Former Bad Boy recording artist Sara Stokes says that nasty fall she took to the face caused her to be a bit confused, which explains why she originally accused her husband of tripping her. And her reps tell TMZ that the couple is “happy and back together” and “looking forward to the truth coming out in court.”

Oh yeah, and she says her husband stabbed himself! Yeah right…

Stokes’ Version — The incident started by the pool, when Sara innocently tripped and hit her face. Her husband tried to get something to clean her off and accidentally cut his arms on knives in the kitchen sink.

Law Enforcement Version — It started when Sara stormed out of her house after a screaming match with her husband, she fell over and blamed him for tripping her — grabbed a knife and stabbed the crap out of his arm while their 3 children watched the whole thing.

Wow! This sounds like she’s trying to cover up for the dude, who just might be laying the smack down on her on the regular, SMH. It’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt … or killed.