Byron Yawn is the CEO of a Tennessee consulting firm and a former pastor. He is also the target of a lawsuit brought by former Major League Baseball player Ben Zobrist.
Yawn is a former pastor at the Community Bible Church in Nashville.
According to the Journal Star, it was at the church where he met Zobrist and his wife, Julianna,
Zobrist accused Yawn of having an affair with Julianna and would file for divorce, the outlet reported.
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Some Facts about Byron Yawn
Zobrist, a two-time World Series champion, took four months off from the Chicago Cubs during the 2019 season to address problems with his marriage.
The ballplayer lost $8million in income, according to his lawsuit.
He is now seeking $6million in damages.
Despite taking time off from baseball in 2019, Zobrist did not learn of the alleged affair until the following year; the Journal Star reported citing lawsuit docs.
Zobrist and Julianna, a musician, were married in 2005 and share three children.
The lawsuit states that Zobrist donated a large amount of money to Community Bible Church.
According to the newspaper, Zobrist also gave Yawn’s family up to $15,000 for a pastoral trip.
What has Ben Zobrist said about Julianna?
Since announcing their divorce, it has been public and messy.
In court documents obtained by the Chicago Tribune, Julianna claimed that Ben is “guilty of failing to preserve marital assets” after taking a leave of absence to work on their issues.
Helen S. Roger, Ben’s attorney, called the claims “utterly absurd” and said that Julianna’s affair with Yawn caused Ben to have “extreme mental distress.”
“Rather than accepting blame for having torn her husband’s heart out by having an affair with their pastor, she expected him to be able to totally focus in an elite athletic job that required (100%) of his physical and mental energy,” Rogers wrote in her court filing according to the Chicago Tribune.
