They got engaged in 2000, when she was 18 and still a senior in high school. He ascended to the top of the NBA and was a three-time champion before the news of his affair in a Colorado hotel room and the ensuing sexual assualt charges surfaced.
Vanessa stood by her husband — getting a $4 million ring for her loyalty — but that could only last so long, as she filed for divorce this week.
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