Sideshow: Tawanna Iverson files for divorce - again

June 16, 2011|By Tirdad Derakhshani, Inquirer Staff Writer

Allen Iverson's wife, Tawanna, has filed for divorce - again - from the former Sixers messiah, days after A.I., 36, announced he wanted to return to the NBA.

Filed in Fulton County, Ga., Superior Court, Tawanna's petition says the two have been separated for some time and describes their marriage as "irretrievably broken." That's the same term she used the first time she filed for divorce on March 2, 2010. She later withdrew that petition. Iverson's lawyer, Jonathan Levine, confirmed to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that Tawanna had filed for divorce but declined further comment.

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In court papers, Tawanna requests sole legal and physical custody of the couple's five children, as well as alimony and child support.

The Iversons met as teens at Bethel High School in Hampton, Va. They wed Aug. 3, 2001, a few months after A. I. and the Sixers lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Finals.

A plot against Joss Stone?

British authorities said Wednesday they were detaining two men for "conspiracy to rob and conspiracy to murder" in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate British singer Joss Stone. The men were arrested Monday near the warbler's home in Cullompton, southwest England.

Police say the unnamed men, aged 30 and 33, had this whole kidnap-'n'-kill kit on them. They allegedly had swords (whaaa?), rope, a body bag, maps, and aerial photos of Stone's secluded pad. The singer says she's "absolutely fine and getting on with life as normal."

 

Sean Penn already on the rebound?

Sean Penn, 50, who dumped Scarlett Johansson, 26, like, two minutes ago, has been spied dining with Haiti-born actress Garcelle Beauvais, 44, says E!Online. But E! can't decide: Was this a hot 'n' heavy, or was Sean, an advocate for Haiti relief work, simply consulting with a fellow activist?

 

Of lust, love, 'n' children

Elizabeth Hurley's divorce from jet-setting business magnate Arun Nayar has been finalized, ABC News says. The couple wed in '07 in a civil ceremony in England, followed by a traditional Hindi wedding in India. Hurley is currently making time with Aussie cricketer Shane Warne

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Natalie Portman remains an enigma: When will the swooning, swanlike beauty and her French fiance, Black Swan choreographer and costar Benjamin Millepied, 33, get married? We do not know. What will they name their Brand-New Baby Boy, whom the Star Wars starlet allegedly delivered sometime Tuesday? (Mazel tov!) We don't know that, either.

 

Selena, King of Prussia, Monday

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