Sean Penn addresses rumor that he beat ex-wife Madonna with a baseball bat: ‘She’s someone I love’

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New York Times that he never physically assaulted the “Vogue” singer, 65, when they were married from 1985 to 1989.Penn recalled the time that his home was raided by the SWAT team after Madonna called the police because she was concerned about guns in the house.“I said: ‘I’m not coming out.

I’m going to finish my breakfast,’ ” Penn said in the interview published Saturday. “The next thing I knew, windows were being broken all around the house and they came in.

They had me in handcuffs,” he added. The “Mystic River” star said that at the time, there were rumors he “trussed [Madonna] up like a turkey.” He also claimed that he once spent a night with a woman who asked if he hit Madonna with a baseball bat.“I didn’t know what the hell she was talking about,” Penn said.He also described Madonna as “someone I love,” and compared their relationship to his dynamic with his second ex-wife, actress Robin Wright, with whom he shares two children.“It turns out it’s a lot quicker to repair a friendship after divorce if there are not kids involved,” said Penn. “It took Robinand I quite a while.

There was a lot of drama. Much more important to repair it if there are kids involved, but no easy swing, right?”There were rumors that Penn abused Madonna back in the day, including when the “Hung Up” singer filed to divorce Penn twice, first in 1987 and then in 1989.In 2015, their relationship was in the headlines again when “Empire” creator Lee Daniels referred to Penn while mentioning men in Hollywood who committed domestic abuse.