Deion & Pilar Sanders Announce Divorce, “We arrived at this decision prayerfully.”

This past October, rumors spread that both Deion Sanders and his wife, Pilar, were heading towards a divorce. And Saturday evening, TMZ reported that 44-year-old Deion Luwynn Sanders and his wife Pilar have officially called it quits. The following statement was released:

“Pilar and I have decided to end our marriage and move on to the next phase of our individual lives with mutual respect. We are friends and our top priority has and will continue to be the well-being of our children. We arrived at this decision prayerfully and carefully in order to be able to pursue what is in both of our best personal interests.”

The couple had been married for 12 years. Sanders has been married twice and has two children with his first wife (Carolyn Chambers) and three children with Pilar. Stay tuned for more details!