A-Rod's Wife Files For Divorce

(AP)  The wife of New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez, Cynthia Rodriguez, filed for divorce in Miami Monday.

Cynthia Rodriguez, who married the baseball player in 2002, said 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 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.

Cynthia has asked for primary custody of their two children, as well as child support and alimony.

"Cynthia has made it very clear to me that she wants to take the high road and protect her children and herself. There's no vindictiveness here," Kutner said. "She wants to resolve the issues between Alex and herself in an amicable fashion."

The couple has had a prenuptial agreement in place since Oct. 3, 2002, according to the divorce papers.

Meanwhile, Madonna denies any romantic ties to the Yankees star.

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," the Michigan native 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 that the singer had introduced the ballplayer to the Kabbalah Centre, a religious organization whose teachings are based on a form of Jewish mysticism.

[keithle1]

I bet she wouldn''t have married him if he worked at a toll booth on the Jersey Turnpike or was a construction worker or mailman. She wouldn''t have given him the time of day.

[morganbarber]

Edgar, Dude:
The way you describe it is the way its always been. If you don''t want to put up with a sponge, don''t get married.

[edgardebbins]

Why can''t women understand that to keep a man from shopping around, she needs to keep him unloaded. Wives do a good job of keeping a man satisfied and unloaded until a few weeks after the wedding, then they start getting lazy. The wifely duty is not a temporary assignment. That obligation lasts until her husband is too old to be interested. Then she can get lazy. How would a wife react if her new husband quit his job a few weeks after the wedding and stated that he was no longer responsible for providing an income?? That wouldn''t work to well now would it?? A wife would say he wasn''t meeting his marital obligations. But for some reason its OK for a wife to do it.

[hypnotoad72]

Yet another person to change his name from A-Rod to ******...

[drputt45]

Hey, he''s just a big star and a rich jerk. What she needs is just a nice guy like me. (After you get the settlement, give me a call). I''ll be nice until the money runs out.

[jetlizhan]

as i''ve said before, madonna is just plain nasty - shame on a-rod for falling for her sleeziness.

[toolmangler-2009]

Typical white girl ripping off a poor black man again, what a ho!
Posted by zgomer at 10:39 AM : Jul 07, 2008


Poor Black man, My Aunt Penelopes pet Penguin. SSssshhhheeeeessssshhhhh! BTW I am a Yankees Fan and Like A-Rods ball playing. (His lawyers are better than hers)

[mgeg1]

Madonna and Lenny Kravits? I guess the Rodriguez''s Love the 90''s!

[sassalin]

Keithle1,

I hope you are kidding. If not, your a pig just like him.

A guy can keep it in his pants. All he has to do is say NO.

Very easy even if you have the brain of a roach.

[keithle1]

Another one bites the dust.

Ah, well. Least you had a fancy wedding. Isn''t that what it''s all about?

You can''t marry a pro athlete & expect him not to cheat. Come on now. Those guys are chick magnets. Groupies waiting for them in every city they visit.