Kar ku damu, ba mu ma farka ba a 1989 kuma muna tsalle kamar hauka zuwa yanayin wannan 'Kamar Addu'a', kuma Madonna da Sean Penn ba su shiga wani layi kamar na baya ba. Duk yana farawa a watan Satumbar da ya gabata lokacin Lee Daniels, mahaliccin jerin 'Empire', ya fito don kare Terrence Howard dangane da batun cin zarafin da jarumin ya yi wa matarsa. a wata hira da mujallar Hollywood Reporter: "Terrence bai yi wani abu da ya bambanta da abin da Marlon Brando ko Sean Penn suka yi ba, kuma ba zato ba tsammani ya zama aljani mai ban tsoro.".
Sean Penn, wanda bayan jin kalmomin Lee Daniels bai yi jinkiri ba don shiga cikin yakin shari'a a kan mahaliccin 'Empire', ya sami taimakon Madonna na baya-bayan nan, wanda ya yi aure daga 1985 zuwa 1989 kuma tare da wanda ya yi aure. Tauraro a cikin kanun labarai fiye da ɗaya game da yaƙe-yaƙe masu zafi. Madonna ta fito ne don kare Sean Penn a cikin wata rubutacciyar sanarwa da aka gabatar jiya a wata kotun New York.: "Tabbas mun yi zazzafan cece-kuce a lokacin aurenmu, amma Sean bai taba buge ni ba, bai daure ni ba, ko kuma ya kai min hari a hankali, kuma duk wani bayani da ya saba wa sabanin hakan, gaba daya abin ban tsoro ne, qeta, rashin hankali da rashin gaskiya.".
Sarauniyar Pop ta kuma yi tsokaci kan irin cin zarafin da jarumin ya yi masa a shekarun 1987 da 1989.: "Ina sane da zarge-zargen da suka taso daga abin da ya faru a 1987, wanda, a cewar tabloids, Penn ya buge ni da batball. Bayanin da aka buga gaba daya karya ne ». A cikin Disamba 1989, Madonna ta je wurin jami'in sheriff na Malibu don ba da rahoto ga Penn bisa zargin raunin da ya samu a jiki, ko da yake ita da kanta ce ta janye karar a mako mai zuwa. Sean Penn ya ce wannan korafin ya kasance sakamakon "A fit of kishi".
Shari'ar da aka shigar a kan Lee Daniels ta ce dangane da haka "Abin da ya fi damuwa shi ne cewa sun kwatanta Penn da Howard ba daidai ba, tun da yake yana da matsala da doka." Ba a taɓa kama Penn ba, fiye da yadda aka yanke masa hukuncin tashin hankalin gida, kamar yadda tsoffin matansa, ciki har da Madonna, za su iya tabbatarwa ».