A-Rod Divorce: Madonna Was "The Last Straw"

Madonna, A-RodCynthia Rodriguez's lawyer tells TMZ, "A-Rod may be an All-Star baseball player, but he's flunked the All-Star team as far as marriage is concerned."

Earle Lilly is repping Cynthia in the divorce case, which will be launched tomorrow when she files legal papers in Miami. Lilly claims Alex Rodriguez, who's already banked more than $250 mil, and Madonna have been having an affair "and are still together." He says they were together after his game yesterday and together today as well.

Lilly says, "We're not gonna lose this case." He acknowledges a prenup exists but it's "too early" to decide if he'll challenge it. He says there will be a "huge settlement" in the case but "not hundreds of millions of dollars." Lilly says A-Rod's estate is "vast ... beyond what anyone knows."

He says, "Cynthia is tremendously traumatized and devastated," adding the legal papers he'll file tomorrow will claim she's the victim of "emotional abandonment." Lilly says A-Rod has seen his six-week-old baby "once, maybe twice, but that's it." He says there's no question -- when the ink is dry she will be the primary custodial parent.

Madonna will not be specifically named in the divorce papers. Lilly says infidelity is a "major cause" for the divorce, but not because of any one allegation. Rather, he says, there were a series of dalliances and "Madonna was the last straw."

Lilly says Cynthia did not have an affair with Lenny Kravitz and that her relationship with him is "totally innocent and puristic."

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46. Ballplayers cheat. Have been doing so for decades. I shoul know. Right, S?

Posted at 7:49AM on Jul 7th 2008 by little k

47. She should be with your man, no matter where he is/.New baby or not, I'd be with him to support him. Then maybe she would not feel like every woman he talks to he's banging. If her's was completely not true then maybe his is not true also.Quit whining and be with your man.Unless rumors are true, and this is a way out for her.maybe she bored with him?

Posted at 8:05AM on Jul 7th 2008 by kelly

48. i don't know about anyone else but i'm feeling a little burnt out on bitter divorces. i think the Christie Brinkley divorce took it out of me. it should be a rule/law that you should NOT be allowed to trash your ex if you have children. unless your ex has tried to harm you or your children physically keep your mouth shut. you chose to have children with that person so deal with it.

Posted at 7:14AM on Jul 7th 2008 by skeptical at best

49. Isn't amazing how the gay men come out of the wood work to defend this gap tooth whore. She sleeped with some nasty people in her life, their is a 50 50 chance she has aids or least carrying it. All that is left is that stupid kelly girl that blogs on here every post to make her stupid point. That kelly is sybil. I would pay a million bucks for someone to get a pic of her and her real name. No doubt she is one fat and ugly woman. For now on she will be called fatugly kelly. Is their nothing grosser than a fat ugly woman. Call her my her new name everytime she comments.

Posted at 8:28AM on Jul 7th 2008 by wayne matthews

50. never have been a madonna fan, never will be...please don't let this rumor be true!! cynthia claims this is the final straw, the tabs linking a rod to madonna, which has been denied, so then, why should we believe that there is nothing going on between her and lenny kravitz?? seems all should be fair in love and war...

Posted at 8:24AM on Jul 7th 2008 by shantel

51. never have been a madonna fan, never will be...please don't let thisrumor be true!! cynthia claims this is the final straw, the tabslinking a rod to madonna, which has been denied, so then, why shouldwe believe that there is nothing going on between her and lennykravitz?? seems all should be fair in love and war...

Posted at 8:17AM on Jul 7th 2008 by shantel

52. First off, who'd give up A/Rod for Kravitz? Kravitz is gross. On the other hand, who'd give up A/Rod's wife for Madonna? The wife is way better looking. Madonna chews men up and spits them out. The relationship (if any between these two) won't last because Madonna preys on weak men or at best men that have way less of a career than hers. A/Rod is his own man who earns his own big-bucks so that won't please her. If there is a messy divorce, and should Madonna proved to be involved, then this might be a good time for the father of that kid whom Madonna adopted to try and get him back (with support too). It would serve her right. To #15 who suggests A/Rod is gay, how on earth would you know this? You wouldn't have any idea unless you're in his bedroom at night and I doubt you are. Going back to Kravitz, I believe he said in an interview not too long ago that he has abstained from sex for about the last 3 years. If this is true, then at best Mrs. A/Rod can't be having an affair (at least not a sexual one) anyway.

Posted at 8:23AM on Jul 7th 2008 by Illinois person

53. Why do these guys get married? There is no reason too. Esp. they make kids and then split with the women. Lots of money then goes to them. I would stay single and just F---- around. They are always traveling so life would be more easy that way, and not having to answer to anyone.

Posted at 8:55AM on Jul 7th 2008 by Mark

54. Madonna has thought of herself as the new Marilyn Monroe , so why wouldn't she hook up with a Yankee ..... Marilyn had Joe DiMaggio . Just one thing about that : Madge will NEVER be Marilyn and A-Rod will NEVER be Joltin' Joe !!! Try as they might , they'll never come close to them . Mr. DiMaggio had class and epitomized what a baseball player should be , and Marilyn had beauty that Madonna only wishes for in her dreams . As Aerosmith sings , DREAM ON !!!!

Posted at 9:51AM on Jul 7th 2008 by Bupa

55. It's baseball season and he was on the road - how often was he ABLE to see the newborn? It's not his fault his job takes him away from home.

Posted at 9:15AM on Jul 7th 2008 by Jennifa O Jenny

56. SLUT .....
we should have madonna and hulk meet , there both crazy and sluts ..
just when you think madonna has change , nice marriage , then bm out slutting around again
i cant stand her , and for her to ruin a marriage w/ a new born baby
rip madonan u ho

Posted at 12:07PM on Jul 7th 2008 by WTF

57. "the last straw" doesn't mean they had an affair. it says nothing without its context.

furthermore the attorney is absolutely unprofessional mentioning the name "madonna". it just stirs up rumors.

Posted at 12:13PM on Jul 7th 2008 by taken out of its context?

58. TMZ has some of the dumbest people in the world posting on their site. You're reading posts & enjoying comments then you get 10 idiots in a row. Bad spelling, sometimes you can't even figure out what they are saying. OR their comment makes you wonder if they just read the same thing everyone else did.

Posted at 12:45PM on Jul 7th 2008 by America

59. Madonna is a worn out ho!!!! A-Rod should be ashamed of him self for flirting with the devil. I feel sorry for Madonna when she dies cause I know theres no Kabalah or whatever the hell his name is to save her old wrinkly trying to be young again self. She needs to leave marrield men alone and retire from her singing along with Mariah. Okay! We've had enough of you old gooses. A-Rod IDIOT!!!!!! And to think your my husbands fav. YULK! I'll pray for you A-Rod when you leave God for these made up IDOLS. Like Kabalah. Weirdo!!!

Posted at 6:05PM on Jul 7th 2008 by Ro Car

60. I think Madonna should slap
A Rod's wife with a lawsuit after she gets his money, just for putting her name thru the mud! She is just a money hungry witch!!! Then madonna and A Rod could take the money and do what they like.

Posted at 10:04AM on Jul 15th 2008 by DONNA

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