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Dwyane Wade’s high school sweetheart talks about divorce from NBA champion

by theGrio | September 26, 2012 at 4:37 PM
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Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat and his wife Siohvaughn arrive at the 2006 ESPY Awards at the Kodak Theatre on July 12, 2006 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat and his wife Siohvaughn arrive at the 2006 ESPY Awards at the Kodak Theatre on July 12, 2006 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

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In a recent interview with  Daily Mail UK, Siohvaughn Funches-Wade, ex-wife of NBA player Dwyane Wade, broke down about her divorce with the 2-time NBA champion. In the tumultuous divorce Siohvaughn lost custody of their two children and is struggling financially while her ex-husband enjoys a $17 million salary:

A decade ago, Siohvaughn Funches-Wade was broke and living with her high school sweetheart and their newborn son in a cramped apartment in Marquette, Wisconsin. But she was content.

Then in 2003, her husband’s name, Dwyane Wade, was called fifth in the NBA draft – propelling them to a life of red carpets and hangers-on. And while the fame meant they could enjoy a life of unimaginable wealth, it quickly sent their marriage plummeting to irrecoverable depths.

Now for the first time, Siohvaughn, who divorced Wade in 2007, has revealed in detail her heartbreak at the disintegration of their five-year marriage.

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