Dwyane Wade’s Ex-Spouse Siohvaughn Funches: 5 Issues to Know

From first like to foe. Siohvaughn Funches and Dwyane Wade began relationship as youngsters and married one 12 months earlier than the previous basketball participant entered the NBA draft in 2003 — however their relationship didn’t final.

The previous pair welcomed two kids — Zaire and Zaya — earlier than they known as it quits in 2007. The NBA All-Star and podcast host filed for divorce in 2010 and after a prolonged courtroom battle, the Miami Warmth legend was granted full custody of their two kids. Their divorce was not finalized till 2013. Throughout their separation, the Utah Jazz co-owner moved on with Gabrielle Union they usually wed in 2014.

In 2020, the general public speaker {and professional} athlete’s daughter, Zaya, publicly got here out as transgender.

“To begin with, me and my spouse, Gabrielle Union, we’re proud mother and father of a kid within the LGBTQ+ group, and we’re proud allies as nicely,” Wade stated throughout a February 2020 look on The Ellen DeGeneres Present. “We take our roles and our duties as mother and father very severely.”

Two years later, Funches accused her ex-husband of benefiting from their daughter Zaya’s gender id when the previous athlete filed a petition to formally change his little one’s title and gender. The Olympic gold medalist signed the petition, however his former spouse didn’t.

“I’ve issues that [Wade] could also be pressuring our little one to maneuver ahead with the title and gender change to be able to capitalize on the monetary alternatives that he has obtained from corporations, and can obtain based mostly upon [his] statements to me, on the premise of our little one’s title and/or gender change,” Funches alleged in courtroom paperwork obtained by Us Weekly in November 2022.

Shortly after, Wade took to social media to fireside again at his ex-wife’s allegations.

“Since this should be the brand new approach of parenting, I suppose I’ve to deal with these allegations right here, which is a rattling disgrace,” the athlete wrote through a prolonged Instagram assertion. “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 12 months previous little one to be somebody she’s not and to do one thing towards her will. These are severe and dangerous allegations which have harm our youngsters. Whereas none of us are stunned by Siohvaughn’s try and combat Zaya’s id and her unwavering try to pull my title by the mud, I’m very disillusioned that she repeatedly discover methods of centering herself and HER wants, with out regard to her kids. This report got here out whereas Zaya was at school. It is a child who has maintained a 4.0 GPA in honors lessons 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 understanding her.”

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