Alex Rodriquez's Wife Cynthia To File For Divorce

MIAMI — Alex Rodriguez's wife will file for divorce Monday, according to media reports. Cynthia Rodriguez, who married the New York Yankees star 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.

The suit is expected to be filed early Monday in Miami-Dade County Family Court. The court's Web site did not list any divorce filing involving Cynthia Rodriguez late Sunday.

Lilly didn't immediately return a phone call from The Associated Press.

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," 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," the statement continued, apparently referring to reports that the singer had introduced the ballplayer to the form of Jewish mysticism known as Kabbalah.

Comments

[johnnygoodwud]

here's how this will play out. a friend of mine went through a big time divorce. the lawyers would rant and rave in court, than go have cocktails together. once the lawyers milked the estate for everything they could, they told my friend and her husband to settle. it was a joke

[robbor]

i wish huffington post would dump and ignore all celebrity stories.

merely viewing the pictures on the home page makes me feel violated

[missionimpossible]

Are you crazy? Violated? You are way too sensitive. Get a life.

[indyny]

Just one more in a long line of Madonna maggots.

[firewmn]

STRAY-Rod will committ to a partial vow- For Richer - For Poorer...

[MadamRoma]

I think all this Madonna stuff is nothing more than garbage to cover-up what is really happening behind the scenes, in the corner, in the dark, in places where no one dares go, about things no one dares speak.

[StanTheManic]

Take that Yank-mee prick to the cleaners, girlfriend.

Then swing by Starbucks,

then your neighborhood bodega ...

then past the cleaners again ...

[joebiz]

On the Howard Stern Show a few month's ago, Jose Canseco stated that Alex Rodriguez had made a move on his estranged wife. Rodriguez was paid with the same coin.

[stringer]

So his affair with Madonna was the last straw, but yours with Lenny Kravitz was what? Incidental contact?

Yeah it's probably best to call this marriage over. But it looks like both parties had plenty of reasons to feel aggrieved. And Mrs. Rodriquez does not appear exactly blameless in this thing.

I'm not sure if having an affair with someone else necessarily qualifies as "exhausting every opportunity to save your marriage." I'm not saying she didn't do that at some point. Just not the point at which she was sleeping with Lenny Kravitz. That doesn't do much to salvage anything.

[NTO08]

Now THIS is funny:

http://www.hecklerspray.com/is-madonna-whacking-a-rods-balls-out-of-the-park/200815027.php

Now I know we should not be making jokes about people's whose lives are being altered by all this, especially the kids who are being affected by this...I love that A-Rod has hardly spent time with his new baby with Cynthia...NICE!

[NTO08]

I know, I know, it's OK magazine, but this info is juicy for all those who are into the gossip about Madge and A-Rod:

http://www.okmagazine.com/news/view/7644

I like that Lourdes was unimpressed with A-Rod...I think she knew what was going on...kids are very, very smart that way...

[simontherm]

poster boy of the modern athlete....me me me me me me me me me me

[missionimpossible]

You only wish you were A-Rod. Every super model will now have to get in line. A Rod is living every man's dream. God bless him!!

[snucky]

wow, i am a yankees fan i heard all kinds of rumors regarding arod's extra "activities.

[JudyMillerDubyaAgent]

Isn't there a prenup?

[kellygrrrl]

madonna does NOT have a pre-nup with guy

alex does have a pre-nup

notice how madonna is the one trying to avoid the divorce
(she already hired Paul McCartney's atty though, so I'm sure it's coming)

[princess10021]

So very sad for their children.

[LiberalBuzz]

Boy that's going to be an EXPENSIVE divorce for ol' A-Rod