Instead he took to Instagram to say that his wife's bloody photos are visual special effects used in movies.
"All is joust makeup I did not neat her (sic)" he wrote on his Instagram account when he shared two photos of a bruised and bloody Mercy Aigbe.
In an earlier interview Lanre Gentry accused his wife of infidelity. Speaking to Best of Nollywood, he said she has been unfaithful in their marriage.
Mercy Aigbe filed a restraining order suit on April 25, 2017, against her husband and was finally granted one on April 28, 2017. The restraining order against her husband covers a one-mile radius.
In April, the news broke that the actress had moved out of her matrimonial home after her husband allegedly beat her up.
It was reported that the actress has been enduring domestic violence for a long time in her marriage but it has gotten worse lately.
Mercy Aigbe showed up at Area F Police Station today despite her husband not showing up. She told Pulse Celebs that she is focused on her movies.