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Ex-Cubs star Ben Zobrist alleges former pastor had affair with his wife, defrauded charity in lawsuit
Yahoo Sports ^ | 6/21/2021 | Ryan Young

Posted on 06/22/2021 4:40:53 PM PDT by simpson96

Former Chicago Cubs star Ben Zobrist filed a lawsuit last month alleging that his former minister had a sexual relationship with his wife and defrauded his charity foundation, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Zobrist is seeking $6 million in damages in the lawsuit against Byron Yawn, his former pastor and current CEO of a Nashville-area counseling firm. It was filed last month in Nashville Circuit Court.

Zobrist and his wife, Julianna, started attending the Community Bible Church in 2005. Yawn, the senior pastor at that church, started serving as the couple’s pre-marital counselor that year, per the report. Yawn is no longer associated with the church.

Zobrist repeatedly sought counseling from Yawn in the years that followed, including when he was experiencing anxiety and depression in 2016, the lawsuit said. Yawn also officiated the public dedication of their three infant children.

In 2018, per the report, Yawn started having daily conversations with Julianna and “began secretly pursuing an intimate relationship” with her a month later. By the following spring, Zobrist alleges, Yawn regularly started “meeting her for sex”.

Zobrist said that while Yawn was still serving as their counselor, he kept having his relationship with Julianna and the two started using “burner phones” to keep it secret.

Ben and Julianna filed for divorce in 2019. He missed significant time with the Cubs that season, and lost about $8 million in income while trying to fix his marriage, per the report. Julianna admitted to the relationship with Yawn last summer, according to the lawsuit.

While he was allegedly sleeping with Julianna, Yawn was also working for Zobrist’s charity and making $36,000 annually for doing so. Zobrist was also paying $10,000 a month to Yawn’s church and once paid between $10,000-$15,000 to fund a “pastoral trip” for Yawn’s family.

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1 posted on 06/22/2021 4:40:53 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: simpson96

*Yawn*


2 posted on 06/22/2021 4:42:38 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: simpson96

Shouldn’t that be “ex Cubs player?

What’s with the “star” thing?

Part of the problem is what it is.


3 posted on 06/22/2021 4:43:07 PM PDT by Pollard
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To: simpson96

Yes, people are often unfaithful. This is not news. Nor is a cheating pastor, unfortunately. The Megan/Harry saga is more interesting.


4 posted on 06/22/2021 4:44:27 PM PDT by Seruzawa (The political Left is the Garden of Eden of Incompetence - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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Goes from pastor to CEO of a Consulting Firm?


5 posted on 06/22/2021 4:45:09 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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This girl is off the hot-crazy matrix. She catches a rich MLB ball player and ends up cheating with the pastor? Just bizarre.


6 posted on 06/22/2021 4:46:59 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: dfwgator

Maybe there’s a place for him in the Vatican. Yes, I know he’s not a Catholic but apparently the Pope isn’t one either.


7 posted on 06/22/2021 4:47:19 PM PDT by Seruzawa (The political Left is the Garden of Eden of Incompetence - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: dfwgator

I got very sleepy reading this.


8 posted on 06/22/2021 4:50:04 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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Yawn regularly started “meeting her for sex”.

So she was sleeping with Yawn. Until Dawn. Then Dawn slept with Yawn.

9 posted on 06/22/2021 4:51:28 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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So she was sleeping with Yawn. Until Dawn. Then Dawn slept with Yawn.

Until someone said "Get off my lawn!"

10 posted on 06/22/2021 4:53:53 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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she was nothing but a pawn


11 posted on 06/22/2021 4:54:35 PM PDT by spacejunkie2001
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So she was sleeping with Yawn. Until Dawn. Then Dawn slept with Yawn.

Did Tony Orlando know?

12 posted on 06/22/2021 4:55:41 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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“At the end of the day, a woman has the right to choose who she wants to be with,”

And a minister worthy of the position will choose not to pursue married women.

13 posted on 06/22/2021 4:58:03 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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Yawn had a crush on Goldie Hawn, but he couldn't make her his pawn.


14 posted on 06/22/2021 4:58:05 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: simpson96

All three of them look like goofballs.

What a mess.


15 posted on 06/22/2021 4:58:09 PM PDT by Jane Long (America, Bless God....blessed be the Nation 🙏🏻🇺🇸)
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To: dfwgator

It’s COUNSELING not CONSULTING.

A not infrequent career path for preachers that have been found unfit for the ministry. (That, or sales. Lots of overlap in the skill set).


16 posted on 06/22/2021 5:00:52 PM PDT by PAR35
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A pastor stole one of my Dad's ex-wives during "counseling." That ex-wife was pretty crazy and is not a member of his ex-wife club who are all friends.

The crazy one eventually ran off from the pastor as well by draining his bank account and taking every single thing from the house while he was at work (even curtains,) leaving before he got home and just sending divorce papers from out of town. My Dad was pretty happy to hear that!
17 posted on 06/22/2021 5:02:36 PM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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Talk about names that really don’t work for me:

Preacher named Yawn.

Teacher at the end of my street named Mr. Boring.

Girl at school named Candy Barr; another named Robin Banks.


18 posted on 06/22/2021 5:02:48 PM PDT by Migraine
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And a minister worthy of the position will choose not to pursue married women.

There was a Methodist preacher in Fort Worth that saved many troubled marriages by 'counseling' the wives. It all fell apart when he offered his services to a single woman on the church staff that wasn't interested. All of the married women got upset because each thought they were the Only One. It got messy in a hurry.

19 posted on 06/22/2021 5:05:27 PM PDT by PAR35
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There was a Methodist preacher in Fort Worth that saved many troubled marriages by 'counseling' the wives. It all fell apart when he offered his services to a single woman on the church staff that wasn't interested.

But he did a lot of work with single mothers, he helped them get their start.

20 posted on 06/22/2021 5:06:29 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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