DWade divorce takes tawdry turn Get Adobe Flash player * Photos BY JOAN FLEISCHMAN joanfleischman@yahoo.com Heating up: Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade's divorce from wife Siohvaughn, his high school sweetheart. In legal papers, she alleges he abandoned his children, committed adultery, and infected her with an unspecified sexually transmitted disease. She wants the names of ''all of his sexual partners'' during their six-year marriage. Dwyane petitioned for the divorce last May in Cook County, Ill. They wed in Chicago on May 18, 2002. Dwyane's Windy City attorney, James Pritikin, issued a statement: ``These malicious allegations are absolutely false and we look forward to the opportunity to dispute them in court.'' Dwyane turns 27 on Saturday. He and Siohvaughn, 27, have two boys, Zaire, a first-grader who will be 7 next month, and Zion, 1. Siohvaughn moved back to Chicago with the kids last year. Dwyane's Heat salary is $14,410,581, according to published reports. He hauls in millions more from major endorsements such as Gatorade and Converse. He has a dozen vehicles, including four Cadillacs, four Mercedes-Benzes and a Maybach, court papers say. The All-Star has been romantically linked to actress Gabrielle Union, 36, once married to former Jacksonville Jaguar Chris Howard. From Siohvaughn's pleading: ``Dwyane has dissipated substantial sums of marital property including . . . buying his mother a $2 million church; placing substantial sums of money in an account with another woman; providing numerous friends and family members with unfettered access to accounts with hundreds of thousands of dollars of marital funds from which they made substantial withdrawals . . .'' Meanwhile, she says, he cut her off financially. Dwyane, named a ''Father of the Year'' in 2007 by the National Father's Day Committee, has gone ''months'' without seeing his boys, Siohvaughn says. His ''failure to spend time with them . . . has resulted in the children at times being afraid of him; in fact, Zion . . . does not recognize or know Dwyane.'' She wants sole custody, and support. She also says she has suffered ''grievous physical, emotional and mental injury'' from the STD, diagnosed in the fall of '07. (The infection is not HIV or a ''killer thing,'' sources say.) Dwyane and his ''paramour or paramours'' are liable, she alleges. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/basketball/story/857509.html 'Dwyane must disclose the identity of all of his sexual partners during the parties' marriage,'' says her counter-petition, prepared by attorney Michael J. Berger of Chicago. Siohvaughn has another Chicago lawyer, Dorene Marcus. Says Pritikin: ``It is sad that an obviously angry and bitter woman will go to any lengths to publicly damage Mr. Wade.'' Siohvaughn speaks the truth, Marcus insists. ''A person's public persona does not necessarily reflect his behavior in private,'' Marcus adds. ``Mrs. Wade is prepared to prove everything she alleges. And, medical records don't lie.'' In 2007, the Wades put their six-bedroom Pinecrest home on the market for $8.9 million. Has yet to sell. List price is now $4.599 million. Dwyane is on the road -- again. The Heat play the Rockets in Houston at 8:30 p.m. Saturday. some of these players need to know families come before anything. how do you go months without seeing your kids? that's just pathetic dwayne. getting "father of the year" and giving his wife an STD? wrap it up please
Growing up on the southside of Chicago, in a divorced family, raised partially by a sister. His high school sweet heart must not be as innocent as the news article makes her sound. Not saying cheating is right, but compared to other NBA superstar's girlfriend/wife, Wade's ranks pretty low.
Tabloid stuff getting into personal lives I'm not really into...(until I've started watching TMZ lately) and of course the woman will overplay the victim role. Its just standard court procedure and preference: Children > Women >>>>>>>>>>>>>Men. But....I've said a few times Wade is just like any other ball player soaking up all the endorsements, living in the spoils that fame and riches bring. He doesnt have any tattoos and that made him look like a clean cut exception somehow. Father of the Year way to do your homework National Father's Day Committee. Not saying its right but come on, we already know athletes hardly give a crap about anything. Especially being on the road a lot. And if he's already immersed in cheating and STD spreading, like he's gonna want to show his face around his family.
Hahaha, what a load of BS. How would a 7 year old boy not recognize his own father, especially when that father is an NBA superstar. This chick is going for the big bucks trying to get full custody.
yes, saying she has an STD in court papers without test papers proving it will be good for her case i'm sure some of the other stuff is exaggerated (if not true). but, i'm sure not of lot of them are lies.
D-Wade has been linked to like 5 different women since he's been married, and those are just the celebrities. I don't doubt the cheating and STD stuff.
Gabriel Union? I dont know about you, but D-Wade's stock just went waaaaay up as far as I am concerned. I would cheat too if I ever had a chance with Ms. Union. She is top 20 in my book.
Wow, Dwyane is older than I realized. He'll be 28 already in the summer of 2010. A max contract for six years could turn out pretty badly.
He will get his 6-year contract because GMs will always cling to hope to getting a badass player that dominates in their 30s like Hakeem and MJ
Legitimate or not, the chick is after his money. And it's so blatant it disgusts me. "Cut her off financially" spent money on this or that. What exactly does she need his millions that HE earned for?
Even if she now has an STD, that doesn't necessarily mean that she got it from him and not the other way around.
How dare an incredibly wealthy and talented professional athlete spend his hard earned money on family and friends without first getting the approval of his wife who didn't earn a penny of it.
beats the hell out of me especially considering the fact that she never had to work at all as the wife of a rich NBA player. The things bitter women will do. Thats why "prenup" is the way to go, even if yall marry when you are broke, still get it just cos u never know
