TL: DR

Zobrists have known the pastor since before they got married in 2005. They have three kids.
Ben went to him for anxiety/depression counselling multiple times in the last 15 years, and guy start sleeping with his wife while giving Ben counselling.
Ends up getting a job at Ben's charity during this same time making $42 grand a year in a part-time role.

I realize his now ex-wife is just as much to blame here, but WTF kinda guy is on the guy's charity board and giving him counselling while also screwing his wife?

https://deadspin.com/ben-zobrist-claims-wife-had-affair-with-former-pastor-i-1847144682

Rule 1 on the ex..



and this is the guy she cheated with. And he's also married.

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When you hear a story like Julianna Zobrist opening it up for the family pastor behind closed doors, you expect a heartthrob. You expect a lean, young, vibrant dude that lays pipe. You don't picture a flavor saving soul patch and sunken dead eyes layered in discount mascara...

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https://www.barstoolsports.com/blog/3370079/try-not-to-puke-but-this-is-the-dude-that-was-allegedly-stuffing-julianna-zobrist

A well-groomed flavor saver AKA soul patch is known to be a notch above a porn 'stache when it comes to facial hair that makes the ladies swoon. Too bad that dude missed out on a golden opportunity to combine both.

I'm straight, middle-aged man and even I know those roots need some work.

What a piece of trash.

Her adultery can be considered for alimony purposes in Tennessee, where he filed (and where the erstwhile couple had a home for 12 years). She rushed to file in Illinois on the same day he filed, which is a no-fault state for divorce purposes, and her cheating heart can pursue half and spousal support without having to get into the unfortunate details who did what.

Her perfidy knows no bounds.

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/williamson/2019/05/15/chicago-cubs-ben-zobrist-files-separation-wife-williamson-county/3680470002/

https://www.divorcenet.com/resources/adultery-and-divorce-tennessee.html

https://www.lawyersdupagecounty.com/wheaton-attorney/how-does-adultery-affect-divorce-proceedings-in-illinois

Crazy that he finally had confirmation of what he suspected by her admitting the adultery in response to Requests for Admissions. I usually expect outright lies or obfuscation in discovery.

https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/columns/nick-in-the-morning/2021/06/21/peoria-area-native-ben-zobrists-wife-pastor-had-affair/7730084002/

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Ben Zobrist did not know until June 2020 that his wife and Byron Yawn had a sexual relationship, the lawsuit states. 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.
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What a way to ruin somebody's day

Sad story. Shame on that pastor- hopefully he gets his life in order. As for the wife, well, probably best I don't say anything because it wouldn't be good.

BMX Bandit said:

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Marvin said:

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Sad story. Shame on that pastor- hopefully he gets his life in order. As for the wife, well, probably best I don't say anything because it wouldn't be good.

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the pastor is far more scummy than the wife. he betrayed 2 people, and also his entire flock of people at his church.

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Sure, I worded that badly and didn't mean to imply otherwise. If ever two people deserved each other it would be that hypocritical loser and lying gold digger.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say the pastor is hung like a mule and she picked ***** over money

Feel terrible for the pastors kids and wife too. He is definitely going to lose his livelihood and doesn't have millions to fall back on, so they will be the hardest hit in all this. Any award that zobrists wife would get should go to the pastors family and the cheating trash should get nothing.

wbt5845 said:

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The exceptions seem to be the women who were dating them before they made it big, like Lauren Tannehill.

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You mean like Ben Zobrist?

And this made me remember that the Stros drafted him and was part of the Aubrey Huff deal.

Wow. She's got balls.

Of course, we never know the whole story, but geez this lady is ridiculous. Didn't he take off to be with her during a high risk pregnancy? Then she goes creeping on him with their freaking pastor, and she wants a split+ money from his taking off to be with her.

Nope, sounds like he was home claiming to try to work it out.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/cubs/ct-cubs-ben-zobrist-returns-20190901-misvqfocgrharewdktdy63oyue-story.html

Bulldog73 said:

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Of course, we never know the whole story, but geez this lady is ridiculous. Didn't he take off to be with her during a high risk pregnancy? Then she goes creeping on him with their freaking pastor, and she wants a split+ money from his taking off to be with her.

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If that is why he opted out, she is the devil incarnate.

I think he had the leave of absence to deal with the divorce. It was 5 days prior. Thatd be a lot to deal with.

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"It appears that one of wife's main motives in concealing her affair with Pastor while participating in marriage counseling was to coax husband back into playing baseball so he could further enrich the marital estate in which wife is expected to receive significant sums of money once the court equitably divides the estate," Ben Zobrist alleges in his memorandum. "One would be hard pressed to concoct a more deceitful, sinister, and otherwise inappropriate scheme than wife has devised in this divorce matter.

"Therefore wife is going to claim, in order to complete her scheme, that husband 'dissipated' the marital estate when he decided to take a leave of absence so that the parties could work on the marriage. Again, it is difficult to fathom a more disingenuous argument when it was wife, who knew full well that she had no intent in repairing the marriage, even attended marriage counseling in bad faith while continuing her affair with Pastor Yawn."

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Other "Highlights"

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• Ben Zobrist accuses Julianna of orchestrating a "scheme" to persuade Ben to put their divorce proceedings on hold and return to baseball so his earnings would continue to fill the marital coffers.
• Ben Zobrist asserts that he propped up Julianna's ventures as a Christian pop singer, author and speaker, with Julianna Zobrist LLC posting a 2019 net loss of more than $212,000 because of clothing (more than $188,000), travel and other business expenses.
• Ben Zobrist accuses Julianna and Yawn of "spoliating" destroying or altering evidence.

• All of the Zobrists' and Yawn's social media posts and communications may be included among the exhibits, and so will their books, including "Double Play," cowritten by Ben and Julianna; "Pull It Off," written by Julianna; and Yawn's "What Every Man Wishes His Father Had Told Him" and "Things That Go Bump in the Church." /cry laugh

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Then in December 2018 in a pivotal moment that Ben Zobrist calls the "genesis" of their split Julianna threw a retirement party for Yawn, who was stepping away from his role as elder of Community Bible Church in Nashville to take on a more business-related position, according to Ben's filing. "The one-night party cost almost $30,000 and was conducted at the Zobrist farm," according to the filing. "Mrs. Zobrist paid for the party out of the 'farm account' that her husband typically did not review, apparently to keep the cost of the party unknown to him. Mrs. Zobrist and Pastor Yawn both became intoxicated and are dancing 'on' each other in a provocative way that was very embarrassing to Ben Zobrist, especially in front of their close church friends.

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The couple decided to put the divorce on hold and entered an agreed order to attend counseling. Ben Zobrist contends that Julianna kept in contact with Yawn "despite her promises to the contrary, and purchased a burner phone to do so, which she discarded after using it to hide evidence of such."Julianna Zobrist admits in a previous filing that she acquired a disposable phone in June 2019, used it to communicate with Yawn, "then threw the phone away in an airport in New York City." Also, when she received a new phone after changing service providers, it allowed her to get "rid of her phone that contained the nude photos and text messages that she had sent to Yawn."Also, "Incredulously, wife sent a text message to Pastor Yawn while watching his testimony in his deposition via Zoom, telling him 'You're killing it. I knew you would' as he was being questioned about his inappropriate relationship with wife and his spoliated electronic device.""by Pastor Yawn's own admission during his deposition, he too spoliated evidence under the dubious claim that his cellular phone 'fell out of his pocket' into a puddle as he was crossing 21st Street to go to a restaurant and was run over by a vehicle," and he had regularly deleted text messages, according to Ben Zobrist's memorandum.

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She's going to get paid in the absence of a prenup. He knew the dynamics going into the marriage and it turned up worst case. It's just a question of how much varying on the states.

Kind of interesting that the Pastor's wife alerted BZ, but that she stayed with Yawn after finally being able to c*** block Juliana.

Dude must have the golden d*ick

Faustus said:

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She's going to get paid in the absence of a prenup. He knew the dynamics going into the marriage and it turned up worst case. It's just a question of how much varying on the states.

Kind of interesting that the Pastor's wife alerted BZ, but that she stayed with Yawn after finally being able to c*** block Juliana.

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You might want to research again where he filed for divorce. I think it matters that she had the affair and it's proven.