Cynthia Rodriguez plans to file divorce papers to end her marriage with Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez Monday in Dade County, Fla., Family court, according to reports by several news organizations, including the Associated Press and the Miami Herald. And one of her lawyers has invoked the name of Madonna.
The AP report says the suit claims a "long period of infidelity on the part or Mr. Rodriguez, an all-star baseball player for the New York Yankees." It also claims "emotional abandonment."
A-Rod has been romantically linked to entertainment superstar Madonna and there have been reports of frequent late-night visits to her Park Avenue apartment. Madonna's marriage to Guy Ritchie has also been rumored to be on the rocks.
According to the Herald story, Rodriguez’s wife is represented by attorneys Maurice Kutner and Anthony Sabatino, of Miami, and Earle Lilly and John Van Ness of Houston.
Lilly said he was hired by Cynthia Rodriguez last week to launch the divorce case and told a Houston TV station KTRK that the Yankee's “relationship with Madonna was the final straw for Mrs. Rodriguez.”
Alex Rodriguez has refused to comment on his relationship with Madonna, and Madonna denied any romantic involvement with A-Rod in a statement posted Sunday afternoon on People Magazine's website.
“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.”
Kutner, one of C-Rod's Miami lawyers, told the Miami Herald his client saw divorce as her only remaining option.
"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.
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The Final Score just wanted to let you to know about this story as quickly as possible, and you can be sure that there will be follow-up posts as the story unfolds, although it will be tough to beat Anthony's comment about what Madonna and A-Rod have in common:
"She hasn't had a hit in 15 years. He hasn't had a clutch hit in 15 years."
Comments (2)
Enough. Give this topic its own blog, if you must. But I can't tell you how much I don't care.
Nothing on #536 ... against the Red Sox, no less.
I know Maddona has more class than that. This person is biggest
child in sports. He has no idea about sportsman ship or vows. Every time he appears he's doing something stupid to embarrass himself. LOSER.