He got kicked off the team and his wife filed for divorce all in the same week. DAMN!!
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A week after the Philadelphia 76ers’ Allen Iverson announced he was leaving basketball for the rest of the season to be with his sick 4-year-old daughter, the star’s wife filed for divorce in Fulton County Superior Court.
In the divorce petition filed on Tuesday, Tawanna Iverson said her 8 ½-year-long marriage to the guard was “irretrievably broken.” In the petition, Tawanna Iverson asked for temporary and permanent custody of their five children as well as child support and alimony.
She did not ask for a specific dollar amount.
The children range in ages from 17 months to 15 years. The children and their parents have lived in north Atlanta since August, according to the court filing. Before that, the family claimed homes in Rochester, Mich.; Englewood, Colo.; Denver, Colo.; and Villanova, Pa. On Feb. 22, Allen Iverson and the 76ers announced that he was leaving the team for personal reasons.
The former NBA MVP and four-time scoring champion said he wanted to be in Atlanta to be with his daughter, Messiah, who had an undisclosed illness.
In a posting on Twitter, Allen Iverson wrote: “I need to be there to hold my little girl’s hand and encourage her to get better. I wanted her to wake up every morning and see her Daddy’s face, at least until she got better. Through God’s Strength, She Will Keep Getting Better!”Prior to that announcement, Iverson had missed five games and the All-Star Game to be with his family.The team said Tuesday, the day the divorce petition was filed, that lverson would not return to the team this season.
I wish all parties the best, but his wife probably chose her own sanity over the lifestyle she has been living the past several years. In addition, their daughter has been ill the past couple of weeks, so I will not participate in the need to dig deeper and spread rumors. Just hope everyone keeps their head up.
