Editing Little Richard (section)

===Relationships and family===
Around 1956, Richard became involved with Audrey Robinson, a sixteen-year-old college student, originally from [[Savannah, Georgia]].{{sfn|Chalmers|2012}}{{sfn|White|2003|pp=70–74}} Richard and Robinson quickly got acquainted even though Robinson was not a rock and roll fan. Richard said in his 1984 autobiography that he invited other men to have sexual encounters with her, including [[Buddy Holly]]. Robinson denied those statements.{{sfn|Chalmers|2012}}{{sfn|White|2003|pp=84–85}} Robinson refused his marriage proposal. Robinson later became known under the name Lee Angel as a stripper and socialite.{{sfn|White|2003|pp=99–101}} Richard reconnected with Robinson in the 1960s, though she left him again over his drug abuse.{{sfn|Chalmers|2012}} Robinson was interviewed for Richard's 1985 documentary on ''[[The South Bank Show]]'' and denied Richard's statements. According to Robinson, Richard would use her to buy food in white-only fast food stores that he was not allowed to enter because of his skin color.

Richard met his only wife, Ernestine Harvin, at an evangelical rally in October 1957. They began dating that year and wed on July 12, 1959, in [[Santa Barbara, California]]. According to Harvin, she and Richard initially enjoyed a happy marriage with "normal" sexual relations. When the marriage ended in divorce in April 1964, Harvin said it was due to her husband's celebrity status, which had made life difficult for her. Richard said the marriage fell apart over his neglect and because of his sexuality.{{sfn|White|2003|p=105}} Both Robinson and Harvin denied Richard's statements that he was gay, and Richard believed they did not know because he was "such a pumper in those days".{{sfn|White|2003|p=105}} During the marriage, Richard and Harvin adopted a one-year-old boy, Danny Jones, from a late church associate.{{sfn|Chalmers|2012}} Richard and his son remained close, with Jones often acting as one of his bodyguards.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Christopher|last=Merchant|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/rutherford/2014/08/28/little-richard-murfreesboro-accident/14738937/|title=Little Richard's Cadillac struck in Murfreesboro crash|work=The Tennessean|date=August 28, 2014|access-date=September 5, 2019}}</ref>