Detroit Tigers star Prince Fielder has filed for divorce; wife seeking financial support, Two days after he declared that “everything’s fine,” word came down that Detroit Tigers first baseman Prince Fielder filed to end his marriage in May.
According to court records in Orange County, Fla., Fielder filed a dissolution-of-marriage case on May 28, asking a judge to end his marriage to Chanel Fielder.
Lawyers for both parties could not immediately be reached for comment today. In the latest filing with the court Tuesday, Chanel Fielder asked for her attorney fees and costs to be covered and temporary support. The couple has two sons, Haven and Jadyn.
The couple has been married since 2005. Right before he signed with the Tigers in early 2012, Fielder and his wife had renewed their wedding vows and took a trip overseas.
“He’s a big teddy bear, “ Chanel Fielder said at the time. “You want that fire on the field. It’s off the field that you want him to not have it, and he doesn’t.”
In court documents, the Fielders list a condo in Michigan and a home in Windermere, Fla., near Orlando, where his wife says their children reside with her.
In the documents, Chanel Fielder claims after her husband filed for divorce, he stopped depositing income into their joint accounts and stopped paying “normal bills and expenses.” She says Fielder expects her to pay the expenses for the Florida home and she “is without sufficient income” so she is need and entitled to support for her and the children.
In a radio interview Tuesday, Tigers teammate Torii Hunter suggested that something off the field could be affecting Prince Fielder’s performance.
Told that Hunter’s comments had become a story back in Detroit, Fielder said: “Yeah? Well I’m gonna turn the story off. It’s fine. Everything’s fine.”
Nothing’s affecting him? “Nah,” Fielder said.
Asked whether he felt that it was nobody’s business anyway, Fielder said: “Yeah, you’re right.”
Fielder entered Wednesday’s game at U.S. Cellular Field hitting .219 with five home runs and 27 RBIs during his last 50 games.
He hit .313 with 30 home runs in 162 games last season, with a .412 on-base percentage and a .528 slugging percentage.
Entering Tuesday, he was hitting .261 with 17 home runs in 117 games, with a .352 on-base percentage and a .432 slugging percentage.
Hunter made his comments to Ryan Ermanni on the “Ryan and Rico” show on WMGC-FM (105.1).
“This guy’s a strong guy, he’s out there everyday, won’t come out of the lineup, no matter what’s going on off the field or on the field,” Hunter said about Fielder. “I mean, he’s a strong guy and us, as players, we know what’s really going on, and we appreciate him going out there every day despite. …”
At that point, Ermanni asked whether Hunter thought everyone should “back off Prince Fielder a little bit right now.”
“Yeah, definitely,” Hunter said. “I can’t get into” circumstances.
Asked about the radio interview before Tuesday’s game, Hunter said: “I was just saying that everybody goes through something. They were talking about Prince, and I said, ‘Man, you don’t know what’s going on in that man’s life.’ Anything could be going on, but that guy goes out there every day, and he plays the game hard. But nobody knows what’s really going on in his personal life.”
Hunter said he was talking in general. He said before he went on the show, he heard the hosts talking about Fielder not doing his job.
“When I got on air, that’s when I said, ‘Hey, you don’t know what’s going on.’ ” Hunter said. “So I’m defending my guy.”
“That’s my brother in this clubhouse. We’re all brothers, so we take care of each other.”
Hunter said he spoke to Fielder about it. And Hunter said he’s going to through a lot of things himself.
“We all got family issues, trust me,” Hunter said. “But you won’t ever see it. I’ll smile every day.”
According to court records in Orange County, Fla., Fielder filed a dissolution-of-marriage case on May 28, asking a judge to end his marriage to Chanel Fielder.
Lawyers for both parties could not immediately be reached for comment today. In the latest filing with the court Tuesday, Chanel Fielder asked for her attorney fees and costs to be covered and temporary support. The couple has two sons, Haven and Jadyn.
The couple has been married since 2005. Right before he signed with the Tigers in early 2012, Fielder and his wife had renewed their wedding vows and took a trip overseas.
“He’s a big teddy bear, “ Chanel Fielder said at the time. “You want that fire on the field. It’s off the field that you want him to not have it, and he doesn’t.”
In court documents, the Fielders list a condo in Michigan and a home in Windermere, Fla., near Orlando, where his wife says their children reside with her.
In the documents, Chanel Fielder claims after her husband filed for divorce, he stopped depositing income into their joint accounts and stopped paying “normal bills and expenses.” She says Fielder expects her to pay the expenses for the Florida home and she “is without sufficient income” so she is need and entitled to support for her and the children.
In a radio interview Tuesday, Tigers teammate Torii Hunter suggested that something off the field could be affecting Prince Fielder’s performance.
Told that Hunter’s comments had become a story back in Detroit, Fielder said: “Yeah? Well I’m gonna turn the story off. It’s fine. Everything’s fine.”
Nothing’s affecting him? “Nah,” Fielder said.
Asked whether he felt that it was nobody’s business anyway, Fielder said: “Yeah, you’re right.”
Fielder entered Wednesday’s game at U.S. Cellular Field hitting .219 with five home runs and 27 RBIs during his last 50 games.
He hit .313 with 30 home runs in 162 games last season, with a .412 on-base percentage and a .528 slugging percentage.
Entering Tuesday, he was hitting .261 with 17 home runs in 117 games, with a .352 on-base percentage and a .432 slugging percentage.
Hunter made his comments to Ryan Ermanni on the “Ryan and Rico” show on WMGC-FM (105.1).
“This guy’s a strong guy, he’s out there everyday, won’t come out of the lineup, no matter what’s going on off the field or on the field,” Hunter said about Fielder. “I mean, he’s a strong guy and us, as players, we know what’s really going on, and we appreciate him going out there every day despite. …”
At that point, Ermanni asked whether Hunter thought everyone should “back off Prince Fielder a little bit right now.”
“Yeah, definitely,” Hunter said. “I can’t get into” circumstances.
Asked about the radio interview before Tuesday’s game, Hunter said: “I was just saying that everybody goes through something. They were talking about Prince, and I said, ‘Man, you don’t know what’s going on in that man’s life.’ Anything could be going on, but that guy goes out there every day, and he plays the game hard. But nobody knows what’s really going on in his personal life.”
Hunter said he was talking in general. He said before he went on the show, he heard the hosts talking about Fielder not doing his job.
“When I got on air, that’s when I said, ‘Hey, you don’t know what’s going on.’ ” Hunter said. “So I’m defending my guy.”
“That’s my brother in this clubhouse. We’re all brothers, so we take care of each other.”
Hunter said he spoke to Fielder about it. And Hunter said he’s going to through a lot of things himself.
“We all got family issues, trust me,” Hunter said. “But you won’t ever see it. I’ll smile every day.”
