Dwayne Wade's divorce from Siohvaughn Wade has been downright ugly. The former couple reportedly reached a financial agreement last year, but the public feuding hasn't stopped.
The settlement was reached after Siohvaughn had sat in front of Chicago's Daly Center in July 2013, telling anyone who would listen that her ex-husband has conspired to leave her broke and homeless by not providing money for her to live off of. A joint account that had been set up for her to receive funds was not getting them, according to Siohvaughn.
On July 22, a judge ruled that a settlement that called for Siohvaughn to receive $5 million, a mansion and four cars was valid. A non-disparage agreement was included to prevent either party from making disparaging remarks about the other, according to the Chicago Sun Times.
Siohvaughn's lawyer argued that his client never agreed to the non-disparage agreement, but the judge in the case ruled that she had. That should have put an end to the public feuding that started in 2007 when Wade filed for divorce, but it didn't.
"My voice isn’t for sale, my story isn’t for sale, no thank you," Siohvaughn said after the judges decision.
The bitterness between Wade and Siohvaughn seems to have gotten worse since then.
Radar Online is now reporting that Siohvaughn has filed new documents alleging years of abuse by the Miami Heat basketball star. She says he also gave her a sexually transmitted disease.
“I had known that Dwyane Wade had a temper and could become violent at times, but when we moved out of my mother’s home … into our own apartment with our infant son, the violence increased. This, however, was just the surface of the domestic violence Dwayne Wade would inflict upon me. As Dwyane Wade’s income increased. His arrogance and pride increased as well. Dwyane Wade began to call me derogatory names more, throw things at me, hit me, take all my money from me, and even kicked me out of the house causing me not to have a place to live. … As a means of controlling me, and as part of Dwyane Wade’s domestic violence pattern, he would often hit me, lock me in rooms and not allow me out, threaten to take my sons from me and frighten me by telling me he knows judges and that they are on his pay roll and he can take the children from me at any time he wanted. The domestic violence and abuse continued on for several years in our family. I tried to leave Dwyane Wade, but when I did, he made sure I did not have access to my own home and he cut off all my bankcards and denied me access to any money. This exerting of power and control has continued to this day.”
In the documents that were filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County on December 23, 2013, Siohvaughn says that one beating was so bad she was left hospitalized for a week.
“He picked up a garbage can made of marble stone and threw it at me. Dwyane Wade picked me up into the air above his head and slammed me down onto a large ottoman with such force that the ottoman broke into pieces when he slammed my body on it and banged my head against a marble bathroom floor. Subsequently, I ended up having to be rushed to the emergency room of Christ Hospital and spent an entire week hospitalized.”
You can read the document here
Siohvaughn alleges that there is a "conspiracy" between Wade and the companies that pay him endorsements. She says the mutual bank account that was set up for them to deposit money is being bypassed. Instead, all money is being sent directly to Wade.
She has fallen behind on payments for the home left to her in their 2013 agreement and is in danger of losing it.
Wade filed a motion to find her in contempt for letting the home face possible foreclosure, but a judge rejected it. The two are scheduled to meet in court on February 28 to discuss whether or not to sell the home or refinance.
Their divorce was finalized in 2010. In 2011 Was was granted full custody of their 2 sons.
Wade is currently dating actress Gabrielle Union. The couple got engaged in December 2013. Several days later it was revealed that he had fathered a child outside of their relationship.
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