Rory Feek, Indiana Feek, Heidi Feek and Hopie Feek. Courtesy of Heidi Feek/Instagram
Rory Feek has responded to threats of authorized motion made by his oldest daughters, Heidi and Hopie, who declare that he has positioned their 10-year-old sister Indiana Boone in an unsafe state of affairs.
Heidi, 38, alleged that her father had been neglectful of Indiana, who has particular wants, in an interview with Folks printed on Saturday, August 31. “She wandered into site visitors on Freeway 431, terrified and misplaced, till a stranger discovered her and introduced her dwelling,” Heidi instructed the outlet. “As a substitute of addressing the hazard she was in, my dad used this traumatic incident to create content material that boosted his public picture.”
She additionally claimed that Rory had reduce off her and her sister Hopie, 36, from speaking with Indiana totally. “This can be a devastating change for her as a result of we’ve been in her life for the reason that day she was born,” Heidi mentioned. “She’s even come to stick with us as soon as a month for many of her life.”
Nonetheless, Heidi mentioned all of that modified three years in the past when Rory started proscribing her and Hopie’s contact with Indiana. At first, she mentioned, they “weren’t alarmed,” however that modified when their father started canceling Indiana’s common visits to her sisters.
The Golden Bachelor star Gerry Turner, Lauren Alaina, Usher and extra celebrities went to the chapel in 2024 and acquired married. Turner met Theresa Nist through the inaugural season of the Bachelor Nation spinoff, which aired in late 2023. Weeks after their televised proposal, Turner and Nist wed in a stay TV ceremony on January […]
“Ultimately, he mentioned she wasn’t allowed to do in a single day visits anymore, with no rationalization,” Heidi instructed Folks. “After that, we had been solely allowed to see her thrice: her tenth birthday, one dinner, and the Homestead pageant in June — once we noticed her final. Now, he doesn’t allow us to speak to her on the cellphone and gained’t reply to my texts.”
Heidi Feek, Indiana Feek and Hopie Feek. Courtesy of Hopie Feek/Instagram
Rory, 59, responded to those claims by way of a weblog publish printed on Saturday titled “love, dad,” whereby he described the state of affairs along with his daughters as a “household dispute,” saying that Heidi’s claims about him have “damaged [his] coronary heart.”
Rory shared Indiana along with his second spouse and singing accomplice, Joey, who died from most cancers eight years in the past. (Rory shared Heidi and Hopie with ex-wife Tamara Gilmer.) Heidi’s claims come months after Rory married Indiana’s schoolteacher, Rebecca, in July.
In Rory’s prolonged publish, he added that Indiana “has by no means been extra liked or higher cared for than she is true now.” In accordance with the nation music star, the principle concern is that Heidi and Hopie “refused to respect my needs when [Indiana] was there” regarding the films and music they “need to expose her to.”
Generally America’s sweethearts go bitter. From Morgan Wallen to The Chicks, the most important names in nation music have been on the middle of some main controversies. Natalie Maines, Martie Maguire and Emily Strayer discovered themselves in scorching water within the early 2000s after sharing their private politics on a public stage. Whereas performing throughout the […]
“However Indiana is my daughter, and I do know what Joey would need, and I’m standing firmly on not compromising the values and rules which can be vital to me to boost Indy with,” he continued. “I inform her that hopefully quickly, we’ll all be again collectively, and she or he’ll get to speak to and see them once more. I do look ahead to that day nearly as a lot as Indy does.”
Rory Feek with daughter Indiana. Courtesy of Rory Feek/Instagram
In his weblog publish, Rory additionally took the time to answer claims that he and Rebecca had “joined a cult,” about his ties to Homestead Heritage, described as an “intentional Christian neighborhood,” per its web site. Heidi instructed Folks that Indiana had been left within the care of the neighborhood’s department in Montana as Rory and Rebecca went on their honeymoon.
Rory responded to this allegation in his weblog publish, saying, “Indiana stayed with two households, each of who’ve little ones that Indy could be very near.”
As for Heidi, she instructed Folks, “[If I could see her] I might inform her what I instructed her on the Homestead Competition: ‘I really like you, I miss you, and I’m doing all the things I can to see you. I’m sorry if my actions get you in bother, however I’ll by no means cease preventing for you.’ She mentioned okay and gave me a hug.”
Us has reached out to Rory’s reps for remark.
