But I can't imagine what it feels like in this moment. Replied Byron Yawn: "I'm sure it's like getting knocked off your feet and into your head. I have owned every bit of my sin, but I will not own the abuse angle." "Can't be 2,000 miles away from her and kids while she's thinking that about me. "She used the words emotional, verbal and spiritual abuse. Julianna Zobrist twice had spoken with a divorce lawyer, Ben Zobrist told Byron Yawn.
That was to be the start of Zobrist's fourth season with Chicago, for which he was 2016 World Series MVP. Reproduced in the Nashville lawsuit were text messages the men exchanged in February 2019 as Zobrist planned to join the Cubs in Arizona for spring training. More: How tiny Eureka came up large at the IHSA Class 2A boys track finalsĭuring that time, as his marriage began to crumble, Zobrist was confiding in Byron Yawn. Zobrist also missed part of 2019 spring training, for what was called an excused absence. In May 2019, Julianna Zobrist filed in Chicago for divorce, but that petition was dismissed days later, according to Cook County Circuit Court records.Īlso that month, Ben Zobrist left the Cubs after he had played 26 games that season. Julianna Zobrist filed a counter-complaint in March 2020. Julianna Zobrist admitted the nature of the relationship, and that she lied to her husband about it, in responses to written requests for admission in a divorce proceeding.Īn internet court-records search revealed Ben Zobrist filed for divorce in May 2019 in Williamson County, Tenn., where he and his wife reside. The Zobrists then began marital counseling.īen Zobrist did not know until June 2020 that his wife and Byron Yawn had a sexual relationship, the lawsuit states. Robin Yawn notified Ben Zobrist, but she told him she believed her husband and his wife were engaged in an emotional relationship, not a physical one, the lawsuit states. The Chicago Cubs' Ben Zobrist's wife, Julianna Zobrist, performs the national anthem before Game 4 of baseball's National League Championship Series between the Chicago Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers on Oct.