E'Dena Hines, Morgan Freeman's Step-Granddaughter: Also His Lover?

One Oscar winner is the subject of some pretty damaging rumors.

Morgan Freeman may have robbed his ex-wife's daughter's cradle. The National Enquirer alleges that the 72-year-old actor has been romantically involved with his 27-year-old step-granddaughter, E'Dena Hines, for as long as a decade.

He's currently mired in a messy divorce with his now-estranged wife of 25 years, costume designer Myrna Colley-Lee, and may go public with his unconventional relationship when the smoke clears.

E'Dena is the granddaughter of Jeanette Adair Bradshaw, Morgan's first wife, but she was raised by Morgan and Myrna since she was a small child. Morgan adopted E'Dena's mother, Deena, who is Jeanette's biological daughter.

"Myrna said E'Dena told her that when she was a teenager, she and Morgan went to dinner at a friend's house one evening. Both had been drinking, and when they returned home, Morgan attempted to have sex with her. They stopped just short of having intercourse," a family insider told The Enquirer.

Last August Freeman was in a car accident with Demaris Meyer, 48, another suspected mistress. He was driving when the car flipped over several times, leaving them both seriously injured. Meyer, who suffered a broken left wrist, right scapula and a torn labrum in the crash, claimed she was never romantically linked to Freeman and sued him for negligence. A settlement proposal is due next week.

Just four days after the accident, Morgan announced that he and Myrna had been separated since December 2007 and planned to divorce. Whether or not he was involved with Meyer, his alleged May-December, grandfather-granddaughter romance with E'Dena could have made things awkward at home.

E'Dena has accompanied Morgan to several Hollywood events, including the LA premiere of 'The Dark Knight' last June. Their supposed relationship, built on adultery, nontechnical incest and statutory rape, may result in a troubling walk down the aisle.

"Morgan has led her to believe that he wants to marry her," a source told the Enquirer. "Becoming Mrs. Morgan Freeman has been E'Dena's goal," revealed another.

If the rumors are true, it's like Woody Allen placed another generation of age inappropriateness between him and his familial lover.

In other words, if Morgan and E'Dena marry, his adopted daughter will become his mother-in-law. Their confused children would call his ex-wife 'Great-Grandma.' Ick.

You can see pictures of the happy pair here and here.

Comments

[ReneeK]

12:13 AM on 07/22/2009

If this turns out to be true, I'll put him in the closet with R. Kelley and stop supporting his work.

[bklynfinest]

04:36 PM on 07/16/2009

I hope this is not true. But if it is, i no longer respect Morgan Freeman.

[Anonani]

12:00 PM on 07/13/2009

We are all hoping/wan­ting it to not be true.

[gtalkspolitics]

11:59 AM on 07/13/2009

I don't think this story is true too many "SOURCES SAYS " I personally don't like Freemans attitude he, he is a good actor, because of his attitude I don't mak a point to see him in any movies or watch him television­.

[SharonaMonk]

06:06 AM on 07/13/2009

I don't know if this story is true or not, I will say that this is why people are convicted well before their trial in this country. They have absolutely no real chance to defend themselves­. Even if this is proven to be false, half of the people reading this article is going to believe the original story. The accused in this country have no real chance in the eye of the public.

[SharonaMonk]

06:07 AM on 07/13/2009

Which, I might add, is disturbing since many of the people on this site call themselves "liberal."

[rzan1]

06:31 AM on 07/13/2009

Why would such an incendiary headline be published on this or any other site if there was a question of it being untrue. The answer to that question is to incite everybody into a frenzy about it, and then a few days after report that it was not true after all. It is a cruel practice of the National Enquirer and anybody else who passes these stories along. I do hope Mr. Freeman sues if this story is not true. IF we can never trust any report that is published on this or any other site, then why bother reading any of this stuff. This is a particular­ly odious lie, if it in fact is a lie.

[courtb]

05:34 AM on 07/13/2009

"Freeman's publicist, Dave Falkenstei­n with Sunshine Sachs, tells PerezHilto­n.com, "It's complete garbage. The allegation­s are 100% made up."

[rzan1]

06:23 AM on 07/13/2009

I hope so. I will take Falkenstei­n's word for it.

[vandegrasse]

03:38 AM on 07/13/2009

God's all jacked-up?

[MorpheusXNYC]

02:24 AM on 07/13/2009

The man is 72 and couldn't care less about what you or I or anyone else thinks about what makes him happy in life. It's his to live and he's going to live it, regardless of what judgments we make.

Can't say I blame him. One life - live it to the fullest, furrowed brows and murmuring dissent be damned.

And I noticed the harrumphs and guffaws are mostly coming from women and the puritanica­l religious nutbags.

Hey, take care of your own life. Live and let live.

[raggamuffin10]

07:03 AM on 07/13/2009

I guess you practice incest as well.

[FrankieAnon]

09:24 AM on 07/13/2009

I hope you have daughters. And that your dad hits on them. Or your grandfathe­r's best friend. What goes around comes around!

A Puritanica­l Nutbag

[DeeDeeDaGumby]

10:21 AM on 07/13/2009

nah, don't wish that on anyone.. if they do have kids the kids are not accountabl­e for their parents stu..pidit­y on some website..

[Anonani]

01:51 AM on 07/13/2009

No moral compass. Amazes me that so few believe that this is a PROBLEM.

[kathy001]

02:09 PM on 07/13/2009

Well, it doesn't sound like it's true, for one thing. And if it were true there are very few details so there's no way to know if it really is a problem. What few there are seem to say that he did not have a sexual relationsh­ip with her when she was a minor. And lastly, it's none of our business. It's Morgan Freeman's life and his to live it as he chooses - same goes for the lady in question.

[spiritpony1]

11:54 PM on 07/12/2009

will be interestin­g to see if this gets quashed---­whether true or not. He is starring as Nelson Mandela in and involved in production Eastwood's new "Invictus"­----which looks like it will be very fine. I would suspect the publicity people will see this as a distributi­on negative--­-big-time-­---and somehow the "story" and its publicity will evaporate-­-----at least for quite a while-----­til the money is made-

[brooklyncitizen]

09:43 PM on 07/12/2009

The only thing that is creepy is that he accosted her when she was in his care as a young child / teenager. Yuck.There is nothing more damaging than betrayed trust.Mayb­e his wealth and fame have turned her view around 10 years later but it's disturbing that he used his authority and power to get over on someone in his care. It's not the age difference it's how old she was when he set his sights on her and made a move.Just another Woody Allen.

[imsosure]

08:25 PM on 07/12/2009

If she's willing, why not?

[rzan1]

10:00 PM on 07/12/2009

It's not that simple.

[imsosure]

10:41 PM on 07/12/2009

More complicate­d?

[MalloMel]

11:52 PM on 07/12/2009

I suspect that even at his age, that he is hitting it pretty good :)

[shag11]

06:33 PM on 07/12/2009

If it's true, I've lost all respect for him, and will never see another movie with him in it. I love his acting, but I just can't seperate this type of illness from the art.

[PoliticalRockChick]

05:33 PM on 07/12/2009

Eewwww

[Saysaysay]

03:30 PM on 07/12/2009

disgusting if true.