Dr. J and Wife Splitting after 29 years


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Dr. J and Wife Splitting after 29 years

Ervings parting after 29 years
The former Sixers star reportedly has admitted fathering a second out-of-wedlock child.
By Annette John-Hall
Inquirer Staff Writer


Cuddling during NBA All-Star weekend in February, Julius and Turquoise Erving were the picture of marital bliss.

Who could have known that in May, Turquoise would file for divorce? Perhaps not even Turquoise herself.

Admirers of the Sixer Hall of Famer and his elegant wife, married 29 years, were surprised yesterday to learn that the couple are in the midst of divorce proceedings. The news came as a double shock, accompanied by reports that Dr. J has accepted responsibility for a second out-of-wedlock child, whose mother Turquoise says lives in Orlando, Fla.

Erving, now vice president of the Orlando Magic, admitted in 1999 that he was the father of professional tennis player Alexandra Stevenson, then 18. Stevenson's mother is former Philadelphia sportswriter Samantha Stevenson, with whom Erving acknowledged having an extramarital affair in the early '80s.

According to a personal financial affidavit Julius Erving filed with the Circuit Court of Seminole County (Fla.) in November, he is paying $2,000 a month to support a son, who is named in the document.

Whether Turquoise's discovery that her husband has a second illegitimate child led her to sue for divorce - officially, she cites irreconcilable differences as the reason - is unknown. A lawyer for Turquoise has told the Orlando Sentinel that his client will not comment, and wishes to keep the matter private.

Turquoise is asking for the family's home, valued at $1.1 million, in the exclusive gated community of Alaqua, Fla. Julius is living in a condominium in downtown Orlando.

The couple, both 52, are parents of three grown children. Jazmin, 25, a model, and Julius 3d, 28, live in the Philadelphia area. Julius 3d, known as J, is co-owner of Erving Wonder, an entertainment management firm. Cheo, Turquoise's son by a previous marriage, is 30. The youngest child, 19-year-old Cory, was found drowned in his car, which he had driven into a pond near the family's home in May 2000.

The Ervings have lived in Florida since 1997, when Julius Erving took the job with the Magic. In Philadelphia for All-Star festivities, the couple party-hopped and stayed at the Rittenhouse Square Bed & Breakfast, where they reserved 10 rooms and hosted friends including Oprah Winfrey and Stedman Graham, Samuel L. Jackson and his actress wife, LaTanya Richardson, and casino mogul Steve Wynn and his wife, Elaine.

All weekend, the Ervings cut dashing figures. He would emerge from a stretch limo and gallantly open her door. She would rest her head on his shoulder as they strolled to the next affair. It was just like 20 years ago, when "Doc" was the Sixers' classy superstar and he and "Turk" were the city's golden couple.

Even now, it's hard to see Erving - who owns condos here and in Atlantic City, and is part-owner of the Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Co. - as flawed. After 11 seasons with the Sixers, the elegant, erudite former Sixers forward remains Philadelphia sports royalty. He's a man former Sixers general manager Pat Williams, now Orlando Magic executive vice president, has said "brings quality to everything he's involved with."

But the Ervings have been rocked by tragedy and scandal. Nearly a year after a Florida newspaper produced the birth certificate that revealed Erving was Stevenson's father, Cory Erving turned up missing. The Ervings launched a two-month nationwide search in May 2000. At that time, they acknowledged that Cory had been battling drug problems.

Erving, who lists his net worth at more than $9 million and states that his 2001 earnings were just over $1 million, has been ordered by the Florida court to pay Turquoise Erving temporary alimony of $1,500 a week. She will also receive household expenses, including $8,000 for monthly credit-card charges.

Turquoise lists her monthly expenses at $15,301.25, including $2,000 for clothes, $1,200 for "cosmetics, toiletries and sundries," and $1,150 for "grooming."

Turquoise, a native of Winston-Salem, N.C., has not worked during her life with Dr. J. "I always had everything I wanted," she told The Inquirer in 1976, the year her husband signed a $3.5 million, six-year contract with the Sixers.

The former debutante and cheerleader had a three-year marriage just out of high school. Her son Cheo from that marriage was two months old when she met Julius Erving in 1971. They married a year later.

After Erving joined the Sixers, the couple moved to a lavish home in Villanova. Turquoise - tall and striking with luminous brown eyes and a cafe au lait complexion - served as the wife of Philadelphia's premier sports ambassador. She told The Inquirer that she paid no mind to the women who tried to get her husband's attention.

"The money, the publicity, the girls never bothered me," she said in 1976. "He gets all the attention on the court, but I get all the attention off the court."

On Monday, Julius Erving declined to comment to the Orlando Sentinel about his impending divorce or his illegitimate son. His silence was a far cry from his public statement following the Alexandra Stevenson revelation in 1999.

Turquoise knew about Alexandra "all along," Erving said then. By getting it out in the open, he said, "I feel relieved
 
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She always carried herself very well and was real class act when they were in Philadelphia. I am never shocked that professional athletes cant figure out how condoms work.. :hat:


Good luck to Turquoise Erving!
 
Originally posted by Tigerpride
Turquoise??


LOL@TP. Yep that is her name.

She aint been no angel either. Wasn't she running around with Teddy Pendergrass when he had his accident back in the day. I heard from people I knew in Philly that they used to feel sorry for Dr. J because his wife was out there. Oh well I still am a big Julius Erving fan. We all make mistakes. Aint like the celebs are the only men that are cheating and having babies with other women. When will we stop putting these folks on a pedestal. Just my 2 cents.
 
Do any of you tennis fans know how his daughter Alexandra Stevenson is doing?


http://alexandra.cyberclwn.com/
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lmao @ Vanita...Hell just chill and let the money pile. Get her some Richard on the side and keep taking lavish vacations and making appearances.

People really get all worked up over a little infidelity. I just don't understand women. The man had him something on the side. Look at it like this..."The wife is your luxury car...you get something to drive around and hot rod in to keep from putting all those miles on your good car".
 
Originally posted by MikeBigg
Look at it like this..."The wife is your luxury car...you get something to drive around and hot rod in to keep from putting all those miles on your good car".

:smh: Now, only MikeBigg would have thought of somethig like that. :lmao:
 
Originally posted by MikeBigg
lmao @ Vanita...Hell just chill and let the money pile. Get her some Richard on the side and keep taking lavish vacations and making appearances.

People really get all worked up over a little infidelity. I just don't understand women. The man had him something on the side. Look at it like this..."The wife is your luxury car...you get something to drive around and hot rod in to keep from putting all those miles on your good car".
DANG DUDE.... :smash: :smash: :smash: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :tdown: :tdown: :slap: :slap: :retard: :retard:
THATS FOR SAYING THAT SH!T OUT LOUD
 
:wink: Wheww........I'm glad to know I am a luxury vehicle. Low miles, High Resale Value! :wink:
 
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JR, we must know the same people in Philly. I remember when I first arrived in the NE, there were some brothers from Philly who befriended me, and they all told me the same thing about J's wife.

Man she's getting paid. She's getting 6 g's a month to live off of, and another 8 g's for her bills. She's not getting Chris Judd money, but dayum.

NICE
 
Originally posted by FAB5



Not even in the top 100....unless she just made it.

Not quite, mate. She's number 21, and has been top 100 for some time. She's won more tournaments than Anna Pornakova.
 
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