Teyana Taylor and Iman Shumpert are getting divorced … she secretly moved to finish their marriage practically a yr in the past and claims he is been a jealous narcissist throughout their 7-year marriage.
In line with new authorized docs, obtained by TMZ, Teyana filed to divorce the previous NBA star method again in January … greater than 8 months earlier than they announced a separation.
Within the docs, Teyana particulars the demise of their marriage … accusing Iman of being jealous about her fame and feeling insecure about being adequate for her, regardless of the very fact he was incomes far more taking part in basketball than she may ever dream of constructing in music.
Teyana claims Iman would develop irritated after they would attend public occasions collectively, and photogs would ask for him to step out of body.
She says when Iman signed a $40 million contract with the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers in 2015, the identical yr he was additionally paid $8 million by the New York Knicks, he remained aggravated by her notoriety, jealous of her appearing profession and insecure about being her man.
Sources with direct information inform TMZ … Teyana needed to maintain this non-public so long as potential, initially selecting to file with their initials. Nevertheless, Iman’s latest submitting within the divorce proceedings included full names, thus thrusting every little thing into the highlight.
Teyana claims that is when Iman began sending her unfavourable textual content messages with condescending and manipulative language in response to her being within the highlight. She claims he would decide fights along with her for no motive, even on her birthday, after which apologize.
Within the docs, which Teyana filed in Georgia, she says she now feels Iman was “treating her cruelly and displaying excessive narcissistic habits all through nearly all of their marriage.”
She says she “started to deliberately dim her gentle for her husband to attempt to have a harmonious and peaceable marriage” as Iman “grew to become an increasing number of offended” about her stardom.
What’s extra, Teyana says she turned down recording alternatives and appearing gigs as a result of Iman “didn’t need her to work.” However she says when she stopped working after giving beginning to considered one of their youngsters, Iman complained about her not earning money.
Teyana says she fought to maintain their household collectively regardless of Iman “being extraordinarily emotionally and mentally abusive in the direction of her.” She says she used her connections to get Iman gigs in Hollywood as his NBA profession wound down, however says he “sadly insisted on bickering” to the purpose the place in 2021 she started the divorce course of.
She says they reconciled however it was short-lived as a result of Iman “remained in an insecure state as his NBA profession continued to wind down.”
Within the docs, Teyana says in 2022 she discovered herself being manipulated and managed by Iman and filed for divorce … solely to ask her authorized staff to withdraw the submitting in the future later.
Teyana says she lastly pulled the set off in January as a result of she was “unable to deal with the emotional rollercoaster.”
She claims Iman has been concerned in a number of dishonest scandals throughout their marriage and cites his DUI arrest and recollects the time in 2022 when he was arrested for weed possession in an airport. Teyana additionally alleges Iman as soon as crashed her Rolls Royce and fled the scene to keep away from a second DUI arrest.
Teyana says she tried to stick with Iman by way of thick and skinny however says he “reacted with additional merciless therapy and selfishness.” After she secretly filed for divorce, she says Iman insisted on them getting again collectively solely to be lackadaisical and inconsistent and turn into concerned in one other dishonest scandal, which she says was embarrassing and humiliating.
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As we reported … Teyana introduced their separation in September and mentioned, “To be 1000% clear, ‘infidelity’ ain’t one of many causes for our departure.” Now, she says was simply being sleek in the direction of him.
Teyana says Iman left their household house in October and hasn’t spent vital time with their 2 youngsters since then. She’s asking for short-term and everlasting major bodily custody, plus joint authorized custody and little one help.
TMZ broke the story … Teyana and Iman got hitched again in 2016, tying the knot whereas sporting biker jackets.
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Now, she says their marriage is “irretrievably damaged” … which appears painfully apparent primarily based on the litany of points between them — no less than in her eyes.
We reached out to Iman’s camp and a rep for Teyana … to date no phrase again.