By: Amanda Anderson-Niles
Things between Dwyane Wade and his ex-wife Siovaughn Wade ended on a very nasty note. Both the professional basketball player and his former wife blame each other for the demise of their marriage, and both have claimed that the other wasn’t being faithful. As a result of the nasty breakup and rumors of infidelity, we can’t say anyone expected anything less than a nasty custody battle for the kids. The couple’s two sons have had to watch their parents battle things out in court and make heinous claims about each other, however, Siovaughn hasn’t had the best of luck with the legal system. D Wade won full custody of the two boys and Siovaughn says it’s because of his celebrity that he was given so many advantages that would help him beat the custody battle. Siovaughn was also arrested recently and charged with attempted kidnapping of the boys when did not return them to their father at the court ordered time. She claimed later in an interview that D Wade misses appointments and doesn’t always turn over their sons to her at the court ordered times, so she didn’t think it was fair that she was punished when she returned the favor. As a result of the incident, she said a few months ago that she hasn’t seen her sons in several months at the request of the court.
Siovaughn made a recent appearance on Dr. Phil, and she says she feels the judge over the custody case was biased and too big of a NBA fan to be fair.
She says:
“Well a lot of it had to do with Mr. Wade’s celebrity and a lot of it had to do with his money. But I’ve seen the court system in a way that I’ve never seen it before. I went into that place hoping to get help for my children and I, but I found judges in the courtroom quoting statistics for Mr. Wade. They would speak about him as if they were introducing the starting lineup for a basketball game.
“One time we were doing scheduling and we were asking when would Mr. Wade come in and testify. And she was saying, ‘Oh, I know when he’ll be in Chicago. They play the Bulls and right now they’re in Philadelphia.’ She knew all of these things and she’d say all the time, ‘I’m a huge basketball fan.’ I was sort of hoping she’d be a fan of justice, but I found otherwise.”
Siovaughn also acknowledged that she has a very violent and angry image. While she admits she knows she is not perfect, she feels like her negative image is actually more so a result of the doings of D Wade’s former publicist:
“Well, my ex husband had a publicist. And as far as the records reveal, it [D Wade’s publicist’s retainer fee] may have been approximately $20,000 per month. When you’re able to pay someone that amount of money a month to plant your stories…
“I’ll say this…I’m not perfect. There’s no perfect parent. As far as being intentionally absent or intentionally harmful to my children, I won’t take that because that would be incorrect.”
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I feel sorry for her but she really needs to move on and look toward the future. What’s done is done she needs to concentrate on her kids. Dwyane will get what’s coming to him. Stop focusing on the negativity and focus on regaining your kids.
She really needs to let it go…NOW.
It’s sad and very unfortunate she lost her sons because D Wade has the money and star power but she has to move on for her own sanity. She needs to let God deal with this. He’s a lot better at handling our problems than we are.
When will it stop?! We get it! Now please move on!!!
I hate what happened to her because I’m sure they BOTH messed up in the marriage! But unfortunately she’s the only way paying for her mistakes. D Wade will get his tho! God sees everything!
I see she still likes to pull the sympathy card. Don’t be fooled. This chick is certified crazy. The court made the right decision.
It’s so scary that our politicians and judges can be purchased. Damn.
She’s still talking about this…sigh
Such a sad situation. I hate that these famous black men are paying and stealing these kids away from their mothers. Usher, D Wade, and Deion Sanders will get theirs in due time.
So sad…damnit D Wade.
Ugh! I get mad every time I read one of her interviews. If Dwyane Wade is the father of the year like he claims, he should have at least worked it out so they could co-parent. That was the right thing to do.
I see D Wade’s people are on here doing damage control in the damn comment section…sigh.
Who the hell is writing these long essays? Get your life!!!!! It’s NOT that serious. Trust me. People disagree all the time. That’s doing too much. Sheesh.
Yeah using “big words” doesn’t make you look smart when you are on here writing essays about strangers…anyway, I have to say I think Siovaughn brought a lot of this on herself. She made bad choices. But hey, it is what it is. Time for her to move on.