Dwyane Wade has slammed his ex-wife Siohvaughn Funches-Wade’s claims made in her latest authorized submitting relating to their 15-year-old daughter Zaya Wade’s title and gender.
In docs obtained by E! Information, Siohvaughn requested a California court docket to disclaim Dwyane’s request to legally change Zaya’s title, suggesting the teenager wait to resolve “on the age of majority” if she desires to maneuver ahead with it.
The authorized papers accused Dwyane of “pressuring” Zaya, who got here out as transgender in 2020 at age 12, into transferring ahead with the title and gender change “to capitalize on the monetary alternatives that he has obtained from corporations.”
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Dwyane, who’s at the moment on trip in Africa along with his spouse Gabrielle Union celebrating her fiftieth birthday, insisted that’s 100% not the case, posting a prolonged message on Instagram relating to the entire thing.
The previous NBA star’s message included, “Whereas I’m on a life-changing journey in our motherland, Africa, I’ve obtained a social media put up about me forcing our 15 yr previous little one to be somebody she’s not and to do one thing in opposition to her will. These are critical and dangerous allegations which have harm our kids.”
Dwyane, who additionally shares Zaire Wade, 20, with Siohvaughn, in addition to daughter Kaavia, 3, with Union, and Xavier, 8, with Aja Metoyer, added that whereas none of them have been shocked by Siohvaughn’s “try to struggle Zaya’s identification,” he’s “very dissatisfied” by her actions.
“This report got here out whereas Zaya was at school,” Dwyane continued. “It is a child who has maintained a 4.0 GPA in honors courses whereas navigating all this unsolicited and dangerous consideration and debates about her gender and sexuality from those that are dedicated to not listening to her, a lot much less even figuring out her!”
He wrote, insisting that Siohvaughn had made no effort to be of their childrens’ lives, “Nobody in our home would ever drive Zaya or any of our kids to do something in opposition to their will, a lot much less drive an identification on them. This isn’t a sport for my household and positively not for Zaya. That is her life!”
Dwyane added, praising Union: “All of the whereas my spouse and our village has been her rock in serving to her decide up the items after heartbreak after heartbreak!”
He completed by saying that he was now handing issues over to his lawyer.
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The docs in query learn, in accordance with E! Information, “Given [Dwyane’s] high-profile standing as knowledgeable athlete, our kids’s lives have been extremely publicized.
“[Dwyane] has appeared on nationwide tv exhibits and in media experiences relating to our little one’s title and gender change. I’m involved that our little one is being commercialized at a younger age and likewise of the uncontrollable penalties of media publicity i.e. cyber bullying, statements and/or photos taken out of context of our little one, and undesirable highlight centered on our little one.
“I’ve issues that [Dwyane] could also be pressuring our little one to maneuver ahead with the title and gender change with the intention to capitalize on the monetary alternatives that he has obtained from corporations,” Siohvaughn went on, “and can obtain primarily based upon [Dwyane’s] statements to me, on the idea of our little one’s title and/or gender change.”