Editing Vanilla Ice (section)

==Personal life==
Vanilla Ice dated [[Madonna]] for eight months in 1991–1992.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/10/vanilla-ice-madonna-was-a-great-lover_n_807072.html |title=Vanilla Ice: Madonna 'Was A Great Lover' |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |date=January 10, 2011 |access-date=January 9, 2014 |first=Jordan |last=Zakarin |archive-date=October 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026105133/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/10/vanilla-ice-madonna-was-a-great-lover_n_807072.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Ice married Laura Giaritta in 1997; they have two daughters, Dusti Rain (born 1998) and KeeLee Breeze (born 2000).<ref name=split>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/vanilla-ice-and-wife-split_1232480 |title=Vanilla Ice {{pipe}} Vanilla Ice And Wife Split |magazine=Contactmusic |date=July 13, 2011 |access-date=April 10, 2012 |archive-date=August 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805233124/http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/vanilla-ice-and-wife-split_1232480 |url-status=live }}</ref> Ice describes himself as a "[[Juggalo]]", a fan of [[Psychopathic Records]] hip hop groups.<ref>{{cite web|title=I'm A Survivor: Vanilla Ice |url=http://www.theentertainmentnexus.com/interviews/ten/valillaIce2008Sep.htm |work=Interviews |publisher=The Entertainment Nexus |date=September 2008 |access-date=April 9, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090617235554/http://www.theentertainmentnexus.com/interviews/ten/valillaIce2008Sep.htm |archive-date=June 17, 2009 }}</ref>

By 2012, Ice was a vegetarian for six years.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=September 8, 2018|url=https://www.menshealth.com/trending-news/a19541339/stop-collaborate-listen/|title=Stop, Collaborate & Listen|first=Andrew |last=Daniels|date=April 6, 2012|website=[[Men's Health]]|url-status=live|archive-date=September 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909012109/https://www.menshealth.com/trending-news/a19541339/stop-collaborate-listen/}}</ref>

In 2013, Ice stated that he has [[Choctaw]] heritage through his maternal grandmother. In 2015, after Ice repeated his claim of Choctaw identity in response to criticisms of Native American portrayals in ''[[The Ridiculous 6]]'', Choctaw genealogists researched his family tree, finding his maternal genealogy to be mostly German, with no Choctaw ancestry possible. Ice responded via Twitter that "I'm not going to pretend I'm Indian, just because I have Indian blood. Sorry for any disrespect[;] to me Indians are American royalty."<ref name="Cummings">{{cite news |last=Cummings |first=Tommy |date=April 28, 2015 |title=Vanilla Ice's claims of Native American ancestry disputed |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/pop-culture/2015/04/28/vanilla-ice-s-claims-of-native-american-ancestry-disputed/ |work=The Dallas Morning News |location=Dallas, Texas |access-date=March 12, 2022}}</ref><ref name="VanAlst">{{cite journal |last1=Van Alst |first1=Theodore C. Jr. |date=Fall 2015 |title=Ridiculous Flix: Buckskin, Boycotts, and Busted Hollywood Narratives |url=https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=inst_fac |journal=Great Plains Quarterly |volume=35 |issue=4 |pages=321–331 |doi=10.1353/gpq.2015.0056 |s2cid=201777418 |access-date=March 12, 2022}}</ref><ref name="ICT">{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=April 29, 2015 |title=Fact Check: Is Vanilla Ice Really Native? Choctaw Researchers Investigate |url=https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/fact-check-is-vanilla-ice-really-native-choctaw-researchers-investigate |work=Indian Country Today |location=Phoenix, Arizona |access-date=March 12, 2022}}</ref>

In 2016, Ice's wife filed for divorce, saying that the marriage was "irretrievably broken."<ref>{{cite news |title=Vanilla Ice to wife: You want a divorce? So do I |newspaper=Miami Herald |url=http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/ent-columns-blogs/jose-lambiet/article149994092.html |date=May 11, 2017 |last=Lambiet |first=Jose |access-date=August 29, 2017 |archive-date=August 29, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829202640/http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/ent-columns-blogs/jose-lambiet/article149994092.html |url-status=live }}</ref> His third child with his new wife was born in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |author=Vanilla Ice |url=https://twitter.com/vanillaice/status/1063378751029985281 |title=Vanilla Ice on Twitter: "My little #IceIceBaby ..." |website=Twitter.com |date=November 16, 2018 |access-date=March 21, 2020 |archive-date=March 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308113622/https://twitter.com/vanillaice/status/1063378751029985281 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Legal issues===
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On August 8, 1988, Ice was arrested in South Dallas for illegal [[drag racing]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scontent-bru.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/1962714_346134322239959_1787512452305327342_n.jpg?oh=36b0724f366994a367657bf8ea072f36&oe=55A9D0D2|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150414004701/https://scontent-bru.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/1962714_346134322239959_1787512452305327342_n.jpg?oh=36b0724f366994a367657bf8ea072f36&oe=55A9D0D2|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 14, 2015|title=Bru.xx.fbcdn.net|website=Scontent-bru.xx.fbcdn.net}}</ref>
In 1990, Ice was threatened with copyright infringement for use of samples from "[[Under Pressure]]" by [[Queen (band)|Queen]] and [[David Bowie]]. The matter was settled out of court.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fairwagelawyers.com/most-famous-music-copyright-infringment.html|title=Famous Copyright Infringement Plagiarism cases in Music.|website=Fairwagelawyers.com|access-date=July 11, 2019|archive-date=June 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628102635/http://www.fairwagelawyers.com/most-famous-music-copyright-infringment.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

On June 3, 1991, Ice was arrested in Los Angeles on firearm charges after threatening a [[homelessness in the United States|homeless]] man, James N. Gregory, with a pistol. Gregory had approached Ice's car outside of a supermarket and attempted to sell him a silver chain.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rapper Vanilla Ice Arrested on Charge of Brandishing Gun|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/61309595.xml?dids=61309595:61309595&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+04%2C+1991&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Rapper+Vanilla+Ice+Arrested+on+Charge+of+Brandishing+Gun&pqatl=google|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=June 4, 1991|access-date=March 11, 2009|archive-date=April 15, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415003758/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/61309595.xml?dids=61309595:61309595&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+04%2C+1991&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Rapper+Vanilla+Ice+Arrested+on+Charge+of+Brandishing+Gun&pqatl=google|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Greg|last=Braxton|date=June 22, 1991|title=Vanilla Ice, Bodyguard Are Charged With Carrying Guns|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-06-22-me-820-story.html|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=March 11, 2009|archive-date=March 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311165414/https://www.latimes.com/archives|url-status=live}}</ref> Ice and his bodyguard were charged with three weapons offenses.<ref>{{cite news|title=L.A. charges Vanilla Ice, bodyguard|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search|work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|date=June 22, 1991|access-date=March 11, 2009|url-access=subscription|archive-date=September 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906052556/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search|url-status=live}}</ref> Ice pled [[nolo contendere|no contest]].<ref>{{cite news|first=James|last=Quinn|title=Singer Takes Rap for Gun Charges; Must Make a Video|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-09-28-me-2911-story.html|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=September 28, 1991|access-date=March 11, 2009|archive-date=September 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918185019/http://articles.latimes.com/1991-09-28/local/me-2911_1_van-winkle|url-status=live}}</ref>

In January 2001, Ice was arrested by police in [[Davie, Florida]], for assaulting his wife, Laura. According to the criminal complaint, Ice and his wife argued as they drove on [[Interstate 595 (Florida)|Interstate 595]]. Ice admitted to pulling hair from her head to prevent her from jumping out of the truck's window.<ref>{{cite news|title=Vanilla Ice Arrested|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/vanilla-ice-arrested/|work=[[CBS News]]|location=Davie, Florida|date=January 5, 2001|access-date=March 26, 2009|archive-date=April 15, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415130100/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2001/01/05/entertainment/main261932.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> He pled guilty to charges of disorderly conduct four months later and was sentenced to probation and ordered to attend [[family therapy]] sessions.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}

Ice's pet [[wallaroo]], Bucky, and pet goat, Pancho, escaped from his wife's grandmother's home in [[Port St. Lucie, Florida]], in November 2004. After wandering around local streets for over a week, the animals were caught and returned to Ice. He paid a $220 fine for expired pet tags and an undisclosed fine for the escape of the animals.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/vanilla-ice-reunites-with-lost-pet-wallaroo-bucky-buckaroo/emr1RzrrROCHQVma7DYRFO/|title=Vanilla Ice reunites with lost pet walleroo, Bucky Buckaroo|last=Santana|first=Sofia|date=September 25, 2018|work=The Palm Beach Post|access-date=December 8, 2019|archive-date=December 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208152424/https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/vanilla-ice-reunites-with-lost-pet-wallaroo-bucky-buckaroo/emr1RzrrROCHQVma7DYRFO/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On April 10, 2008, Ice was arrested in [[Palm Beach County]] on a battery charge for allegedly kicking and hitting his wife.<ref name="Finn"/> He was released the following day, after she declared that her husband had only pushed her. In court, the couple's neighbor, Frank Morales, stated that it was merely a verbal argument.<ref name="Finn"/> Ice was ordered by a Florida court to stay away from his wife following his arrest, and to communicate with his children only if Morales accompanied him. The judge told Ice that he could only contact his wife through telephone.<ref name="Finn">{{cite news|first=Natalie|last=Finn|title=Vanilla Ice Cooling in Jail|publisher=[[E!]]|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=d22b1309-6ea6-4d23-862a-80c39b9860c9&entry=index|date=April 10, 2008|access-date=April 12, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080413211117/http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=d22b1309-6ea6-4d23-862a-80c39b9860c9&entry=index|archive-date=April 13, 2008}}</ref> On April 29, 2008, Ice's lawyers, [[Bradford Cohen]] and Joseph LoRusso, were able to get the charges dropped after providing the state attorney with evidence that conflicted with what was originally reported.<ref>{{cite news |title=Prosecutors decline to charge rapper Vanilla Ice after wife recants abuse allegation|date=April 29, 2008|agency=Associated Press}}</ref>

In February 2015, Ice was arrested and charged with residential burglary and [[grand theft]] after he allegedly stole furniture, a pool heater, bicycles and other items from a Florida home that he believed to be vacant.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2015/02/18/rapper-vanilla-ice-charged-with-grand-theft.html |title=Rapper Vanilla Ice charged with grand theft |work=CNBC |author=Sarah Whitten |date=February 18, 2015 |access-date=February 18, 2015 |archive-date=February 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219064033/http://www.cnbc.com/id/102436524 |url-status=live }}</ref> He later accepted a plea deal which would result in the charges being dropped following his completion of 100 hours of [[community service]] and payment of restitution to the estate of the homeowner.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Silva|first1=Daniella|title=Rapper Vanilla Ice Accepts Plea Deal in Florida Home Burglary Case|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/vanilla-ice-accepts-plea-deal-florida-home-burglary-case-n334806|access-date=April 2, 2015|work=NBC News|date=April 2, 2015|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108091434/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/vanilla-ice-accepts-plea-deal-florida-home-burglary-case-n334806|url-status=live}}</ref>