Former NFL linebacker Ryan Shazier said he and his wife Michelle had separated after she reportedly accused him of cheating in🃏 a since-deleted Instagram post on Wednesday.
“Michelle and I have been living apart and are currently separated,” 31-year-old shortly after the gossip site was the first to report the news. “As we work through what comes next for our family, I ask for privacy and prayers.”
Michelle, 31, who’s been with Shazier since before his career-ending spinal cord injury he suffered in a game in 2017, accused the former Steeler of being “a liar and a cheater” in a since-deleted social media post, which was published by TMZ.
The𒆙 apparent post included alleged text🌳 messages between Shazier and a woman named Marie.
According to TMZ, one message in particular showed the person who 🍸Michelle claimed was Shazier sending books to another woman that included guides on how to perform sexual acts.
“A person that loves his family … this is what they do to their family … the WIFE.. that has been there for him since day 1!” Michelle said, according to the outlet.
“Infidelity at its finest! I can’t sit here and keep hiding anymore. You can have it. I deserve better. 🤍 This is Ryan… he’s a liar and a cheater!”
Shazier and Michelle, who is ✨a real estate agent in Pittsburgh, share aꦅ son, Lyon, 4.
The former Pro⛦ Bowl NFLer has a 9-year-old son, RJ, from a previous relationship.
It’s unclear when Shazier and Michelle, a former college basketball player, exactly split.
They in May.
The pair attended the with their son o♚n Sept. 18, before for the opening of Rize Sports indoor 🎐basketball facility in Leetsdale, Pa. that same month.
Shazier and Mich🌌elle also and dressed up as milk and cookies.
Shazier runs a foundation to help spinal cord injury patients get treatment after sustaining — a spinal contusion, or a crushing of the spinal cord — in a “Monday Night Football game” against the Bengals on Dec. 4, 2017.
The Ohio State product was selected by the Steelers with the No. 15 pick i෴n the 2014 NFL Draf𓆏t.
H🐈e spent his entire playing career with Pittsburgh andfrom the NFL on Sept. 9🃏, 2020.