Deion Sanders, ex-wife have been aside at senior day celebration for sons Shedeur and Shilo: ‘Like WWIII’

Colorado star quarterback Shedeur Sanders needed to have fun with each his dad and mom on senior day Friday. 

He needed this a lot he went to seek out his mother, Pilar, and satisfied her to take part within the occasion, regardless that his father, head coach Deion Sanders, was there, in accordance with dialogue between Shedeur and brother Shilo in a video posted to the official Shilo Sanders YouTube channel.

“My brother [Shedeur] simply obtained my mother from the stands reason for the senior day, and we didn’t know we needed to stroll. They’re not gonna. That’s like World Struggle III attempting to get them to stroll collectively,” Shilo mentioned. 

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Shedeur and Shilo walked with Deion throughout the sector throughout their celebration, and so they met their mom on the opposite facet, in accordance with the video. Deion patted his sons on the again after they obtained near Pilar, then walked away rapidly. 

Pilar then hugged her boys on the center of the sector as they celebrated and posed for pictures. 

Colorado received its final residence recreation 52-0 in opposition to Oklahoma State. 

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Deion and Pilar obtained married in 1999. On the time, she was a mannequin, and he was an NFL star on the peak of his fame as a participant. Collectively they’d Shilo, Shedeur and daughter Shelomi. 

The couple filed for divorce in 2013. It was Sanders’ second divorce. He cut up from his first spouse, Carolyn Chambers, in 1998, one 12 months earlier than marrying Pilar. Deion and Chambers had two kids collectively — Deion Jr. and Deiondre.

In his 2013 divorce with Pilar, Sanders received custody of all three of the couple’s kids initially, and Pilar was awarded visitation rights. Nonetheless, there have been custody battles later. 

Previous to the divorce being finalized, Pilar alleged a prenuptial settlement between her and Deion was cast in 2012. She was looking for to get more cash in alimony and little one assist funds from the Professional Soccer Corridor of Famer. 

Colorado head coach Deion Sanders walks to the sideline earlier than a recreation in opposition to Texas Tech Nov. 9, 2024, in Lubbock, Texas.  (AP Photograph/Annie Rice)

“It is greed,” Deion mentioned in court docket on the time. “You signed the contract. We had a prenuptial, and now you do not just like the phrases of it due to the belief that it is over, your way of life will not be the identical manner. It is greed.”

The decide who oversaw the dispute mentioned Pilar Sanders signed the settlement, that she did so voluntarily and that she can not convey a declare that it’s invalid earlier than the court docket once more.

“It is David and Goliath,” Pilar’s lawyer, Larry Friedman, mentioned, in accordance with NBC Dallas-Forth Value. “We keep the course. We are the underdog, and it is exhausting to win once you play by the foundations.”

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“I did not marry hm for cash, clearly,” Pilar advised NBC Dallas-Forth Value. “I have been married to him for 14 years. My intent was to marry endlessly, however, clearly, it wasn’t his.”

Deion additionally filed a defamation lawsuit in opposition to Pilar, claiming she tarnished his popularity with allegations of home violence. Deion received that lawsuit, and an investigation discovered no proof to assist Pilar’s claims. 

Colorado Buffaloes quarterback Shedeur Sanders (2) and head coach Deion Sanders after a two-point conversion within the fourth quarter in opposition to the Colorado State Rams at Folsom Discipline. (Ron Chenoy/USA Right now Sports activities)

Pilar later received custody of her two youngest kids, Shedeur and Shelomi, in 2017. Nonetheless, Deion has been a heavy presence in Shedeur’s life all through his school profession as his head coach at each Jackson State and Colorado. 

Deion has mentioned he devoted himself to Christianity shortly after his first divorce. Sanders opened up about his devotion to Christ throughout an interview on “Working Wild” with Bear Grylls in November 2023.

“That is once I went by means of my first divorce wherein the one issues that I knew that actually beloved me have been my two youngsters. Now they’re gone, now they have been taken away. It was devastating, and I went by means of suicidal ideas, a suicidal interval,” Sanders mentioned. 

“I ran this automobile off the facet of the freeway, and, on the backside, I believed this automobile would simply flip, and it did not flip. And I used to be nonetheless there. Shortly after that, I simply needed to come to the Lord with my palms up and say, ‘I am completed. I can not do it anymore. You bought me. I hand over. God, you’re taking me.'”

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