Troubled country star Mindy McCready is fighting to regain custody of her three-year-old son with the ex-boyfriend she accused of trying to kill her.

Billy McKnight was charged with attempted murder and served 30 days in jail in 2005 following claims he beat and choked the singer. The case was later dismissed.

McCready's mother, Gayle, won custody of little Zander in 2007 after a fight with the singer, and McKnight was granted visitation rights.

She has now left Nashville, Tennessee and relocated to McKnight's native Florida in a bid to win back custody of her child.

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Country singer Mindy McCready remains in a stable condition at a Nashville-area hospital after police said she cut her wrists and took several pills in an alleged suicide attempt, hospital officials have confirmed.

A local police report said McCready's brother, Timothy, discovered the singer "very intoxicated" in her bloody bed several hours after she returned from a night out on Wednesday morning and made a bizarre call to her mother.

McCready was subsequently hospitalized at Centennial Medical Center, the facility's spokeswoman Jenny Barker has confirmed. The singer has endure...

Country singer Mindy McCready has been released from a Tennessee jail after serving just over half of a 60-day prison sentence for violating parole. The star, 32, was freed at 9am on Friday.

McCready voluntarily agreed to serve time after she was arrested for prescription drug fraud in June - an incident which was considered a violation of her probation relating to a 2004 drug arrest. That conviction led to McCready losing custody of her two-year-old son, Zander.

But she managed to secure an early release by earning credit for helping keep the jail clean.

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Country star Mindy McCready is set for a Halloween jailbreak - after serving just over half of a 60-day prison sentence for violating parole. The fallen star will be released from a Tennessee jail today, according to TMZ.com.

McCready voluntarily agreed to serve time after she was arrested for prescription drug fraud in June - an incident which was considered a violation of her probation relating to a 2004 drug arrest. That conviction led to McCready losing custody of her two-year-old son, Zander.

Upon her incarceration at the end of September, the 32-year-old singer released a st...

Fallen country music star Mindy McCready was hospitalized last week after reportedly suffering a miscarriage.

The singer was admitted to a hospital in Nashville, Tennessee on July 16 with some reports suggesting she had swallowed a lethal combination of vodka and prescription drug Ambien, used to treat insomnia.

McCready has since entered rehab - and Access Hollywood is alleging that she will be treated for emotional distress after losing a baby.

The troubled star was reportedly pregnant by an unnamed man who she has been involved with for three months.

A source tells t...

Fallen country music star Mindy McCready is reportedly heading back to rehab after an alleged suicide attempt.

McCready is alleged to have attempted to end her own life last week after mixing a lethal dose of vodka and prescription drug Ambien, used to treat insomnia. According to website TMZ.com, McCready is heading to an Arizona facility after being persuaded by TV host Dr. Phil to seek treatment for her addictions.

The singer has endured a series of personal struggles in recent years. She was found unconscious in a Florida hotel lobby in July 2005 in her reported second suici...

Fallen country music star Mindy McCready has been released on bail following yet another arrest, this time for violating the terms of her probation, according to reports.

McCready turned herself into authorities in Williamson County, Tennessee on Monday evening and posted bail two hours later, according to website TMZ.com.

Police officials have reported to the site that McCready was suspected of falsifying information on her community service report.

The singer was released from jail last December after serving a six month sentence following an earlier parole violation aft...

Fallen country star Mindy McCready is fighting to regain custody of her two-year-old son from her mother.

The singer's mother, Gayle Inge, took charge of her grandson last summer when McCready was jailed for parole violation after allegedly assaulting her mom.

And now McCready, who was released from jail in December, is trying to get her son back in a Lee County, Florida court, where a camera crew chronicled her legal battle for an upcoming reality TV show, tentatively titled "Mending Mindy."

According to AOL's TheBoot.com, McCready's custody case has been continued to Jun...

Mindy McCready's mother has confirmed reports her daughter had an affair with baseball ace Roger Clemens, insisting the pair were an "off and on" couple. Earlier this week, the sportsman denied having an inappropriate relationship with McCready - who was reportedly under the age of consent when it began - while the country singer admitted to a ten-year romance.

Now McCready's mother, Melody Inge, has come forward to back up her daughter's claims. Inge tells People magazine, "They came by here one morning and we had breakfast together. She went to ball games and I know she went to Las...

Country singer Mindy McCready has confirmed reports she enjoyed a long-term affair with former baseball ace Roger Clemens - despite the sportsman denying the claims earlier this week.

The New York Daily News broke a story on Monday alleging Clemens enjoyed a ten-year affair with McCready, which began when he was 28 and married with two children, and she was underage.

And despite Clemens' adamant denial of an inappropriate relationship on Monday, McCready is now admitting to an intimate affair.

Reading from a prepared statement, she told the New York Daily News, "I cannot refu...

Shamed baseball star Roger Clemens has denied claims he enjoyed a ten-year affair with country star Mindy McCready, which began when she was just 15.

The New York Daily News claims the pair met when Clemens was 28 and married with two children, and McCready was underage.

Sources tell the paper the pair carried on the clandestine affair for a decade, sneaking around behind the back of Clemens' wife Debbie.

But the 45-year-old insists his relationship with McCready has only ever been platonic. His lawyer Rusty Hardin tells the newspaper, "He flatly denies having any kind of ...

Superman Dean Cain has returned to his hit '90s TV series to find love after a series of romantic disasters. The hunky single dad is reportedly romancing actress Jessica Collins, who co-starred with Cain on Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman over a decade ago.

The pretty 37-year-old has been spotted with Cain, 41, on a number of dates recently - and even fed him with her fork during a lunch meeting at a cafe in Los Angeles, according to the Globe.

But it was what happened away from the glare of the paparazzi that really turned heads - after driving away from L.A.'s Urt...

Country singer Mindy McCready cringes every time she recalls her tearful interview on the Oprah Winfrey Show last year - because she swore undying love to the boyfriend who almost beat her to death.

McCready's ex, Billy McKnight, was jailed for his savage and bloody attack on the singer, but that didn't stop her from sitting down with Oprah Winfrey and telling the talk show host she still loved her former boyfriend.

Winfrey attempted to reason with McCready as the singer sobbed about her feelings for incarcerated McKnight.

But, after her own recent six-month jail sentence f...

Country singer Mindy McCready has credited photos of her baby son Zander and his frequent phone calls for helping her survive in jail.

The star has recently been released from a six month sentence for a parole violation, and only saw her son once while she was incarcerated. And now the singer, who attempted suicide twice while she was pregnant with her son, insists she's a changed woman.

She tells the news show Access Hollywood, "I've paid dearly for my sins... just in the time spent away from my son." And she's determined not to repeat the mistakes of her past, where she racke...

Troubled country star Mindy McCready has been released from jail in Tennessee, after serving three months of a year-long sentence for violating her probation.

The 32-year-old was locked up in September on charges of battery and resisting arrest, following an argument with her mother. A court ruled the charges violated her probation stemming from a 2004 prescription drug fraud charge.

Speaking after her release on Sunday, McCready said, "I'm so happy to be out. I'm the happiest girl in the world right now. I'm going to work, work, work and sing, and I'm going to see my son (Zande...

Country singer Mindy McCready has joined the list of jailed U.S. music stars after violating her probation on a 2004 prescription drug fraud charge. The "Ten Thousand Angels" hitmaker has been sentenced to serve a year behind bars in Florida.

McCready, who only had a few more months left on probation when she was arrested in July - following a domestic dispute between the singer and her mother, appeared in court on Friday, wearing an orange prison jumpsuit. The judge insisted she be taken straight to jail after her sentencing,according to TMZ.com.

In addition to the jail time, McC...

Troubled country singer Mindy McCready thought Tennessee police were giving her "a hard time" when they pulled her over ahead of her drunk driving arrest last year. The hitmaker, 30, testified in a Nashville court on Tuesday as she fights charges of driving under the influence stemming from her May 2005 arrest.

At the time, McCready refused to take a breath test, but the police claimed she smelled of alcohol and was unsteady on her feet.

McCready said yesterday, "Way back when - when I used to have hit records 10 years ago - I would get pulled over a lot and had officers ask me ...

Country star Mindy McCready has become a mother after giving birth to a baby boy on March 25 in Nashville, Tennessee. The singer has named her child Zander Ryan McCready. McCready has a tumultuous history with the baby's father - aspiring singer Billy McKnight was arrested last May for allegedly breaking into McCready's house and beating and choking her.

The singer then attempted suicide in Florida, in July, after learning she was pregnant with McKnight's baby. In September McCready was hospitalized again after overdosing on anti-depressants following another argument with McKnight o...

Mindy McCready is no stranger to controversy. After a tumultuous year filled with legal troubles, a disturbing domestic violence episode, and two suicide attempts, the country music star is on the road back to recovery, both personally and professionally.

"I'm not looking back anymore," McCready said. "I've got so much to live for and things are rapidly improving for me, too." McCready noted that her appearance on the Oprah Winfrey TV Show was a watershed moment for her. "I realized I could be free of all the relationships that kept me in pain. I just decided that I'm moving on," ...