Maroon 5 Ex-Bassist’s Wife Files for Divorce Amid Domestic Violence Claims

The wife of founding Maroon 5 bassist Mickey Madden has filed for divorce, two weeks after she accused the musician of beating her during a confrontation about disturbing and sexual texts he’d sent to teenage girls.

Kate Bowman, who married Madden in May, says in court papers filed Wednesday (Aug. 13) that she wants to divorce the bassist due to “irreconcilable differences.” Bowman is seeking spousal support and a separation of assets.

The divorce filing comes just weeks after Bowman filed a domestic violence petition against Madden, alleging he’d attacked her on July 21 at their Los Angeles home after she discovered sexual messages on his phone with “at least two high school girls,” including “fantasies” about “raping one of the girls.”

“He put both his arms around my body around my abdomen and arms to restrain me,” Bowman wrote in the July 30 petition. “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 said she ran from the home to escape Madden, but that he followed her outside and “shoved my body against the metal gate.” Madden then allegedly chased Bowman down the street, and she says he “slammed my body into the rock wall that bordered the street with his body.”

A judge granted Bowman’s request for a restraining order on July 31, ordering Madden to stay 100 yards away from his wife and their shared home.

Madden, who, according to Bowman’s court paper,s has since checked himself into a sex addiction rehabilitation program, could not be reached for comment on Wednesday.

A founding member of Maroon 5, Madden left the band in 2020 after he was arrested on accusations of domestic violence. It is unclear if the alleged incident in that case involved Bowman or another victim, as charges were never filed.