Tony Parker and Eva Longoria
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Duration: 2007-2010
This marriage was so storybook that Tony Parker and Eva Longoria even had their wedding in a ritzy Paris cathedral, and the reception in a European castle. But maybe some people get married just for the ceremony. The French-born San Antonio Spurs point guard and the Desperate Housewives actress met after a game and started dating soon after. But it didn’t take long for their marriage to begin hitting bumps, especially as a celebrity gossip website ran an interview with a woman who claimed she had slept with Parker. The website wound up apologizing for the story, but three years later media began alleging that Parker was having an affair with a teammate’s wife, although other sources denied it.
Longoria, who also reportedly found hundreds of racy text messages on Parker’s phone, didn’t take any of it lying down and filed for divorce in 2010, amid allegations of her own infidelities. The couple had signed a prenuptial agreement and the divorce settlement, while reportedly high, was undisclosed.
Next: Tiki and Ginny Barber
Tiki and Ginny Barber
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Duration: 1999-2010
For the past few years it seems we’ve heard nothing but bad news about Tiki Barber. First, he quits football the year before his former New York Giants teammates upset the New England Patriots to win Super Bowl XLII, only to try an NFL comeback last year that fell flat. Figuring he’d be luckier with love, he tries to tie the knot with Traci Lynn Johnson, but there’s a problem there, too: his divorce from his wife, Ginny, was never finalized. As the saying goes, hell hath no wrath like a woman scorned, and especially a woman equipped with a good lawyer.
Apparently Ginny never forgot Tiki walking out on her when she was eight months pregnant with twins. She reportedly demanded $150,000 per month from him, which he says he can’t afford to pay. He may be right because football seems to have gone on without him and he was dropped from his role as an NBC commentator in 2010.
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