Darnell Donerson and her son Jason were shot at Darnell's home in Chicago in October 2008, and Jennifer said she only happened to be out of town because David had pleaded with her to visit him in Florida where he was working with the World Wrestling Entertainment franchise.
'That's one of the things that saved my life, because I could have been home with my mom then,' she told Ebony magazine. '[Otunga] wanted me to come out to Florida with him instead of going to Chicago.
'I flew out to see him; that's why I'm still here. I've never said that before, and I can't believe I just said that now. But I didn't know. He was just like, 'I'm going to this wrestling thing, and it's in Tampa. I'm going out there now, so you can come out there and see me versus going home.' '
The couple now have two-year-old son David Jr together.