By: Amanda Anderson-Niles
Dwyane Wade and his ex-wife Siohvaughn Funches-Wade have been going back and forth in the courts since their nasty split, and a nasty custody battle followed shortly after. The NBA star currently has full custody of their two sons, but Siohvaughn claims he has made it extremely hard for her to spend any time with the kids. D Wade told the court her time with their sons should be reduced because he thinks she suffers from mental issues, and many felt she made his point easier to prove after she had what many labeled as a meltdown on the public streets of Chicago. He’s asked the judge to order her to take a mental evaluation and he’s even demanded that she be ordered to stop talking about him to the media.
Welp, looks like the superstar athlete just lost big. According to court documents obtained by Gossip Extra, the Miami appeals court ruled in Siohvaughn’s favor. As we reported recently, several weeks ago a judge ruled that she needed to undergo a medical evaluation and her right to speak to the press was also taken away. Sio’s lawyers took the ruling to the appeals court and D Wade’s request to force Siohvaughn to take a mental evaluation and his request to reduce her time with their children were shot down.
What hurt Dwyane Wade’s case more than anything is that the appeals court didn’t think her protest on the Chicago streets was anything crazy and it just didn’t warrant a mental evaluation.
The appeals court feels Siohvaughn has a right to passionately express her views and that doesn’t make her a threat to her kids.
Siohvaughn’s lawyer told the website they are thrilled that the judge didn’t let D Wade’s celebrity status impact the ruling but now they are fighting to remove the judge who ruled in D Wade’s favor from the case. Lisa Macci says:
“We’re getting a new judge and the order that Siohvaughn undergo a psychological evaluation is no more. Justice prevailed. I’m just happy the appeals court was not swayed by (Wade’s) celebrity status as law should not be.”
LOL! I know he’s mad!
That’s what he gets. He wanted to play dirty and he lost in the end. Now both of them need to shut up and co-parent like adults.
Agreed.
Some people go out of their way to make it extremely difficult to co-parent and they challenge court orders and judges’ rulings just because they can or to be spiteful and vindictive. That goes for both mothers and fathers and that’s why some people stay up in the courts. Some parents just won’t do right even when the other is trying to do so.
Good. That woman has been through enough. I really wish D Wade would just stop the war he has with her and just let it go. What’s done is done. The marriage failed. Move on. No need for all these games.
That’s what his stankin a-s gets. Writing #startedfromthebottomnowimhere on that picture of Gabby trying to low key shade. Boy sit down.
Serves him right. I know Sio isn’t innocent but he was trying to destroy her and it was just too much.
I still think she’s a nut case
Well she does have freedom of speech. And the court can see she’s not crazy, just fed up. She’s probably tired of D Wade walking around here pretending to be the perfect man and father when he’s really an a-shole in real life.
Take that, take that.
He just wants so see this woman broken down and hurt. He’s such a dirty person.
Oh wow. I didn’t see this coming. I thought he had it in the bag.
He’s probably not going to let this go though. He doesn’t want her around those kids.
All I’m going to say is karma has no deadline and never loses an address. *Sips tea and quietly exits*
The golden rule… Treat others the way you want to be treated. God don’t like ugly…
The Golden rule… Treat others the way you wish to be treated. Good ruling!!
Wades an a-s. But I don’t get it. Gabriel Union was talking mess about his wife and said that she was weak on twitter. Doesn’t she know that she’s next. You loose them how you found them. They’re talking about having kids but when he moves on to the next chick he’ll be in the media talking about how crazy and unfit Gabriel is. That’s so funny …….he’s a liar, a cheater, a sneak, and he’s low-down. What woman in her right mind would want someone like that? If he doesn’t give a dam about the mother of his children today he won’t give a dam about a has-been actress 10 years from now. And that’s most likely what she’ll be. Ding dong …anyone home
Incredible. I just don’t get it. So basically disregard what she did and clown him. Oh wait… I do get it.
Bringing his celebrity into the debate is a Red Herring and it seems to have worked. Everytime something goes in his favor it’s not that he deserves that particular action but because he’s a celebrity. Wow! I’m going with Wade on this one. I would have been done after she lied about me giving her an STD when she got it while creeping. Yet this is the person that’s being defended? smh… oh well.
You make good points. My main thing with this situation is just wanting a civil parenting relationship. Too often, adults who share kids take their feelings toward the other parent out by attempting to negatively impact the kids’ relationship with that parent. What you mentioned here about the STD does not necessarily speak to her as a mother. Yeah. As a spouse or whatever? I agree with you. But their personal issues have spilled over into their children’s lives and that’s unfair. The bad part about people picking sides in situations like this is usually that opinions are formed based on everything BUT parenting skills…. I won’t pretend to know the ins and outs of this story, lol ’cause I don’t know much. So if she’s done something in the past that would bring her parenting skills into question, then I think that’s a different story.
Oh Uncontainable Spirit you never cease to amaze me lol. But you do bring up valid points.