Shaquille O’Neal Files For Divorce
NBA star Shaquille O’Neal initiated divorce proceedings Tuesday against his wife of nearly five years Shaunie O’Neal, according to the Miami Herald. The couple has four children together and each had one child prior to their marriage in late 2002.
According to court documents, Shaq says that the marriage is “irretrievably broken” and that he wants an accounting of Shaunie’s assets because she has been “secretive about her assets . . . particularly with respect to certain properties owned or titled in either [her] name alone or in other entities.”
There are rampant rumors that the divorce is the result of the aforementioned “secretive” hiding of money, but others have speculated that infidelity was involved. The mention of the assets could also stem from the fact that they have a prenuptial agreement and Shaq wants to make sure that he retains the money that belongs to him and may not be the reason for the divorce.
The photo above was taken earlier this summer and they look pretty happy there, so it will be interesting to learn if this was a sudden decision on Shaq’s part after discovering something that Shaunie did or if they have had trouble for some time.
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October 9th, 2007 at 4:45 pm
[...] the wife of Miami Heat basketball player Shaquille O’Neal has filed a response to his petition for divorce. Her response alleges that their marriage is not irretrievably broken, as Shaq’s petition [...]