Deion Sanders' wife released, wants 'fair shake' over charges
By Lateef Mungin, CNN Deion and Pilar Sanders arrive for an event at Rockefeller Center in New York in 2008. (CNN) — The estranged wife of former football star Deion Sanders was released from custody Tuesday in suburban Dallas and said she hasn't been …
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Former NFL cornerback and current NFL Network analyst Deion Sanders is in the middle of a messy divorce that just got messier. According to TMZ, Sanders’ estranged wife Pilar and a friend jumped Sanders in his Dallas, Texas home, “kicking, biting, and scratching” him until he was able to call police. Not one to miss a social media opportunity, apparently, Sanders tweeted a photo of himself and his children while he filled out a police report and included, “Pray for me and my kids now! They just witnessed their mother and a friend jump me in my room. She’s going to jail n I’m pressing charges!” Pilar Sanders first went to the hospital claiming she needed treatment, but was later arrested by police for assault and family violence.
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