Photo by Allen Kee / ESPN Images(CHICAGO) — Chicago Cubs shortstop Addison Russell’s wife is filing for divorce, a law firm representing her announced on Wednesday, and Melisa Russell will not meet with Major League Baseball to discuss claims of domestic abuse.
According to a report from ESPN, Beermann Pritikin Mirabell Swedlove LLP is representing Melisa Russell in the matter.
Major League Baseball announced that it was looking into an Instagram post of Melisa Russell’s earlier this month. In the post, she seemed to imply that Russell was cheating on her and treating her badly. A comment on the post from someone identified as a friend of hers accused the Cubs shortstop of physically abusing his wife.
Melisa Russell has not commented publicly on those accusations.
“It is her desire to pursue a resolution that is, first and foremost, in the best interest of the parties’ son, and which occurs in a swift, amicable and private fashion,” the law firm’s statement read.
Addison Russell has denied abusing his wife.
Major League Baseball and the league’s players’ union has a tough domestic violence policy, which was adopted in 2015. Multiple players, including New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman, New York Mets closer Jeurys Familia and shortstop Jose Reyes, and Atlanta Braves utilityman Hector Olivera, were suspended for more than 15 games under the policy.
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