'Family Matters' Eddie Winslow Accused of Beating Ex-Wife 'Superhead' with Belt

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Child star Darius McCrary who played Eddie Winslow on the famed sit-com "Family Matters" is accused of beating up his ex-wife video vixen Karrine ("Superhead") Steffans with a belt in front of her 12-year-old son.

Steffans has filed legal papers against McCrary alleging that he choked and shoved her into a car in November where a large crowd witnessed the attack outside of an L.A. hotel. Steffans also claims that the 34-year-old "Young and the Restless" star choked her from behind, then beat her with a belt last February and her 12-year-old son witnessed the entire episode.

On the flip side, McCrary has denied all of the alleged accusations of physical abuse and publicly stated that his ex is in dire need of psychological help.

The McCrary and Steffans relationship dynamic has been a turbulent one from the start. The couple married in April 2009, then McCrary decided to dissolve the union just 10 months later by sending his wife divorce papers along with a bouquet of flowers. There have been countless accusations of cheating. The blatantly mismatched couple's relationship has also been fraught with restraining orders which resulted from allegations of violent acts.

Two years ago, Steffans, 32, accused McCrary of running her over with his car; the actor allegedly backed over her foot, then sped off. A year earlier, Steffans also called police claiming that McCrary choked her until she passed out. McCrary, in a 2008 court document, stated that Steffans slapped him in the face so hard on a Los Angeles street, she hit a bystander.

The New York Times best-selling author who got her fame, fortune and nickname "Superhead" from her sexual exploits with famed rappers like Jay-Z and celebs like Bill Maher, blasted McCrary publicly for seriously assaulting her on numerous occasions by speaking out on TV and radio shows, in print and online videos.

Steffans, who earlier this year inked a lucrative venture with the porn giant company Larry Flynt Publications and the Hustler Hollywood retail chain that will carry her line of books online and in stores throughout the U.S., is trying to get her current restraining order against McCrary extended into a permanent one.

She is scheduled to appear in court next week.

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