Details of Billy Ray Cyrus ' divorce continue to unfold. One month after the "Achy Breaky Heart" singer filed for divorce from Firerose (real name Johanna Rosie Hodges ), Billy Ray is not only denying her "mind boggling" accusations of abuse but is also alleging in new court documents—obtained by People —that his estranged wife abused him . "While the Plaintiff would acknowledge that he was certainly vocal, frustrated and angry with the Defendant in May 2024, it is the plaintiff who, in fact, has been abused," the documents, filed in Tennessee on June 24, read.
"Not only verbally and emotionally by the Defendant, but PHYSICALLY abused by Defendant." The new documents—which also include an affidavit from Billy Ray's manager Scott Adkins who claims to have witnessed described abuse—state that Firerose, 36, threatened to end the 62-year-old's career if he wanted to end their marriage, adding she would tell the public that he wanted to divorce because she needed a double mastectomy. Billy Ray—who shares kids Brandi Cyrus , 37, Trace Cyrus , 35, Miley Cyrus , 31, Braison Cyrus , 30, and Noah Cyrus , 24, with ex Tish Cyrus as well as Christopher Cody Cyrus , 32, from a previous relationship—further alleges in the filings that Firerose was a known carrier of the BRCA1 gene mutation, which greatly increases risk of breast cancer, prior to their marriage but did not tell him.
In response to the new filings, a rep for Firerose—who initially accused Billy Ray of "extreme v.