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Dwyane Wade Responds to Ex-wife’s Objection to Daughter Zaya’s Name Change: ‘This Isn’t a Game'
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Early Thursday morning, Wade acknowledged the legal situation with his ex-wife publicly for the first time, releasing a statement on Instagram.
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Zaya Wade’s mother — Siohvaughn Funches-Wade — also claimed in court docs that her former spouse is causing their child to be “commercialized at a young age.”
Dwyane Wade told his ex-wife to expect legal action after she filed her own lawsuit accusing the retired NBA star of guiding his younger son’s gender transition into a girl in order to profit from it.
The former NBA player said in a statement on social media that no one in his family would "force an identity" on the teen or any of his other children.
Siohvaughn Funches-Wade claimed in court documents that Dwayne Wade did not consult her about the decision to legally change their daughter's name to Zaya.
By Lisa Respers France, CNN Dwyane Wade is firing back after his ex-wife, Siohvaughn Funches-Wade, accused him of trying to exploit their transgender daughter, Zaya, by applying for a legal name and gender change for the teen.
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