Singer Gladys Knight and William McDowell attend the Soul Train Awards 2013 at the Orleans Arena on November 8, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Source: Maury Phillips/BET / Getty Gladys Knight has assured ...

Legendary vocalist Gladys Knight, whose voice powered timeless hits like “Midnight Train to Georgia,” is caught in the middle of an emotional family rift — one that has sparked allegations of elder ...

The "Midnight Train to Georgia" singer and the former consultant have supported each other at various events over their decades-long marriage Knight's son from her second marriage, Shanga Ali ...

Gladys Knight is assuring fans that she is fine after her eldest son, Shanga Hankerson, claimed the singer was facing elder abuse from her much-younger husband, William McDowell. “I’m sorry that my ...

Gladys Knight is pushing back at her son’s claims that her husband, William McDowell, has inflicted “mental and financial” abuse on her. He added in an interview published Friday, August 15, that ...

Gladys Knight is denying her son’s allegations that the singer’s husband has subjected her to “mental and financial” abuse. A representative for the “Midnight Train to Georgia” crooner told People she ...

Her son tells PEOPLE that he believes his stepfather William McDowell is mentally and financially abusing her Knight's publicist said her son "has had no substantial contact with her," which he says ...