owner hereby terminates your at-will license and any right you may have or claim to have to remain on the property,” the complaint read. “Your continued presence at the property and failure to vacate the property by such time shall be considered a trespass, for which you may be liable to owner for damages.”

Meanwhile, Efferson says the house has become her home over the last several decades.

“I didn’t even want the house at first—but he kept insisting,” she told The Daily Mail. “I’ve never been a materialistic person, and I never asked for a house. But we came to an agreement, a verbal one, that this would be my house.”

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