A spicy (and pricey) relationship with a family chef,
a potential break of the Bro Code, and an affair that meant no disrespect.
Stay tuned to get all the facts about athletes who treat their significant others like trash.
Stephon Marbury's NBA career began in 1996,
during which he suited up for multiple teams before he ended up playing ball in China.
According to the New York Post, it was revealed that Marbury had an extramarital
affair with personal chef Thurayyah Mitchell in 2006 when he was playing for the Knicks.
When the athlete no longer needed her services, he let her go and offered her nearly $1 million
to keep their affair quiet. However, when Mitchell only received $600,000 of her payment,
she went to an arbitrator and was granted the rest of her payment.
The affair was discussed in Season 5 of VH1's "Basketball Wives" when
Marbury's wife Tasha Marbury was introduced to the group of women as a new cast member.
After doing some research on Tasha and her marriage,
cast member Suzie Ketcham asked Tasha whether the story of the affair was true or not.
"Yeah it's a true story."
"Sorry."
"That's OK. It happened. It's over with. It's in the past,"
Despite it all, Tasha and Stephon are still together as of this video.
Country singer Jana Kramer's six-year marriage to former NFL player Mike Caussin was not
an easy one. A year after the two wed in 2015,
Us Weekly reported that Caussin was unfaithful — having cheated with multiple women — and that
he’d sought help for sex addiction. Although he started rehabilitation in 2016, Caussin admitted
that it hadn't been a smooth process, saying on their podcast "Whine Down with Jana Kramer" —
"Yeah, we've been through some s***. So that's why even though I've been in the
program coming on three years, I'm a year sober."
Kramer, who shares two children with Caussin,
stated that her husband had relapses but did not engage in physical intimacy with anyone,
and the couple renewed their vows in 2017. However, in April 2021, Kramer shared on
Instagram that they were done for good with Us Weekly revealing that he had cheated on her again.
In July, Kramer announced that the former couple were legally divorced, writing —
"Today has not been easy and I didn't know if I would even say anything.
If I'm honest I had no idea how I would feel. Relieved?
Sad? But I got the 'final' call that I'm officially divorced and the tears came."
Iggy Azalea and former Los Angeles Lakers player Nick Young made headlines when he
popped the question on his 30th birthday in 2015.
Not even a year into their engagement, a video emerged in March 2016 of Young
admitting to his teammate D'Angelo Russell about cheating on Azalea with a 19-year-old.
Billboard asked Azalea about the incriminating video, and she shared that she was skeptical about
whether Young was telling the truth or lying to his teammate in an attempt to sound cool.
However, that June, it was all over for the couple, after Azalea told her Twitter followers
that she saw Young bringing women over on their home security cameras. She tweeted —
"This is just like the second shot to the chest.
And I feel like I don't even know who the hell it is I've been loving all this time."
According to Us Weekly, it was rumored that Young got his ex-girlfriend Keonna Green pregnant while
he was engaged to Azalea. The exes fully rekindled their relationship and welcomed their second child
in 2016, and had a third in 2019. That same year, the athlete announced that they were engaged.
In 2014, former NFL player Hank Baskett found himself having to explain to his
then-wife Kendra Wilkinson that he had an affair, which was made even worse by the
fact that Wilkinson was pregnant with the couple's second child at the time.
Baskett aired out his dirty laundry to People when he shared that he went to
the home of a transgender model and had a brief encounter with her. He explained —
"I didn't engage in anything. It was like a bank robbery. [...] I don't know if it was a
couple of seconds or 15 seconds, because all I was saying was get out, get out, get out."
The model, who was revealed to be Ava Sabrina London,
detailed a different and more graphic affair with Baskett while speaking to the National Enquirer.
Whatever actually took place, Hank and Kendra remained together. Wilkinson gave birth to their
daughter and they worked through their issues on WE tv's "Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars."
However, it all came to an end in April 2018 when the "Girls Next Door" star filed for divorce.
According to Us Weekly, the couple shares joint custody of their two children.
In 2012, NBA great Shaquille O'Neal published his memoir "Shaq Uncut: My Story," which not
only talked about his rise to stardom and his many accomplishments in basketball, but also his
infidelities against his ex-wife Shaunie O'Neal, who he'd been married to from 2002 to 2009.
What may have baffled fans reading Shaq's memoir is that the NBA legend not only admitted to his
wrongdoings towards his ex-wife, but that he stated that he did not cheat on her,
quote, "disrespectfully." The superstar unpacked this idea in the book, saying —
"At one time my ex-wife Shaunie and I were happy, but I admit it — I was a guy.
I was a guy with too many options. Choosing to be with some of those women, well, that's on me.
In my mind, I never did it disrespectfully, but obviously, I should have never done it at all."
According to People, Shaq had initially filed for divorce in 2007,
but the couple reconciled until Shaunie decided it was time to call it quits two years later.
Although they are no longer together, they remain on good terms.
"He always tells me he wants to have more kids so I'm like, 'Well,
knock yourself out cuz, you know, have a good time with that one.’"
In February 2014, sports news site Jocks & Stiletto Jill broke the news that former
Indiana Pacer star Paul George was going to be a father, after he was involved with a stripper
in Miami named Daniela. The only problem was that George was in a relationship with Callie Rivers,
the daughter of then-head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers Doc Rivers.
George did not deny the rumors, and told TMZ Sports —
"If and when there is legal confirmation that I am the father,
I will fully embrace my responsibilities."
His relationship with Callie ended following reports that George had offered Daniela $1
million to abort the baby. According to the New York Post, a paternity test proved that George was
the father, and Daniela took the athlete to court after he refused to take part in their daughter's
life. However, the two quite literally settled out of court, and became a longstanding item.
In 2018, Daniela welcomed another daughter, and in 2021, the couple welcomed a son.
Interestingly, George was traded to the Clippers in 2019 where ex-father-in-law Doc Rivers was
still head coach, but in 2021, Rivers became head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers. As for Callie,
she married NBA player Seth Curry, the brother of Stephen Curry in September 2019.
From the late '90s to the early 2000s, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin took the professional
wrestling world by storm. However, his personal life began to overshadow his
successful career when he was arrested in 2002 for assaulting his third wife, Debra Marshall.
The couple tied the knot in 2000, but MTV reported that their marital bliss ended in June 2002,
when San Antonio police found Marshall with a swollen eye and cheek, and bruises on her
body. Austin was not at the scene, with the Associated Press reporting that he turned
himself into police in August. As reported by Entertainment Weekly, Austin was put on
probation at a subsequent hearing; he also paid a fine and did 80 hours of community service.
The wrestler filed for divorce in July 2002. Speaking to Fox News, Marshall shared that
the WWE tried to hide the alleged abuse so as not to tarnish Austin's reputation. She said —
"They put a gag on me for a year that I couldn't talk about this,
because they knew that I could totally bring down their top star."
Austin married his fourth wife Kristin Feres in 2009,
with Power Sportz stating in 2020 that Feres helped him in getting his life back on track.
Former New York Giants star Tiki Barber and his wife Traci Lynn Johnson have been
together since 2012, but their relationship has come under some scrutiny. In 2010,
it was revealed by the New York Post that Barber had left his first wife
of 11 years for Johnson — while his wife was 8 months pregnant with their twins.
According to Us Weekly, Barber and his first wife, Ginny Cha, tied the knot in 1999 and
welcomed two sons in 2002 and 2004. However, in April of 2010, news broke that he had an affair
with the much younger Johnson who was working as an NBC intern. Cha gave birth to twin daughters
that May with the New York Post revealing that Barber was not allowed in the delivery room.
According to the Daily Mail, days after his divorce from Cha was finalized,
Barber married Johnson in New York City. Since tying the knot, the couple has welcomed two
daughters, and Johnson joined the cast of Bravo's "The Real Housewives of New Jersey."
NBA star Tristan Thompson and Khloe Kardashian's relationship has made constant headlines because
of the athletes' numerous infidelities. The pair began dating in 2016, and a year later,
the reality star announced on Instagram that she was pregnant. However, not everything was smooth
sailing, as TMZ reported that Thompson had cheated on Kardashian with multiple women throughout her
pregnancy. Just days after she was to give birth to their daughter, he was seen with another woman.
According to Us Weekly, in February 2019, Kardashian faced another heartbreak when
Thompson cheated on her again with Jordyn Woods,
half-sister Kylie Jenner's best friend. It came as a shock to the Kardashian family,
but she spoke about it during their 2021 "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" reunion.
"I forgive Jordyn, but because — or else I would be a prisoner
in my life. I have to forgive these people for me."
She also appeared to make amends with Thompson, but their relationship came to a standstill when
it was discovered in December 2021 that he had yet another affair with a woman named
Maralee Nichols and that she was pregnant with his child. When a paternity test proved that
Thompson was the dad, he publicly apologized to Kardashian in an Instagram Story, stating —
"You don't deserve the heartache and humiliation I have caused you."
If you or someone you know is dealing with domestic abuse,
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You can also find more information, resources, and support at their website.