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Introduction :
Tawanna Turner is the long-time girlfriend and ex-wife of famous basketball star Allen Iverson.
Allen Iverson Tawanna Turner Married Life Journey :
- Tawanna was dating Allen since the tender age of 16, and they were prom sweethearts from rival high schools in Virginia’s Hampton Roads.
- Thus, the couple was together for many years before they were married in 2001.
- However, the marriage was very tumultuous for her.
- Even as newlyweds, police were called to their house after a fight.
- The following year Allen attacked Tawanna and threw her out of their home naked, before coming back to look for her with a gun.
- Their relationship was notoriously volatile like this for many years, and in 2010 Tawanna filed for divorce the first time.
- She withdrew her filing at his request, on the condition that he would sign a prenuptial agreement. She made him put up his $32M payout due to him from Reebok and he had to agree to certain behavioral guidelines. However, he did not stick to the guidelines and Tawanna refiled for the divorce the following year.
- They had five children throughout the course of their marriage.
- In recent years, however, Tawanna & Allen seem to be on good terms, and he even gave her a lot of praise during his Hall of Fame induction speech.
- Since the speech, Tawanna seems to be living with Allen and the three youngest of their five children in Ballantyne, an upscale Charlotte neighborhood.
- She also agreed to give him half of the $32M payout that was awarded to her in the divorce.