Joey Lawrence is at the center of a scandal involving his co-star Molina Alves with accusations that he showered her with overwhelming affection in an attempt to make her fall for him despite both being married to others at the time this shocking claim was revealed by a source who spoke to people on Friday Lawrence 48 allegedly met Alves on the set of their movie where she was a producer and quickly began what some would call a campaign of Love bombing this term as defined by WebMD refers to a form of emotional manipulation where someone inundates another person with excessive compliments attention and affection to gain control over them the source suggested that this was a tactic Lawrence had previously used on his wife Samantha cope the drama escalated when on August 13th cope 37 filed for divorce from Lawrence after two years of marriage citing irreconcilable differences the situation took another twist less than two weeks later when Al's estranged husband Edward Ryder filed for divorce accusing Lawrence of having an affair with Alves Ryder's divorce document filed in July claimed that he discovered the affair in March the documents alleg that Lawrence and Alves who met while working on the upcoming movie socked in for Christmas engaged in a sexual relationship Ryder believed these encounters took place in California though he suspected they occurred at various other locations as well despite the gravity of these accusations representatives for Lawrence and Alves have not responded to multiple requests for comment and both actors have remained silent on social media about the cheating allegations a source further revealed that cope was devastated by the situation she reportedly confronted Lawrence about the affair but despite her efforts to address the issue including a desire to attend counseling Lawrence allegedly continued his relationship with Alves The Insider claimed that Lawrence manipulated their counselor and carried on with Alves even as his wife watched in heartbreak according to the source Lawrence would prepare for dates with Alves while cope overwhelmed with emotion wept now cop is seeking primary physical custody of their one-year-old daughter Dylan Rose is part of her divorce proceedings she is not asking for spousal support this turbulent chapter in Lawrence's life has left many shocked and saddened with the actor's Public Image taking a significant hit amid these troubling allegations