Reports: A-Rod's wife to file for divorce
MIAMI (AP) - July 6, 2008 Cynthia Rodriguez, who married the Yankees star in 2002, says
the marriage is over because of the All-Star third baseman's
extramarital affairs, according to reports that appeared Sunday on
the Web sites of Houston television station KTRK and The Miami
Herald.
The reports come just days after Alex Rodriguez was linked to
Madonna in various media outlets and Cynthia Rodriguez's subsequent
visit to the Paris home of rocker Lenny Kravitz, who said she came
to France to escape the media frenzy in New York and denied that
anything improper had happened.
Houston attorney Earle Lilly, who said he was hired by Cynthia
Rodriguez last week to launch the divorce case, told KTRK the
star's "relationship with Madonna was the final straw for Mrs.
Rodriguez."
Rodriguez's wife also is represented by attorneys Maurice Kutner
and Anthony Sabatino, both of Miami, and John Van Ness, of Houston,
the Herald reported.
"She feels that she has exhausted every opportunity to salvage
the marriage and that Alex has emotionally abandoned her and the
children and has left her with no choice but to divorce him,"
Kutner told the newspaper.
The former Cynthia Scurtis and Rodriguez were married Nov. 2,
2002, in Dallas. They have two children, Natasha Alexander and Ella
Alexander, who was born April 21.
The suit is expected to be filed early Monday in Dade County
Family Court.
Lilly did not immediately return a phone call from The
Associated Press.
Alex Rodriguez has refused to comment on his relationship with
Madonna, who denied any romantic involvement with the slugger in a
statement posted Sunday on people.com.
"My husband and I are not planning on getting a divorce,"
Madonna said. "I know Alex Rodriguez through Guy Oseary, who
manages both of us. I brought my kids to a Yankee game. I am not
romantically involved in any way with Alex Rodriguez.
"I have nothing to do with the state of his marriage or what
spiritual path he may choose to study," the statement continued,
apparently referring to reports the singer had introduced the
ballplayer to the form of Jewish mysticism known as Kabbalah.