LiAngelo Ball filed for divorce from Rashida Nicole in California just one week after she publicly announced she was expecting their child, according to court documents obtained by TMZ Sports.
The former basketball player-turned-rapper, known for his track “Tweaker,” married Nicole on March 24 and listed their separation date as June 15. The filing cites “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for the split. Ball is requesting joint custody and visitation rights.
Nicole’s pregnancy reveal came only seven days before the divorce paperwork was submitted. The timing raised eyebrows online, but Ball didn’t seem fazed by the public reaction.
“When people conversate about my personal life, it don’t touch me or bother me too much. Like I see it, of course, because, you know, everybody got a phone, but it don’t rub me the wrong way or nothing because nobody really go what I go through every day. You not me, for real. So it don’t mean s**t, for real,” Ball told Billboard News.
This isn’t the first time Ball’s personal life has made headlines. In March, Nikki Mudarris—the mother of his other children—claimed he walked out on their family shortly after the birth of their second child.
“We spent three and a half years together, and last week he decided to walk out on his kids and tell me he got someone else pregnant (allegedly) and now is creating a new life with her,” Mudarris wrote in a now-viral Instagram post.
Ball has not publicly responded to Mudarris’ claims.
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