Celebrity Justice
Shaq Calls Foul on Wife -- Files for Divorce

Breaking NewsLook out ladies (seriously, get out of his way), Big Shaq Diesel is going back on the market.

In divorce papers filed Tuesday in a Miami court, Shaquille O'Neal claimed his marriage to wife Shaunie has been "irretrievably broken," and accuses her of being shady with his cash, reports the Miami Herald.

The couple has four kids together, and each has a child from a previous relationship. They tied the knot in a ridiculously lavish Beverly Hills ceremony in 2002. Shaq, who is currently in a contract with the Miami Heat worth a cool $100 mil, claims that his wife has been "secretive about her assets," and he has asked the court to order a full investigation into every penny she came into during their union.



The Big Daddy also notes that he made Shaunie sign a pre-nup -- which he's asking the court to keep private. As for custody, the jet-setting basketballer requested that the kids live with Shaunie, and that he receive "liberal rights of visitation."

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61. TOO BAD....HE SEEMED LIKE THE REAL DEAL WITH HER.
GET AN ACCOUNTANT QUICK................!!!!!!!

Posted at 7:36AM on Sep 5th 2007 by WHAT

62. wow...he sounds like an a***hole for sure. Woman had 4 kids by him and he's treating her like that? She can't put any money aside? What is this, the dark ages???

Posted at 8:09AM on Sep 5th 2007 by marion

63. I agree with you #23. She had 4 babies back to back. Real quick !!!!! She had an agenda from the beginning. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that one out. She figures, okay I'll sign a pre-nup. No problem. I'll have a bus load of babies that will guarantee me "MAJOR" child support and eventually I'll get your money that way. If he hadn't filed for divorce she would have had some more. She was looking for a meal ticket from the start. This man had millions (that he earned) before he got with her and has earned alot more since then. Therefore, what should she be entitled to? I don't see her running up and down a basketball court. It seems like the only thing she's been doing is laying on her back , popping out babies and living the good life courtesy of Shaq. She was a beautician when he met her (no disrespect to that profession intended, but let's keep it real) and the last time I checked, they don't earn millions. I'm sure this man has a legitimate reason for his claims against her regarding his money. She's a gold digger and women really need to quit legitimizing this practice. Go out and earn your own money and stop trying to live off someone else. Or in this case, get rich off someone else. My advice to the rich is to marry someone as rich as you are.

Posted at 8:10AM on Sep 5th 2007 by Independent female

64. yeah she may have signed a prenup...but...he signed a new contract DURING the marriage....what you get while married regardless of a prenup belongs to both parties....now he wants an account of all the money...WTF shaq? like it's possible to go bak and check everything she's ever spent ... she needs to get account of all the women you slept with...(I know one of them by the way) ... then she needs to take that number and times it by how many times you could have brought home some STD to her and thats how many millions she should get from yo' stingy a**

Posted at 8:26AM on Sep 5th 2007 by miss williams to u

65. The way to get back at ole Shaq is for his wife to spill the beans about his unfaithfulness. Tell all his dirty laundry girl. Make the fool regret ever saying all these horrible things about your.

Posted at 8:33AM on Sep 5th 2007 by It's Me

66. 4 children, 100 mil., and she gets custody? Dude, are you nuts? Obviously he is not concerned with how much the court will award her in support obligations. (Damn!) Her return on this 5 year investment, is going to be crazy!

Posted at 8:55AM on Sep 5th 2007 by Elnegro

67. A little birdie told me that she sells her used shoes and purses on eBay.

Posted at 9:08AM on Sep 5th 2007 by a little birdie

68. Hell yeah, if were married to a multi-millionaire, and he was mistreating me like mad, I would funnel his cash too! For every tear I had shed over that rat-bastard, I'd take a stack of cash. Sure, two wrongs don't make it right, but it damned sure makes it even...and if he was truly a piece of $h!t, I'd give him the Jean Strahan treatment.

Posted at 9:13AM on Sep 5th 2007 by Melinda the Body Bender

69. Good for Shaq! Yes, he has cheated on her one very BAD time that we know about (Confessions of a Video Vixen) - but let's look at his wife - she doesnt work - but she has NERVE to stash away cash while he is out there making good money playing ball and helping kids in Florida get fit. I am proud of Shaq for being a man. Yes, all women deserve something for staying home and raising children - but when you are secretly stashing money away - you've got the gold digging issues that Shaq needs to RUN from!

Milwaukee's got your back Shaq!

Posted at 9:15AM on Sep 5th 2007 by Jackie

70. sorry to hear that, who knows maybe the'll work it out.

Posted at 9:20AM on Sep 5th 2007 by zonnie

71. in all fairness, he WAS the breadwinner. Unless she had her own business.

Posted at 9:21AM on Sep 5th 2007 by Are you kidding me?

72. They didn't have a marriage anyway...he's a confirmed cheater and when Kobe did rat him out he acted all innocent and he wasn't.
Shaq is just like any other pro baller, he's a cheater and his ego is huge and his respect for women small.
In the world pro ballers live in, trashy gold digging women throw themselves at them all the time...so women are disposable in their minds and rightly so with the kind of women they hang out with.
It's always uneven when they enter a marriage because in their minds they think they are doing the woman a favor, like the woman is blessed to be the one they settled down with and as long as they are giving her the diamonds and the attention of her being the one on his arm at events, the women don't seem to mind that the guy is out sleeping around.

Posted at 9:29AM on Sep 5th 2007 by Shannon

73. When did this become a race issue? I thought the subject pertained to Shaquille O'neal filing for divorce.

Posted at 9:34AM on Sep 5th 2007 by For Christ Sakes !

74. Smart Woman. His only mistake is that he married a well educated woman. Most alethes don't. A woman that is married to a mulit-millionare should always have investments of her own. Shaunie's MBA paid off big time. Now he can go ahead and date a dumb blond. :-)

Posted at 10:17AM on Sep 5th 2007 by Kendall

75. Ol' girl was just collecting some extra for all of the garbage she's had to put up with. Think about it, would you sleep with that rascal and have his kids if you weren't getting millions to do so?

Posted at 10:51AM on Sep 5th 2007 by Debra

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