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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All good points you made.
As I understood it, she was the player.
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