The voluptuous wife of reality-show star and hip-hop producer Stevie J stuck up for her man Tuesday in fiery fashion after he was confronted outside Manhattan federal court over allegations of being behind more than $1.1 million in child-support payments — and one of New York’s biggest deadbeat dads.
Joseline Hernandez, who co-stars with her hubby on the VH1 reality show “Love & Hip Hop Atlanta,” verbally took on a middle-aged woman who shouted out, “You should be ashamed!” to Stevie J as he and Hernandez headed into the courthouse, an eyewitness told The Post.
“Shut up! You don’t know him!” the busty beauty shot back in defense of Stevie J, while sporting a fur-trim coat, high-heel boots and a skin-tight, gray sheath dress.
Minutes later, Stevie J – whose real name is Steven Jordan – pleaded not guilty before Judge Paul Crotty on charges of failure to pay child support from March 2001 until his arrest last June.
Jordan was arrested in Atlanta on charges that he shirked his child support obligations in New York, failing to pay $1.1 million in court-ordered child support for his teen son and daughter, who live with their mom — his former live-in girlfriend Carol Bennett — in Pennsylvania.
Crotty during the proceedings questioned why prosecutors are pursuing child-support charges in federal court, saying such a tactic “is rare.”
“I don’t understand what you are doing here,” Crotty said.
But Assistant US Attorney Andrew DeFilippis told the judge federal charges are warranted because the unpaid child-support payments are very high and the matter was never successfully resolved in Family Court “over the course of more than 10 years.”
Afterward, Stevie J acted as if Crotty was his future savior, calling him “a fair and a great judge who understands the system.”
“I have been waiting for a judge like this who understands what I am going through,” he added.
Stevie J also found time to shamelessly tell The Post to “look out” for “the new season of ‘Love & Hip Hop’ and some new music by my lovely wife Joseline.”
Following a court appearance last June, Stevie J was mum on the criminal charges when confronted by reporters. Instead, he proudly promoted a soon-to-be-released single with Snoop Dogg.
“My new single, ‘DNA’ with Snoop, is coming out in the next few weeks,” he then boasted.