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Chanel Iman and Sterling Shepard appeared to be living the dream for the past five years. Shepard told Haute Living in July 2019 that Victoria’s Secret model and NFL athlete met at former New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz’s 30th birthday party at the Hunt & Fish Club in November 2016.
Iman “lit up the room,” Shepard added, drawing practically everyone’s attention. “‘No dude, let me go talk to her, I’ll pay you, buddy; you talk to her friend,” Shepard remembered. He mustered the guts to approach Iman. They ended up staying late after the birthday party and into the after-party. He received her phone number and the two began dating soon after.
According to Vogue Australia, Shepard and Iman confirmed their engagement a year later, with the New York Giants wide receiver popping the question on December 1, 2017, Iman’s 27th birthday. The couple married just a few months later, on March 3, 2018, in a star-studded ceremony attended by Chrissy Teigen and Gabrielle Union, according to Brides.com.
Chanel Iman and Sterling Shepard are divorcing after four years of marriage. According to Page Six, the latter filed for divorce on June 7, 2021. Page Six obtained court paperwork revealing that they are divorcing due to irreconcilable issues that have lingered for six months.
According to Entertainment Tonight, Iman and Shepard welcomed their first child, a girl named Cali, in August of that year, demonstrating that they were eager to expand their family almost quickly. Cassie, their second daughter, was born in December 2019. However, the union was short-lived. Iman and Shepard are divorcing after three years of marriage and five years as a pair.
Chanel Iman and Sterling Shepard were having problems. While the news of the divorce is just now breaking, Sterling Shepard filed for divorce from Chanel Iman in June 2021, according to People. Shepard cited irreconcilable differences in the documents received by the outlet, and his representative declined to speak further. According to the documents, the pair had been suffering those problems “for at least six months” prior to the filing, and there is “no reasonable hope of reconciliation,” according to Page Six.
According to the publication, Shepard is requesting shared legal custody of Cali and Cassie. According to Us Weekly, football players and models want to prioritize their girls. “They’ll strive to stay courteous and amicable with one other,” an insider told the publication. According to TMZ, Iman will remain in their family home with the daughters during the divorce process. According to the article, Shepard is already in the process of leaving.
Iman appears to have removed all traces of Shepard from her Instagram page, only posting photographs of herself and her daughters in recent months. Iman posted a holiday photo with Cali and Cassie in her lap on December 25, 2021. “Merry Christmas from myself and my girls,” she said in the caption. The only traces of Shepard seem to be old photos of Iman attending New York Giants games and wearing Giants gear, albeit none of them mention him.
