Maroon 5 Ex-Bassist’s Wife Says He Attacked Her After She Learned He Was ‘Sexting Teenage Girls’

The wife of former Maroon 5 bassist Mickey Madden says in new court filings that he physically assaulted her after she confronted him about “sexting with teenage girls.”

In court documents seeking a domestic violence restraining order against Madden, his wife, Kate Bowman, says he attacked her on July 21 at their Los Angeles home after she discovered sexual messages with “at least two high school girls,” including “fantasies” about “raping one of the girls.”

“I am completely traumatized by the discovery that respondent has been engaging in behavior with high school girls that is probably criminal,” Bowman writes in the document, filed Wednesday (July 30) in Los Angeles court. “When I discovered this, I approached him about it and said that I knew what was going on. Respondent then physically beat me repeatedly.”

Bowman says in the document that Madden “became enraged” when she grabbed his phone away from him during the confrontation.

“He put both his arms around my body around my abdomen and arms to restrain me,” she says. “He then slammed my body against the marble kitchen counter. I felt pain in my hip and waist area. He shoved me to the ground and was out of his mind. I landed on my knees. He kept screaming for me to give him the phone. He appeared literally insane to me.”

Bowman says that later, when she ran from the home to escape him, he followed her outside and “shoved my body against the metal gate.” After allegedly chasing her down the street, she says he “slammed my body into the rock wall that bordered the street with his body.” When she was finally able to hide from him, she says she was able to look through his phone.

“The communications were so upsetting, I was crying hysterically,” Bowman says. “I was absolutely disgusted to be reading his texts about raping her and horrendous other details. His Cash App showed he was paying them as well, in exchange for sexual content and sexual acts.”

In the court filings, Bowman says she believes that Madden has since “entered into sex addiction rehabilitation program.” She says that he has repeatedly apologized via text and included screen captures of the exchanges.

“Please forgive me. This all felt like a private and fake harmless fantasy it has no bearing on real life at all,” the alleged text reads. “I am so ashamed and so sorry can you please come back and talk to me in person.”

On Thursday (July 31), a Los Angeles judge granted the restraining order against Madden, barring him from any contact and ordering him to stay 100 yards away from his wife and their shared home where the alleged incident took place. A further order requiring him to move out of the house entirely was deferred until a court hearing can take place.

A representative for Madden could not immediately be located for comment on Thursday.

Madden was a founding member of Maroon 5 after also playing alongside Adam Levine in their earlier band, Kara’s Flowers. But he left Maroon 5 in 2020 after being arrested over accusations of domestic violence. It’s unclear if that alleged incident involved Bowman or another alleged victim.

“I have some things that I need to deal with and address right now and so I have decided to leave Maroon 5,” Madden said in a statement at the time. “I do not want to be a distraction to my bandmates. I wish them the absolute best.”

No charges were filed following Madden’s arrest, but he never returned to the band after the incident.