In July 2012, Tameka Foster took her family and several friends for a day trip to Lake Lanier, Atlanta, to swim and enjoy the water. Kile and a 15-year-old girl were riding an inner tube that was being pulled by a pontoon when they were unexpectedly hit by a jet ski ridden by a friend of the family named Jeffrey Hubbard. The girl suffered a broken arm and a cut to her head, while Kile, who was unconscious, was rushed to hospital and put on life support. He was declared brain-dead and died two weeks later, with Foster and Usher — who had been Kile’s guardian since the child was 4 years old — devastated by their loss.
The year after Kile Glover’s tragic death, Usher and Foster were in the news again after it emerged that the divorced couple were now locked in a bitter custody battle over their two biological children. Per The Daily Beast, Usher had received primary custody of his two sons through the courts the previous year, but Foster was now challenging that ruling after it emerged that their older son, Usher V, had almost drowned in the singer’s pool after getting caught in the drainage system. A source close to the family told The Daily Beast that Foster, who was heartbroken by Kile’s death, was terrified that she might lose another child.
