Michael Jordan and his wife, Juanita, divorced Friday after 17 years of marriage.
“Michael and Juanita Jordan mutually and amicably decided to end their 17-year marriage,” the couple said in a statement issued through their lawyers. “A judgment for dissolution of their marriage was entered today. There will be no further statements.”
Michael Jordan’s lawyer, Frederick J. Sperling, declined comment.
But in court documents filed Friday with the Lake County Circuit Court, the couple said “irreconcilable differences have caused an irretrievable breakdown of the marriage.” The couple said attempts to reconcile their marriage had failed and future ones “would be impractical and not in the best interests of the family.”
Juanita Jordan previously filed for divorce in January 2002, but withdrew her petition a month later when the couple announced they were attempting a reconciliation.
The couple met at a Chicago restaurant during his second season with the Bulls and were married Sept. 2, 1989, in Las Vegas. They have three children: Jeffrey, 18, Marcus, 16, and Jasmine, 14.
Michael Jordan, 43, lives in Chicago; Juanita Jordan, 47, lives in Highland Park, Ill.
The Jordans, who have lived separately since February, will share custody of their children, according to court documents. SOURCE
According to Page Six, Michael was spotted out with friends last week trying to holler at girls prior to the sudden divorce. Folks are saying this is why they have split but, we all know how these basketball players get down so its no surprise.
i’m first this needed to happen they probaly have been unhappy for a while
With all this money …..marriage is more like a bizness arraignement ……
MO MONEY’ MO PROBLEMS’ SHE WILL TAKE HALF OF WHAT HE USED 2 OWN HA- HA SADD FACT. ANOTHER BROKEN BLACK FAMILY.. U WOULD THINK MJ KNEW BETTER BUT HAY ** GOOD* PU$$Y IS THE ROOT 2 ALL EVIL
Maybe it was that hairstyle that did it…her ass looks HORRIBLE!
i liked MJ as a player (on the court) but it is well publicized that he is a WHORE. it’s unfortunate that their marriage ended, but Juanita is still a pretty woman and she can do better without the drama and deceit.
I’ve always thought he could do better (as far as looks are concerned) but to each…
On the other hand OF course she will get half, she was with him BEFORE he was “Jordan”…
I am sure they will be fine..
After putting in almost 20 years with his ass, she deserves to get half. And I normally wouldn’t say that but I am sure he has put her through much hell in 17 years. She grew accustomed to a certain lifestyle so he should be responsible for maintaining that for her. I hate to see any black family break up but if you have given 100% and it’s not getting better, you have to move on. His funky attitude is only going to get worse now.
good for Juanita. As for Mike – what goes around, comes around.
At #6- I’m just glad he married a sista!!
That’s sad that they are breaking up after being married for so long, but none of us know what they went through. Good luck to them!
This is a sad situation! However, we dont know what went on behind the scenes.
BTW my people let’s not make this a race issue. I know this post will be all over the place .
I heard they did not have a pre-nup so she will be set for life. But at least they are doing it decently and not trash talking about each other (not yet anyway). I think they genuinely tried to work it out.
Another thing black women please stop being so bitter. The anger that some of you display is not a good look,and this is coming from a black women, settle down…damn
I’M REALLY SAD TO HEAR THIS BUT IT’S PROBABLY FOR THE BEST THE KIDS ARE MUCH OLDER AND HAVE SOMEWHAT OF AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT’S GOING ON BUT GOOD LUCK TO ALL.
I can say am not a Jordan fan (more of a Larry Johnson Hornets fan ) but at least they worked it out for this long , all there kids are in there teens ,and it will not be so hard on the kids, she moves on , and him being Jordan it will not be hard for him to move on and just kick it ,I don’t think she should get half, she was not in the playoffs games, she was not on the road half the year, why should she get paid , just cause she is a mother, come on now !!
I recall reading somewhere that Michael Jordan is now working with the Charlotte Bobcats (Robert Johnson’s basketball team).
Not surprising…shyt I’m surprised this didn’t happen years ago.
He paid $80 to bring the little gurl home! Now, it’ll cost him $800 million to leave her alone! Its cheaper to keep her!
They built the family and impire together, so let them share the spoils! He’s had 17 years to figure a way to limit her cut! Lotta foolish golf betting and blackjack!
First Bobby and Whitney and now this! There’s nothing else to believe in! What’s next….shiny Ashford and Simpson? hehe!
Happy New Year er’ one!
I could bet this marriage ended b/c he couldn’t control his overwhelming desire to plug his you-know-what into every other skank he encountered. Cheating slimeballs!
This is so sad. Marriage is not what it use to be. 17 years is a very long time to be married and to end like this is very heartbreaking.Granted they probaly have been very unhappy for many years,I just wish them all well especially there children.
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@Natural Mystic
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Well, at least he won’t have to go down on Juanita’s shanky butt no more! That was probably the worst part!
There should be a law that limits spousal rights when someone gives it up before the marriage! They would think twice then before the spread!
this is sad but im sure they will be ok. its not good to stay with someone you dont like anymore
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@Keisheloca said: “its not good to stay with someone you dont like anymore”
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I hear what you’re saying and believe me, I understand people who feel this way, but when you take a marriage vow, the committment becomes more important than your likes and dislikes! They made a conscious decision to stay together for better or worst! They’re gonna pay a huge price for their “mutually and amicably decision to end their 17-year marriage…”
This is sad indeed. But they will get over this setback and go on with their lives.
THIS PISSES ME OFF BUT WHAT CAN I DO!
THEY WERE MY IDOLS AS FAR AS MARRIAGE GOES *SIGH*
I HAD NO IDEA SHE WAS OLDER THAN HIM!!
ANYWAY I DONT THINK IT WILL BE MESSY SO FAR ITS BEEN HUSH HUSH BESIDES JUANITA CARRIES HERSELF LIKE A LADY…
I had no idea that they were in the process of a divorce, I knew they were having trouble a while back, but…. I did hear he was cheating on her with alot of white girls…
it’s about time.
It’s definitely about time.
No amount of money is worth having if you cant keep your sanity and have one once of happiness with your mate. I am pretty sure some things got really ugly and why sugject your kids to this.
I wish them well and I am pretty sure she had to deal with alot and maybe she didnt have the best attitude but why stay in a broken marriage if the hurt is too painful to move foward.
I had a feeling when he called himself getting back with her it was just 2 put himself in a better place for the judge. But Mrs Jordan is not dumb. I’m sure she got her paper right.
kind.
@ #22 Meatloaf
“Well, at least he won’t have to go down on Juanita’s shanky butt no more! That was probably the worst part!
There should be a law that limits spousal rights when someone gives it up before the marriage! They would think twice then before the spread! ”
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Jaunatia looked very decent to me, probably cleaner than the whores he’s dealt with over the years. Besides, that’s his WIFE–that’s his job, like it or not..
I can’t imagine NOT “giving it up” before marriage. Sex is an important element of marriage, and if both spouses aren’t sexually compatible, that could be potentially damaging. Better to find out before rather than after…..
I hope she gets every cent she can. Cheating slimeball!
Sad.
That is what will happen when you trap a man by getting pregnant,lol. We all know Michael will have a white woman on his arm next like they all do. I wish someone would please tell me what is so fascinating about white women? they do not possess our beautiful skin,body shape,style or rhythme, yet black men act like they have hit the jackpot,lol. Maybe they give head betta, I don’t know, rofl……….
#22 shut the hell up, do u really realize what ur saying? So a woman who is getting her azz kicked by her husband or find out that her hubby is abusing and raping her kids, should what? Stay in the dayum marriage because they have been marrried for this amount of years? get a dayum grip and some sense. Sometimes things aren’t meant to be, even marriages.
@ 22 I agree with you 110% i got married last year in Feb.and there are many days where i feel like MY God my husband gets on my last nerve.But I know that i love my husband with all my heart and all my soul and he completes me. Marriage is not something you cut on and off its something that you work at all the time. Everyday is not gonna be peaches&cream, but thats what you thrive off to become a whole with each other. So many people get into marriages just settling.They build the person up into what they want them to be not realizing that in the process you tear your self down b/c you devote so much time in effort in to making things picture pefect.Eventually this puts a strain on the marriage and causes problems b/c you never really knew each other from the start.
@33 i agree with your comment, i think what 22 and i are saying is that Marriage is a joke now a days to some people and for 17 years to end just like that did you really try? Meaning both of them. Now as far as someone staying in a marriage for years that is being abused or their children are being abused then no forget how long you been together you definitley need to end that relationship.
^^ you dont have room to talk….you JUST got married…give it @ least 5yrs + then you can talk…..
Besides Marriage is not something people should take seriously….it was something that was created for the rich to keep the wealth in the family….Marriage is garbage…
@#34 bklyn0423 said:
You are absolutely correct! Also, one should not lose sense of who they are once you get married. One still needs to be an individual and have your own life even after you say “I do.” Much too often one spouse gets too consumed with the other that they can’t function independently. Also, I believe to each his own on the sex before marriage subject. Personally, I wanna know what my potential spouse is working with before we get married! That’s real talk!
HAPPY NEW YEAR CLoopers!
Just because the kids are a in their teens doesn’t mean the divorce will be easier on them, unless they saw it coming. My dad decided to leave my mom after 25 years of marriage and it was a shock to all of us. It definitely hasn’t been easy on me and i’m older then the jordan kids.
Secondly the reason why marriages lasted longer “back in the day” is because women were beneath men and couldnt stand on their own two feet…So instead of leaving they HAVE put up with the cheating and abuse
Now a woman can be the breadwinner just like a man thats why there are so many divorces….According to stats it’s usually the wife that ends the relationship….
Men take marriage more seriously than women…They fully believe in commitment…even when they cheat they still expect the women to honor and obey THEM!..
I mean..Jaunita is probably fed up with Michael but what can you say. A man can only say “no” so many times.
1. I live in Chicago. Mike has been ‘out there bad’ for years, sleeping with different women. People in this city know it. Everyone knows it.
2. Fortunately, Mike has a good relationship with the Chicago media, and as such, the media has stayed out of Mike’s extra-marital affairs. To be frank, Mike’s affairs span the contintal U.S. — no joke.
3. This was bound to happen. Both of them are better off for it. They have both been classy and dignified about it. As for the money, Mike is supposedly worth between $400MM to $500MM. He will give her half, and not lose any sleep.
4. Women crack me up. Groupies (def: females infatuated with stars) marry a ball-player or entertainer, and then act suprised and get mad when he cheats on you with new groupies. You think you can ‘beat the game’ by wife-ing him up and locking him down with kids? So dumb! For you women who were not paying attention in the ‘classroom of life’ — its part of the EQUATION.
@ Ayanna why are you so angry? It doesnt matter if you are married for 6 months or 60 years the fact of the matter is when you take your vows you are taking vows in in front of the eyes of GOD.Now im not saying GOD said be a fool and stay married to someone who is abusive, but alot of people just settle not realizing that when you do marry this is a commitment and it takes work and effort.I dont know where you came up with “marriage should not be taken seriously”.@37 your absolutley right we focus on one individual in the marriage and not the whole picture.@38 your right it really doesnt matter how old the children are when you are use to your parents together and thats all you know, regardless of the age seeing them apart will always affect you.
WOW, I didn’t think y’all really cared about marraige! I suprized at the responses!
Question for the “pre-marital” folks…a virgin will have nothing to compare her husband to on wedding night, so what is this about “$exual compatibality?”
Natualy Mystic said: “I can’t imagine NOT “giving it up” before marriage. Sex is an important element of marriage, and if both spouses aren’t sexually compatible, that could be potentially damaging.”
So, you’ll give it up and compare him to all the other 50 or so men you’ve had? I know you haven’t had 50, but you see my point!
This thing with the Jordans was wrong from the start! And, it says a lot about both of their integrities if they are now eager to break the vows they took!
I have proof that Juanita was a hoe the day Michael met her!
And, to all of you emotional people who are trying to drag children, abuse and rape into this saga! Well, there is absolutely not allegations that Michael abused his kids! So, I’ll digress from the Jordans to incest and pediphiles!
When a man or woman commits adultry, they are free to get a divorce! I don’t dispute that, but, that divorce is not an automatic solution! Venessa stayed with Kobe! And, so did Jesse, Bill Cl, Bill Co, and Jimmy!
Incest is rarely a secret in a family! The mom usually knows whats going on! I will say that abuse, rape and violence are criminal acts and intervention is necessary! Get help! Don’t stay in a house and get beat! The cases of violence and abuse are not the #1 cause of divorce! Its “irreconcilable differences”! A bull$#!T catch all! We can discuss the topic of incest and abuse at a later time! Developing…!
Back to the Jordans. Michael was sleeping around with lots of women when he slept around with Jaunita…and guess what? She knew he was a “hot” boi! If you lay down with dogs, you raise up with fleas!
Counseling works!!! People change! In a few more years, Michael won’t see white women like he does at age 43! He’ll slow down and they could grind through like Ashford and Simpson or Bill and Cameille!
SO DAMN WHAT HE CHEATED?
Juanita’s greatest achievement is: Marrying Michael Jordan.
Juanita’s 2nd greatest achievement is: Getting alimony from Michael Jordan.
Matter of fact, I don’t even call it cheating, he takes what he has earned, and she should’ve seen it coming unless she’s stupid – which I suspect is not the case.
#41 Said it best with his fourth point. I couldn’d have said it better. Damn heiffers.
What the fuck ever! Juanita going to be rich as hell, and i hope with all the cheating that mj’s dick just fall off! i could care less about all the parties involved in this marriage. No baring on my life, next……
Shit, who gets the house?
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P.S. That asian guy in front of Jordan’s gate is not me. It might be Juanita’s gate now.
#45 @Jscene, I hate to be the one to break the news, but Jaunita is already rich as hell!!!! And, there’s only one desease found only in China, that causes ones dick to just, up and fall off…! Its called “hong kong dong”! hehe!
What parties?
sad thing that this has happened.
It is about time she left his cheating ass. He was trying to sleep with one of the white girls that work at a radio station down here in ATL. Plus a few years ago some white chick in N.C. said that they were having an affair. I will give him about 6 months before he will be sporting a white chick on his arm. You know how they do when they get some money the sistas are not good enough for them anymore.
I don’t understand why any woman would marry a man with the celebrity of Michael Jordan and expect him to remain “faithful”. You as a woman would practically have to be at his beck and call on some “I Dream of Genie” type shit just to compensate for all the offers that Michael would get on an hourly basis. Highly improbable, if not impossible, because many modern day women believe that they’re better than men so they would find it demeaning to “tend” to a man’s needs, even one that allowed them to live a lifestyle that they never dreamed of. I think Juanita would have stayed with him but her ego was probably bruised. I’m sure that she had many of her “friends” putting bugs in her ear, stressing how she can’t let Michael “disrespect” her. It’s a comedy of errors because she did try to trap him with the pregnancy and yet he was silly enough to not get a prenup. I don’t wanna hear none of that “she was with him before the stardom” shit either because Michael was MICHAEL from the ’84 Olympics. She was a groupie that cashed in and now she’s cashing out.
I saw this coming 3 miles away! It’s sad, but marriage is about honor, love, respect, and trust forever. One of them or both felt that these things were missing.
@# 43
“So, you’ll give it up and compare him to all the other 50 or so men you’ve had? I know you haven’t had 50, but you see my point!”
Nah sorry, don’t really see the point. BUT MY point is, I wouldn’t compare a person to any other man, lover whatever… But if he’s REALLY crappy in bed and I know sex would be a part of my marriage with him, I wouldn’t waste my time or try and school a grown man… damn.. how’d this topic come up again??
you black women shpuld really start shutting the fuck up with thta hate opn white women. this is why black men leave ya asses . too much complaining and y’all think y’all God’s gift fro black men(get the fuck outta here).Why MJ cheat , the manis a king and life for him is a pussy buffet. there’s not really any woman that wouldn’t sleep with him.
How come none of these so-called black women that are complaining about Mike being with white women complain about Halle’s white boy – ya’ll are so phony – and to #39 saying “women were beneath men and couldnt stand on their own two feet” – this doesnt apply to black women – black women were running things pratically since slavery ended – that is the white womens bag – and dammit I’m a black man – stop being so bitter black women – it aint a good look, its puerile
Bottom line-
Balla, Banger or a wallpaper hanger, if you decide to get married and take the vows, Man-up and woman-up and do what you need to do to make it work – and if it ain’t working, man-up or woman-up and do the right thing and dissolve the marriage amicably — Especially when there are children involved.
Hell no it’s not easy, but anyone who cares about you – really cares, is not going to be out there on a regular basis with someone else. You will be tempted, temptation is part of life, you have to be mature, respect the person you have married or be smart enough not to give in to every temptation.
Ya’ll give people with money too much credit, they are most times no better, no more moral, no smarter than average people – just more famous, more wealthy and sometimes more talented. They are not above the problems and negative shit in society – and most times they don’t handle it any better or any different than the average man.
Sha said:
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I saw this coming 3 miles away! It’s sad, but marriage is about honor, love, respect, and trust forever. One of them or both felt that these things were missing.
THANK YOU SHA -
It’s as simple as that -love, honor, trust and respect.
# phillydon said:
you black women shpuld really start shutting the fuck up with thta hate opn white women. this is why black men leave ya asses . too much complaining and y’all think y’all God’s gift fro black men(get the fuck outta here).Why MJ cheat , the manis a king and life for him is a pussy buffet. there’s not really any woman that wouldn’t sleep with him.
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“Pussy Buffet”, huh?
since this is what your illiterate, crab-infested smelly crotch thinks of this, I wish you and your like indulge in this so-called “pussy buffet” and FILL yourself up till you’re choked up on syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia and HIV. Go chew on that, dumb bastard!
GOD & MARRIAGE is not the same…Sorry but you were lied too…
Marriage was just created to keep society in check…In a way so was God/Religion….
Anyways, my point is that people take marriage way too serously, instead of focusing on themselves and the relationship….Do you want an example…?
People making fun of Kim Porter or LaLa for not getting married…..Thats what I mean about people taking marriage toooo seriously….Dont get me wrong I think it’s great when a loving couple gets married, but I hate it when they start to think they are above others just because of the simple (really simple) fact that they are married…..How man times have you heard woman say ” Well @ least I was married when…blah,blah ,blah”….I also hate it when a wife thinks she is better then the mistress, just b/c she’s a wife, but in reality she looks just as bad if not worse than the mistress…
Anyways to MOST people marriage is just a status….It was that way before, and it still is that way now…Thats why I say Marriage is garbage…And I’m not Angry.
A mistress will have dirt on her face for while, but for a wife is usually lasts longer….
Think about it, everywhere Juanita goes in her community people are talking about her behind her back b/c they all know her husband is a cheating dog…How do you think she feels about that…
Poor woman probably cant even go to church without feeling uncomfortable…….
And I’m not just talking about Juanita I’m talking about all wives/Husbands who have been cheated on…At least leave a little respect for your spouse by keeping that shit on the DL..
NO #54….ALL women were beneath men….As in women werent getting equal rights….Black or White, a women couldnt get a good paying job as well as a man…That’s what I was talking about…
Of course we all know that black women are strong, I dont dispute that, lol