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

Martina Navratilova, Ex Settle Dispute Over Split

Tennis icon Martina Navratilova has reportedly settled a lawsuit brought by her ex-lover Toni Layton for an estimated $3 million. Layton, who left her husband to be with Navratilova, had sued, claiming that Navratilova broke up with her after eight years and changed the locks on a Florida home they shared. After feeling insulted by [...]
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Paternity Suit Filed Against Tiger Woods

Porn star Devon James (real name: Melinda Jannette) has filed a paternity suit against golfer Tiger Woods in Manatee County, Florida. Her petition asks the court to determine parentage of her nine-year-old son, Austin Brinling. If Woods is determined to be the child’s father, the court then has jurisdiction to establish child support and child [...]
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British Pop Star Cheryl Cole Divorcing Soccer Star Husband Ashley Cole

Not-so-famous on this side of the Atlantic, British supercouple Cheryl Cole and Ashley Cole are dominating tabloid headlines in England this week. After separating in February, singer Cheryl has filed for divorce from her football (soccer) star husband. Cheryl’s attorneys filed paperwork for a fast-track divorce this week. It is expected that the two will [...]
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Ninth Divorce Lawyer Quits on Dwyane Wade’s Wife

NBA superstar Dwyane Wade’s estranged wife Siohvaughn Wade is now officially looking for her tenth divorce lawyer. Her ninth and most recent attorney, Marsha Fisher, filed a motion to withdraw as Siohvaughn’s counsel this week in Cook County, Illinois (Chicago). The motion apparently cited irreconcilable differences between attorney and client. Dwyane Wade, star of the [...]
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Melissa Etheridge, Tammy Etheridge Split

Musician Melissa Etheridge and her partner, actress Tammy Etheridge (formerly Tammy Lynn Michaels) announced last week that they have ended their nearly nine-year relationship. Melissa and Tammy began dating shortly after Melissa’s 2001 split from longtime partner Julie Cypher. They became engaged and exchanged vows in California in 2003. They are considered “domestic partners” under [...]
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Tiki Barber Splits from Pregnant Wife for Another Woman

Ex-New York Giant star Tiki Barber and his wife of 11 years, Ginny Barber, are divorcing. Ginny Barber is currently eight months pregnant with the couple’s twins. They also have two sons – a six-year-old and a seven-year-old. Multiple sources report that Barber moved out of the family home late last year. Other media outlets [...]
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Antonio Cromartie Avoids Court for Past-Due Child Support

NFL cornerback Antonio Cromartie received a $500,000 advance from his new team, the New York Jets, this week to help him pay off his past-due child support. Cromartie was traded earlier this month to the Jets from the San Diego Chargers. He faced a court date next week in San Diego for somewhere between $25,000 [...]
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Shaq Divorce Settles

Basketball superstar Shaquille O’Neal and his estranged wife, Shaunie O’Neal, have reportedly settled their divorce. Shaunie’s divorce attorney, Sorrell Trope, says that the former couple has reached an agreement on all aspects of the split – division of property, child custody and child support. Under the agreement, the Florida courts actually divorce the couple, who [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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. [...]
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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 [...]
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