The untimely passing of club promoter Ashley “AJ” Jewell on Friday night from injuries sustained during a fist fight has spawned numerous rumors. One of those rumors has taken on legs of its own.

A source within RHOA cast member Kandi Burruss’ camp reached out to Sandrarose.com today to dispel the rumors that Kandi had adopted her ex-fiance AJ’s twin daughters and was raising them in addition to her own daughter.

The source said Kandi never went to court seeking custody of the girls and she was not granted custody or guardianship over the girls. The children’s mother is alive and well and lives in Atlanta and loves her daughters.

Kandi seemed to confirm that in this blog post excerpt in which she mentions breaking the news of AJ’s death to her daughter Riley:

When I told my daughter Riley she just cried all morning. I didn’t know what to do or to say to make her feel better. I started wondering how his other kids were handling it. That’s one reason why I feel like he was just taken too soon. Now they have no father. That breaks me down inside. They needed more TIME.