Shanice and her partner face Karamo and mediators over repeated cheating in their three-year relationship. He admits to infidelity as recently as three months ago, and the couple clash over withheld books, financial control, and shared location tracking. Karamo pushes him to acknowledge the lies and power imbalances destroying their trust.
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So I gotta get right into this. So we heard that you cheated on her several times. Is that true?
Yes, it is.
And why did you want to cheat on Shanice instead of just staying single?
To be honest with you, I don't know why I cheated. I can't really give you an answer about why I cheated, but I did do it at the time and I'm sorry for it. And then for her to keep on bringing the past back, it's just making a strain. And that's why we argue.
Well, when is the last time you cheated?
The last time I cheated was a while ago. It's been 3 months since we had our last situation. Our last situation has been 3 months.
And how long have y'all been together?
We've been together almost 3 years now.
So 3 years, and from your words, the last time you had a situation or cheated was 3 months ago.
That's the last time we had a situation where we argued and we broke up.
Okay.
Was 3 months ago.
And was that based on you cheating?
It was based on me doing the dumb shit of kicking her out and stuff like that.
Cheating.
Sha, lemme talk.
Cheating though.
You like to talk, lemme talk.
Lemme talk, please. All right.
Go ahead.
Karamo, if it's all about cheating, then I'm sorry about cheating. I can't take it back. I can't go back and take myself outta that position. I gave him my camera password, I gave him my location. Every time I go outside—
You turn that off.
Oh my God. Oh my God.
What happens with the books? Because she's saying that you are holding the books ransom if y'all don't leave here together.
I'm not holding the books ransom. I left them somewhere and I was supposed to pick 'em up. We decided to do this thing and then—
You told me they're in your safe.
Shawndra, you know they wasn't in the house, bro. When did I get them?
Oh my God.
When did I get them?
The lies do not stop with you.
When did I get them? I told you they wasn't in the house.
Okay, keep going.
So you tell me that if she doesn't leave here with you today, you'll give her her books today?
Yeah, I'll give her her books. I don't care about that, bro. I've helped her with her school. That's a lie. You sure about that? What about that project that I did for you?
You helped her?
28 pages. I'm not a girlfriend. I designed the project for her. Like, I did it all for you. Like, are you not understanding that? I want you to strive. I want you to be bigger. Like, I wanna get you a storefront so that you'll be able to do your esthetician stuff.
So you say you want her to strive and you want her to be better, but do you see how your actions could be bringing her down?
But do you understand, Karamo, that—
That's a claim.
Do you see how they bring her down? I understand that my actions is not bringing her down, but does she understand that her actions is bringing me down?
In what way? You tell me how.
In what way is that she never answers my calls for affection. She's never there for me as I'm there for her.
