Shaquille O’Neal Files Petition To End His Five Years Marriage

Shaquille O'Neal filed for divorce from his wife Shaunie in Miami on Tuesday.

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Shaq married his then-longtime girlfriend Shaunie Nelson on Dec. 26, 2002, in a lavish, top-secret ceremony at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

The couple has four children together: Shareef, 7, Amirah, 5, Shaqir, 4, and Me'Arah, 1. Shaq, 35, also has a daughter, Taahirah, from an earlier relationship and Shaunie, 32, has a son, Myles.

The petition reveals that the couple has a prenuptial agreement and a copy of the agreement "will be filed ... under seal."

"The marriage between the parties is irretrievably broken," reads the petition, which was filed by O'Neal's lawyer, Ira Elegant, in Miami-Dade Circuit Court on Tuesday.

O'Neal also says in the petition that Shaunie has been "secretive about her assets ... particularly with respect to certain properties owned or titled in either [her] name alone or in other entities" and requests that the court require Shaunie to give a "correct accounting of all money, funds, stocks, bonds, and other securities (including bearer securities)" acquired during the marriage.

Shaq recommends that his wife be "primary residential custodian" of their children and asks for "liberal rights of visitation."

However, It is not known who is representing Shaunie.