Former MLB Ben Zobrist withdraws lawsuit against Christian pastor who ‘destroyed his marriage’

A few months ago, it was unveiled that longtime former MLB player and multi-time World Series champion Ben Zobrist, He was going through a very difficult time in his personal life, after it became known that his wife was cheating on him with a Christian pastor and that he himself defrauded a player’s charity organization for millions of dollars.

Zobrist had filed a lawsuit against the pastor for damages while he is in the process of divorcing his wife. However, according to information from The New York Post, the former Cubs and Rays withdrew the lawsuit against this person in a surprising and voluntary manner, which he filed on May 6.

However, the Chicago Tribune mentions that it is possible that Zobrist will reconsider and re-file the lawsuit, although the pastor’s lawyer mentioned to the newspaper that he is “pleased” with the action of the former player and that it is a “step in the right direction. “for both parties to settle their differences.

Zobrist retired at the end of the 2019 season playing for the Chicago Cubs and the 2015 and 2016 World Series with the Royals and the aforementioned Cubs.

Gabriel Delgado

I started as a rookie on Al Bat in early 2018 and I am going into my third season covering Major League Baseball as a web reporter. I am a fan of the San Francisco Giants, a number one defender of Barry Bonds and a critic of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Fernando Tatis Jr., Juan Soto and Ronald Acuña are the future of baseball, Mike Trout is overrated, and the Astros deserved to be taken away from the World Series for cheating. Besides baseball, I also enjoy soccer, football, basketball, and just about any other game that includes a ball or a ball. I am also an amateur musician, penniless gamer and very nerdy. Graduated in journalism from the University of Guadalajara, I graduated in 2017. Born in the shrimp capital of the world, Escuinapa, Sinaloa. I lived in Australia for a while; i survived giant spiders, tasmanian devils and fought a kangaroo and didn’t die trying.

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