In 2008, Phillip’s wife Karen had filed for divorce and friends of the couple claim Charles had been claiming to be single since 2003. In the last year though, the couple has since reconciled. In recent months, Charles has even been publicly sucking up to her, going so far to say he “owes everything to his wife” in a speech he gave during an award acceptance.

Not surprisingly, YaVaughnie felt spurned, but her next move was much more shocking than anyone would expect. The estranged girlfriend spent $250,000 to post billboards in San Francisco, New York, and Atlanta depicting herself and Charles together, a quote from Charles claiming YaVaughnie was his solemate, and a web address for her website, charlesphillipsandyavaughniewilkins.com. The website has since been taken down, but a copy can be seen on the designer’s website.

Since the billboards went up, the story became public and was posted across the web. Now Charles has come forward and confessed his affair with YaVaughnie. Unfortunately, this public embarrassment may not be the only way Charles will suffer. It seems YaVaughnie decided to put the billboards up right as Oracle was announcing a major merger with Sun Microsystems. Some believe the billboards may drastically affect the cost of the company’s stocks right during this crucial time.

Details are still unknown as to how this will affect Charles and Karen’s marriage, but it would not be surprising if Karen contacts her San Francisco family lawyer and refiles for divorce.

To read more about the story, see the articles in Cnet or Gawker.

“I heard there were a lot of people saying they had found out things about their partners on Facebook and I decided to see how prevalent it was,” Mark Keenan, Managing Director of Divorce-Online tells the Telegraph. “I was really surprised to see 20 per cent of all the petitions containing references to Facebook.”

Keenan says the most common reason Facebook was mentioned in the divorce petitions was due to married persons having sexual chats with people outside of their marriages.

While these numbers come from across the pond, San Francisco divorce attorneys agree that the site leads many spouses to be tempted to cheat on their husbands or wives.

To read more about the issue, see the article in the New York Daily News. Image Via pmarkham [Flickr].

San Francisco divorce attorneys claim that Va’shaundya’s moving to California is a major sign that she is looking to get as much as she can out of the divorce. She has already gone on record as wanting complete custody of the children, child support and spousal support from the divorce.

The divorce was filed shortly after Va’shaundya learned about Shaq’s 5-year long affair with Laura Govan, the pregnant fiancee of Gilbert Arenas.  All signs so far point to this being a very emotional and financially straining divorce process.

To read more about the divorce, see the article in S2S Magazine. Image Via Keith Allison [Flickr].