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Professional Athletes (NFL, NBA, MLB, etc.)

Allen Iverson’s Wife Files for Divorce

Last week, the Philadelphia 76ers’ Allen Iverson announced he was leaving basketball for the rest of the season to spend time with his sick 4-year-old daughter, Messiah. This week, his wife Tawanna Iverson filed for divorce in Atlanta. The couple has five children together, ranging in age from 15 years to 17 months. They were high [...]
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Barry Bonds Divorce Back On

Baseball slugger Barry Bonds’ wife, Liz Watson Bonds, has filed for divorce. Citing irreconcilable differences, Liz Bonds filed paperwork to end her 12-year marriage this week in Los Angeles. She filed for legal separation in June 2009 but dismissed the case about a month later. She now claims that the date of separation was January 2010. [...]
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Jerry Rice Finally Divorced but Finances Not Settled Yet

Football legend Jerry Rice’s wife Jacqueline Rice filed for divorce in June 2007. The former couple was finally divorced late last month. However, their family court dispute is not yet over. In the two and a half years since the initial divorce filing, the couple has exchanged financial information. They presumably sold their multi-million dollar Northern [...]
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NY Jets Star Braylon Edwards Served with Child Support Papers

New York Jets wide receiver Braylon Edwards apparently fathered a child with “America’s Next Top Model” contestant Nik Pace, who is now pursuing him in New York for child support. Pace gave birth to Braylon Jr. in Georgia last August. Edwards, who makes about $5 million a year, filed for paternity in Atlanta, claiming that Pace [...]
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Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren Reportedly Renegotiate Prenup

After the Thanksgiving week incident in which golfer Tiger Woods crashed his SUV outside his Florida home, the story took on a life of its own with daily disclosures from alleged mistresses. Now, about a week later, as many as nine different women have been linked to Woods during the course of his marriage to [...]
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Dwight Howard Gets Injunction Against Son’s Mother

Orlando Magic basketball star Dwight Howard had to go to court in Florida to keep Royce Reed – the mother of his 2-year-old son, Braylon – from talking about him. According to the request for injunction filed by Howard, Reed called him a deadbeat dad on her blog, via Twitter and in an ESPN interview. Howard [...]
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Shaq Files to Keep Divorce Out of California

Basketball superstar Shaquille O’Neal has filed legal documents arguing that his split from wife Va’shaundya O’Neal should not be handled in California’s family courts. Shaunie filed for legal separation earlier this month in a Los Angeles court, one day after moving with the couple’s four children from Florida to California. Shaq claims that the California courts [...]
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Shaq’s Wife Files for Legal Separation

NBA star Shaquille O’Neal’s wife has filed for legal separation in Los Angeles. Va’shaundya O’Neal’s divorce attorney Sorrell Trope (of Trope and Trope) filed the documents on November 9, 2009. Shaq previously filed for divorce from Shaunie in Miami back in 2007, but the two reconciled and that case was dismissed last year. The O’Neals have [...]
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Chris Evert and Greg Norman Split After 15 Month Marriage

Reps for tennis legend Chris Evert and golf superstar Greg Norman have confirmed that the couple separated after 15 months of marriage. Talk about anti-climactic… Evert and Norman became engaged in December 2007, then married in June 2008. It is believed that they became involved while each was married to someone else. Evert and her second [...]
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Khloe Kardashian & Lamar Odom Marriage Not Legal Yet

Despite the gowns, tuxedos, paparazzi and bling that accompanied reality TV star Khloe Kardashian and NBA player Lamar Odom’s nuptial event this weekend, it now appears that our speculation was accurate. According to reports, the wedding was not a legally binding ceremony. Kardashian and Odom began negotiating a prenuptial agreement just last Friday, two days before [...]
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Lamar Odom & Khloe Kardashian: Prenup Problems?

L.A. Lakers player Lamar Odom’s wedding to Khloe Kardashian will apparently be paid for – to the tune of $1,000,000 – by the producers of one of the Kardashian family’s reality television shows. But the wedding has to occur according to the show’s production schedule (and prior to the start of the NBA season), so [...]
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Jayson Williams Ordered to Pay $200K in Back Support

Former New Jersey Nets star Jayson Williams reportedly cried to a Manhattan Supreme Court Judge last week, claiming that he is broke. Williams was ultimately ordered to pay his estranged wife, Tanya Young Williams, $200,000 in overdue child support and spousal support or face going to jail. Williams, who made $87 million playing for the Nets [...]
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Raiders RB Darren McFadden to Pay $8,000 a Month in Child Support

Oakland Raiders running back Darren McFadden settled a paternity case earlier this month with the mother of his 16-month-old son. McFadden agreed to pay Kerri Williams $8,000 a month in child support and will receive standard visitation rights with little Diesel Graylon McFadden (these baby names keep getting worse…). McFadden, a former University of Arkansas star, [...]
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Dirk Nowitzki Files Paternity Suit

NBA star Dirk Nowitzki filed a petition in Dallas County, Texas, seeking a paternity test from his ex-girlfriend, Cristal Taylor, and sole custody of her unborn child if the tests indicate he is the father. Taylor is currently incarcerated in the Jefferson County (TX) Correctional Facility. Taylor was reportedly living with Nowitzki in suburban Dallas until [...]
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Barry Bonds and Wife Split

Controversial baseball star Barry Bonds and his wife of 11 years, Liz Watson, have split. Watson filed for legal separation this week inĀ  Los Angeles Superior Court. Watson’s filing seeks spousal support and joint custody of the couple’s 10-year-old daughter, Aisha. While it is not known whether the couple has a prenuptial agreement, my guess is [...]
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