BY MIKE LANSU
The wife of NBA star Dwyane Wade has filed a lawsuit against the Miami Heat guard's alleged actress girlfriend, claiming her conduct around their young children has inflicted emotional distress.
Siohvaughn Wade claims actress Gabrielle Union "engaged in sexual foreplay with Dwyane Wade" in front of Wade's 8-year-old and 2-year-old sons while on an unsupervised visitation to the basketball star's Miami home, according to a suit filed Tuesday in Cook County Circuit Court.
The suit also claims Wade's oldest son was allowed to play unsupervised in or around the Miami home's pool at night. Wade and Union ignored the boy, whose "screams and cries" eventually got the attention of Wade's mother, Jolinda Wade, who took the boy inside, according to the suit.
The 8-year-old later told court appointed child representative Lester Barelay what happened and asked him "to put his father in jail..." so he would not have to return to the home, which he calls "the house where the woman kissing daddy lives," the suit said.
The suit also claims the younger child nearly drowned while in his father's care and Union drove the boys to the park with his oldest son in the front seat.
On one visitation, Wade allegedly orchestrated a meeting between Union and the boys, where he introduced the actress as his "girlfriend" and said "that is why your mom and I are going to divorce," according to the suit.
Dwyane and Siohvaughn Wade have been "sweethearts" since they were 15 years old and currently still married but are involved in a divorce proceeding, the suit said.
The boy's mother claims the sexual foreplay in front of the boys and the orchestrated meeting to introduce the children to their future stepmother caused emotional distress.
The older child has sought medical treatment for stress and anxiety, has developed nervous habits, experiences headaches, and is generally anxious to the point of "significant" hair loss causing bald spots, according to the suit. The boy is currently seeking court-mandated mental evaluations at the University of Chicago, the suit said.
Siohvaughn Wade and the boys are seeking more than $50,000 from Union at a trial.
A Tuesday night message left with Siohvaughn Wade's attorney, William P. Suriano, was not immediately returned. A message left with the NBA Players Association seeking comment from Dwyane Wade's agent was also not returned.
Dwyane Wade -- an alumni of Richards High School in Oak Lawn -- has played all seven seasons of his professional career for the Miami Heat. The 28-year-old is a six-time NBA all-star and has won an NBA championship and gold medal. He has the option to opt out of his current contract this summer, and the Chicago Bulls are rumored to be interested in signing him.
I hope she wins her law suit. It appears that women like Gabrielle Union or Alicia Keys think they can just do what they want with no regards for consequences. This IS a married man and regardless of what problems he might have had in his marriage, she should have not got involved. Is he guilty? Of course and he'll get his in court and in life because Karma is a b**ch! The sad thing is, we're not talking about 18 yr old girls, these are full grown women that know exactly what they are doing, but their selfishness out weigh any decent morals and values. My advice to Siohvaughn is to hold her head up and to focus on raising her sons without Dwayne in the home. But most important, to be a praying mother and watch God show up and show out! The word is true, they will reap what they have sown.
This woman needs some serious counseling, unless we're talking about actual sexual foreplay as defined in medical terms. If we're talking hugs, kisses, and holding hands, then wifey-pooh is way outa line. The trauma to the children isn't caused by these things. It would be caused by Mommie badmouthing Daddy and ragging on the girlfriend. If this the best she can do, things must be tough in the wife's legal corner. My kids were not happy about my wife's and my divorce, it greatly upset them, and that couldn't be helped, except over time when they saw that we were civil with one another and didn't talk bad about the other, ever. We remain close friends after 16 years. The kids were worried about a stable environment and seeing me regularly. I was on active duty in the Army as a commanding officer, but every free moment I spent with them, no matter what it took to get to them. I spoke to them every week and wrote every month. My ex was good about ensuring I had a place to stay (sometimes with her) and encouraged the children to write and call me. All that takes time. That hasn't happened yet with Wade and Mommie is fueling the fire, so the stable environment issue will take awhile, unless he gets custody and stops her nonsense. As I said, it all turns on what the term sexual foreplay means in this context. Given all the photos we've seen of Gabrielle and Dwayne, there's no hint of that, but you never know. Personally, while I don't care for him, I give him the benefit of the doubt and side with him that the wife is REALLY stretching things to make this claim. And only asking $50,000 ?!?!?!
They had a h*** of a good time with this on TTJMS. Tom was in rare form.
Ms. Union needs to understand and remember: What goes around, comes around. God bless the Wade family.
How long are we obligated to stay with our spouse if divorce papers are filed? Is Dewayne to put his life on hold for the next 10yrs because she won't sign the papers? We shouldn't be made to stay or be strung along because of someone's childishness. You can't make someone stay with you by not signing divorce papers! If he has not changed his mind in this long, why not let it go?!!!! I believe they were married at a young age. They tried marriage it didn't work but it seems that Siohvaughn won’t let it go. After one lawsuit fails, here she comes with another. Vengeance is not ours it is the LORD. What is up with all the lawsuits? It makes me think she is money hungry (my opinion). None of us really know the truth. I can say that if Siohvaughn is lying about the kids and foreplay, she should be ashamed and I would honestly believe that she is not interested in the well-being of the children. If she was telling the truth and foreplay was outside of hugs and kisses, they should be ashamed. These are children they should be taught how to carry themselves in a manner able way and people around them should be a great example because they soak up things like a sponge. If neither parent practices this around the kids, maybe neither should have custody of them. I hate to put it like that but it is the truth. I am a single parent that is obligated to have financial support from my child’s father, whether willing or he is made to. I receive nothing from him! I take care of our child on my own! As much as I can't stand to hear his name, our child will never know the anger I have towards "his dad". His father’s way is something he will figure out one day on his own. He has a wonderful job but I am not hanging up in the court house trying to sue for back time. Of course I have ever reason too, I did not make our child alone. I just refuse to make a grown person do what he/she does not want to do. We reap what we have sown!! I know that the Lord will continue to give me the strength that I need to provide for our child, so I leave it all in his hands. That is only a pinch of the examples that should be displayed before these children.
Oh and just for the record, the kids or the mother wouldn't have to sue for "emotional distress", if she would stop prolonging her signature for the divorce papers, that were filed in 2007;-) LET IT GO!!!!!!!!
I agree with her. she should sue that b***h because she ain't got no business f**king with that womans man. Dwayne should be ashame, he would rather be with a h** than a housewife. I use to like him, but now he is a b***h.