Terrence Howard's ex-wife Michelle Ghent has sued the Empire star for assault and battery, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Ghent's lawsuit, filed Tuesday, claims that on July 29, 2013, Howard punched, kicked and strangled her while the former couple were staying in a rental house in Costa Rica. The filing states that Howard "followed Plaintiff into the restroom of the rental house and punched her on the left side of her face.