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Tom Brady And Gisele Bündchen Hire Divorce Lawyers Amidst Ongoing Marital Problems, Sources Say

<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;tom&plus;brady&amp&semi;post&lowbar;type&equals;post" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Tom Brady<&sol;strong><&sol;a> and wife <strong>Gisele Bündchen<&sol;strong> appear to be officially calling it quits&comma; having hired divorce lawyers amidst ongoing marital issues in recent months&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagesix&period;com&sol;2022&sol;10&sol;04&sol;tom-brady-gisele-bundchen-hire-divorce-lawyers-sources-say&sol;&quest;&lowbar;ga&equals;2&period;60404333&period;1177890727&period;1664803129-1209864678&period;1656435745" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Page Six<&sol;strong><&sol;a> cites sources close to the situation&comma; who told the outlet that both have retained divorce attorneys&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The couple had been previously living separately for the last several months after a highly-publicized blowout over Tom&&num;8217&semi;s decision to unretire and return to the NFL&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;tom-brady-announces-that-he-will-be-returning-to-the-nfl-for-his-23rd-season&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>The Shade Room<&sol;strong><&sol;a> previously reported earlier this year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Couple Had Been Living Separately For Last Several Months After Epic Fight Over Tom&&num;8217&semi;s Decision To Return To NFL<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The two are now looking at dividing up their multimillion-dollar empire&comma; with one source telling the outlet that they &&num;8220&semi;never actually thought this argument would be the end of them&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;99486" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-99486" style&equals;"width&colon; 1140px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-99486" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;10&sol;GettyImages-1300926028-scaled&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1140" height&equals;"805" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-99486" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">TAMPA&comma; FLORIDA &&num;8211&semi; FEBRUARY 07&colon; Tom Brady &num;12 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers celebrates with Gisele Bundchen after winning Super Bowl LV at Raymond James Stadium on February 07&comma; 2021 in Tampa&comma; Florida&period; &lpar;Photo by Kevin C&period; Cox&sol;Getty Images&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I never actually thought this argument would be the end of them&comma; but it looks like it is&comma;” one source in the know tells Page Six&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I don’t think there will be any coming back now&period; They both have lawyers and are looking at what a split will entail&comma; who gets what and what the finances will be&period;”<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Representatives for both Brady and Bündchen did not immediately respond to requests for comment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; Page Six reports that insiders close to the couple say both will remain very involved in their children lives&comma; and will share joint custody in any divorce proceedings&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Couple Will Fight For Shared Joint Custody In Divorce Proceedings&comma; Which Will Likely Be Filed In Florida<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The seven-time Super Bowl champ&comma; 45&comma; and the supermodel&comma; 42&comma; share son Benjamin&comma; 12&comma; and daughter Vivian&comma; 9&comma; and Brady is also the father of son Jack&comma; 15&comma; with ex Bridget Moynahan&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The couple will likely file for divorce in Florida where they are currently based&comma; according to legal experts&comma; with Brady playing for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after a lengthy stint with the New England Patriots&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;99487" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-99487" style&equals;"width&colon; 1024px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-99487" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;10&sol;GettyImages-1141949540&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1024" height&equals;"651" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-99487" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">NEW YORK&comma; NY &&num;8211&semi; MAY 06&colon; Gisele BŸndchen and Tom Brady arrive to The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp&colon; Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6&comma; 2019 in New York City&period; &lpar;Photo by James Devaney&sol;GC Images&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Another source close to the situation confirmed the couple is looking at dividing their assets&comma; including a &dollar;26 million real estate portfolio&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Their properties include homes in Costa Rica&comma; a condo at 70 Vestry St&period; in Tribeca valued at &dollar;3&period;6 million&comma; as well as a &dollar;5&period;7 million property at the Yellowstone Club in Montana&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Their most recent purchase was a &dollar;17 million home on Indian Creek Island in Miami in December 2020&comma; nicknamed &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Billionaires Bunker&comma;” with initial plans to knock down the 5&comma;172-square-foot&comma; five-bedroom mansion and build a new one&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Couple&&num;8217&semi;s Assets Include &dollar;26 Million Property Portfolio&comma; With Brady&&num;8217&semi;s Net Worth Spiking Between 2021 and 2022<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Brady&&num;8217&semi;s estimated net worth spike from &dollar;180 million to &dollar;250 million between the years of 2021 and 2022 alone&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In May&comma; Forbes reported he is the ninth-highest paid athlete in the world&comma; with endorsement deals including Under Armor&comma; Sam Adams&comma; Foot Locker and Tag Heuer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;99489" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-99489" style&equals;"width&colon; 1140px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-99489" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;10&sol;GettyImages-1147440867-scaled&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1140" height&equals;"758" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-99489" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">NEW YORK&comma; NEW YORK &&num;8211&semi; MAY 06&colon; Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen attend The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp&colon; Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06&comma; 2019 in New York City&period; &lpar;Photo by Theo Wargo&sol;WireImage&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The pair both fled Tampa for Miami ahead of Hurricane Ian&comma; however the two are still staying apart&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Couple Had Been Living Separately In Recent Months&comma; Inside Sources Say<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>A source told Page Six that Bündchen has been staying in the Miami home that she and Brady rented in 2020&period; However&comma; it’s not clear where the quarterback was staying&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Another source told the outlet that the pending divorce may have to do with Brady reneging on his NFL retirement&comma; however &&num;8220&semi;it&&num;8217&semi;s not just one thing&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As with many marriages&comma; it’s not just one thing&period; Gisele has made it clear that she worried about Tom playing football and that they had had many talks about it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But they have had a series of blowups over the past few years&comma; and this time it looks like there’s no going back&period;”<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Stay tuned for more developments&&num;8230&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"99480" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;tom-brady-and-gisele-bundchen-hire-divorce-lawyers-amidst-ongoing-marital-problems-sources-say&sol;" data-secure&equals;"b58d235200"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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