Ben Zobrist Details Wife Julianna’s Affair With The Family Pastor In Lawsuit

Former Cubs and Royals star utility man Ben Zobrist dropped a bombshell when a lawsuit revealed his claims that his ex-wife, Julianna Zobrist was having an affair with the family pastor.

Per USA Today:

“About a year after he took a leave of absence from the Chicago Cubs, Ben Zobrist discovered his wife was having an affair with their minister, according to court documents.

The minister was also accused of defrauding Zobrist’s charity foundation, for which he worked.

The 40-year-old Zobrist made those allegations in a lawsuit filed on his behalf in May in a Tennessee circuit court. Last week, the Journal Star obtained a copy of the lawsuit.

Now retired after a 13-year major-league baseball career, Zobrist is seeking $6 million in damages from Byron Yawn, the CEO of Forrest Crain & Co., a Nashville-area business-consulting firm.

Yawn also is a former pastor and elder at Community Bible Church in Nashville. In that position, Yawn met Zobrist and his wife, the former Julianna Gilmore, about 16 years ago. The Zobrists, who were married in 2005, have three children.”

Ben Zobrist alleges in a lawsuit filed on his behalf that his wife and their minister were having an affair, and Zobrist accused the minister of defrauding his charity foundation, for which he worked.
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Ben Zobrist took a leave from the Cubs in 2019 while Julianna Zobrist was believed to be dealing with some anxiety and depression. During this time, Ben seeked advice from Byron Yawn, who encouraged Ben to ‘give Julianna space’.

“She used the words emotional, verbal and spiritual abuse. I was shocked,” Ben Zobrist texted. “Can’t be 2,000 miles away from her and kids while she’s thinking that about me. I have owned every bit of my sin, but I will not own the abuse angle.”

Replied Byron Yawn: “I’m sure it’s like getting knocked off your feet and into your head. But I can’t imagine what it feels like in this moment. Your (sic) a husband and a father first. That’s who you are.”

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According to the suit, it was Byron Yawn’s wife, Robin, who first found out her husband was having an affair with Julianna Zobrist. She then told Ben Zobrist, but this was well after his leave of absence in 2019.

What a truly awful story for Ben Zobrist…We’ll wait and see what comes out of the lawsuit with Byron Yawn. Let’s just hope it all doesn’t get too messy when there’s three children involved.

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