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Who is Deion Sanders’ wife? Deion is married to Pilar Biggers, but in December 2011, the NFL Hall of Famer filed for divorce after 12 years of marriage, so he may be heading toward free agency. Before marrying Pilar, who’s the mother of three of his children—Shilo, Shedeur, and Shelom—“Neon Deion” was married to Carolyn Chambers, with whom he has two children: Deion Jr. and daughter Deiondra.

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Deion married Pilar on May 21, 1999, and in April 2012, the couple made headlines following a domestic dispute at their home in Prosper, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. Police were called to the property after Biggers allegedly attacked Sanders, leading the former baseball and football star to send a series of accusatory tweets. “Pray for me and my kids now! They just witnessed their mother and a friend jump me in my room,” Deion tweeted, adding, “She’s going to jail n I’m pressing charges!”

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Later, both Deion and his estranged wife were cited for assault, and in May, a judge ordered Pilar to stay at least 500 years—or five football fields, if you prefer—from the couple’s home. The ruling came amid ongoing divorce proceedings, so Deion may soon break the tackle of this unhappy union and, as he did so many times with the Falcons, 49ers, and Cowboys, find a bit of daylight.

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