The Shaquille O’Neal and Shaunie Nelson Divorce 

In September 2007, Shaquille O’Neal and Shaunie Nelson divorced in Florida after reaching a settlement of an undisclosed amount. Today, O’Neal plays center on the NBA team Miami Heat. His wife Shaunie Nelson was recently granted a three-month continuance by the court in her hopes to forge a reconciliation with the Miami Heat player.


It’s Game Over for Shaquille O’Neal and Shaunie Nelson, in the marriage department that is, as shown by the divorce records filed for the couple on September 4, 2007. The American pro-basketball player, recognized as one of the most dominant in the NBA, now starts center for the Miami Heat, following stints with the LA Lakers and the Orlando Magic. He married long-time girlfriend Shaunie Nelson in 2002.

Data about Shaquille O’Neal and Shaunie Nelson from Divorce Records

Basketball star Shaquille O’Neal has lost that loving feeling, filing for divorce from his wife of five years, Shaunie Nelson, divorce records show. The Miami Heat center, 35, filed the marriage divorce records papers through his attorney Ira Elegant in the Miami-Dade Circuit Court in Florida. In the divorce records documents filed Tuesday, September 2007, O’Neal claimed that his marriage to Nelson had been “irretrievably broken,” going on to accuse his wife of being secretive with his money.

O’Neal’s marriage divorce records petition revealed that the estranged couple had signed a prenuptial agreement prior to their lavish December 26, 2002 wedding held in Beverly Hills. Both parties are intent on keeping the details of the said prenuptial papers under lock and key.

In his divorce records petition, O’Neal, 35, accused Nelson of being shady about her personal assets, particularly with regard to certain properties titled or owned in her name or other entities. Available divorce records reports say that the basketball star demanded that Nelson give their lawyers a correct and accurate accounting of all funds, bonds, stocks, moneys as well as other securities that she obtained during their five-year marriage.

Other marriage divorce records news concerning O’Neal and Nelson allege that Nelson transferred millions of dollars from the sports star’s accounts without his say-so, into her personal offshore and inland holdings. O’Neal has asked the courts to order a complete investigation into every single penny that his wife came into throughout their brief marital union, related divorce records info showed.

According to court public divorce records papers, the two have four children together – Shareef, seven years old; Amirah, five years old; Shaqir, four years old; and Me’Arah, 1 year old. A divorce records search also showed that both Nelson and O’Neal have one child each from previous relationships. It was learned that O’Neal, nicknamed “The 8th Wonder,” recommended that his estranged wife Nelson take primary residential custody of the couple’s four children.

At present, Shaquille O’Neal makes around $20 million yearly in his Miami Heat contract, plus the endorsement deals he gets that are estimated to be worth a couple of millions more each year. O’Neal and Nelson have listed their home on the posh Star Island of Miami Beach for about $32 million, roughly $13 million more than what they paid for it after “The 8th Wonder” was traded to the Miami Heat by the LA Lakers prior to the 2004-2005 season.

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