Dwyane Wade’s ex-wife has accused former NBA star Dwyane Wade of exploiting the gender identity of his transgender daughter Zaya for his own financial gain.
Siohvaughn Funches-Wade has defied her ex-husband’s petition to legally change the 15-year-old’s name due to “multiple factors,” according to court documents obtained by Page Six.
The 41-year-old author notes that Wade, 40, “has been able to take advantage of underage child name and gender changes in various companies through contact and marketing opportunities, including but not limited to their dealings with Disney.” I can,” he claims.
“I have concerns that [Wade] may be pressuring our child to move forward with the name and gender change in order to capitalize on the financial opportunities that he has received from companies,” she adds.
Funches-Wade claims the former professional baseball player told Wade during a meeting with Wade in Atlanta in April 2022 that he was “already making a lot of money” over Zaya’s “name and gender issues.” is doing.
According to the report, the public speaker further alleges, “[Wade] told me that he intended to make our child very famous due to the name and gender issue and also informed me that there would be endorsements/contracts associated therewith.”
Funches-Wade then uses her trans daughter’s deadname in the filing, claiming, “Zion, who was present at the time, answered that various companies were interested and that Disney was a prospective company.”
Dwyane Wade’s ex-wife also alleges that Zaya’s highly publicized transition “could put media pressure on her underage children,” among objections the outlet got.She asks Xayah to make that decision for herself when she “comes of age” in two and a half years.
Funches-Wade’s filing has not yet been listed in the filing and Wade has not submitted a response. Page Six has reached out to the former couple’s representatives and lawyers for comment. He claimed to have full authority.
But the former Miami Heat player explained in court that his ex-wife received notice of his petition “as a courtesy.” shared Zaya’s coming-out story, saying that Zaya, who was 12 at the time, told him and wife Gabrielle Union, “I’m ready to live [her] truth.”
Looking at social media, the teenage girl seems to fully embrace her transgender identity, including “she/she” pronouns in her bio.
Dwyane Wade told GMA host Robin Roberts in February 2020 that Zaya has known her true gender identity “since she was three years old.”
Dwyane Wade has a 20-year-old son, Zaire. The athlete also has two children, eight-year-old son Xavier with Aja Metoyer and three-year-old daughter Curvia with Union.
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