Shaquille O’Neal is filing from divorce from his wife of nearly five years, the popular Shaunie. The Miami Herald reports:
Miami Heat center Shaquille O’Neal wants to divorce Shaunie, his wife of nearly five years. ”The marriage between the parties is irretrievably broken,” says his petition, filed Tuesday by attorney Ira Elegant.
The O’Neals have four children together — Shareef, 7, Amirah, 5, Shaqir, 4, and Me’Arah, 1. Shaq has a daughter, Taahirah, and Shaunie has a son, Myles, from previous relationships.
The family lives on Miami Beach’s exclusive Star Island. They bought an $18.8 million estate in the summer of ‘04, at the time of his trade to the Heat. It is for sale — No. 32 is asking $32 million.
Though the two have a cohabitation/prenuptial agreement, Shaq must be interested in fighting it as he wants to get a look into his wife’s assets - and she’s not disclosing.
Shaunie, he says, has been ‘’secretive about her assets . . . particularly with respect to certain properties owned or titled in either [her] name alone or in other entities.” He wants the court to order Shaunie to give a ”correct accounting of all money, funds, stocks, bonds, and other securities (including bearer securities)” that she came into during the marriage.
Shaq currently earns about $20 million per year. He’s not seeking primary custody of his kids, but is requesting “liberal” visitation rights.
Shaq is not hurting for money, so there must be something else going on.