Laura Govan changed into a fan favorite on 'Basketball Wives' when she brought about chaos and drama. Her existence continued to be filled with the same power.
By Alex WestNov. 2 2023, Published 3:24 p.m. ET
TV personality and former athlete Laura Govan introduced the drama to Basketball Wives LA when she joined the cast in 2011 whilst already separated from her fiancé, Gilbert Arenas. "I was angry," Laura later said on Fix My Life about her resolution to be on the show. "[With] my life. With my ex. I was angry. I remember just being bitter. I remember I couldn't wait to tell a story that I had sat in this house that was 15,000 square feet, with four babies, by myself. And I couldn't ... I couldn't tell nobody. It was like I was drowning. I had everything and I had nothing."
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The pair's 4 youngsters are Alijah, Hamiley, Aloni, and Izela. For awhile, Laura and Gilbert tried to make issues work for the sake of the children, however the tumultuous courting is over now, particularly after a messy lawsuit. If you might be questioning how Laura's existence played out after the display, you're no longer alone. Luckily, we did some investigating.
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Where is Gloria Govan now? A look at what happened after 'Basketball Wives,' together with why she sued Gilbert Arenas.
In 2015, court documents published that Gilbert kicked Laura out of the area and repossessed the $1 million engagement ring the year prior, according to TMZ. Laura sued Gilbert for a lower of his money after she claimed they "lived together as husband and wife," despite never formally tying the knot.
She argued that since the pair were relationship since 2002, lengthy ahead of Gilbert was once making large money with his basketball contracts. Laura insisted that Gilbert made a promise to "share equally" his fortune, so once they split, she argued that she is entitled to a part of the money given the dynamics of their relationship.
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By the manner, Laura's paperwork also alleged that a few of Gilbert's cash wasn't even from his success in basketball. According to her courtroom documents, he was additionally being profitable from marijuana clinics.
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As for what Laura is up to day, she is happily raising her kids (who seem to have inherited their parents' athletic abilities) and is outwardly single, however that does not imply she hasn't had a dating historical past following her nasty split from Gilbert. She won main backlash for the age gap between herself and one in all her now-exes. Without giving him a identify, she instructed The Domenick Nati Show podcast that she had a new Moroccan boyfriend. "Some ask if he's my son ... Naw, but often I call him Daddy," she captioned an Instagram publish with him.
Otherwise, she's long gone pretty much radio silent about her courting life on social media. However, there was once one courting scandal that in point of fact rocked the boat. Rumors started spreading in 2017 that she used to be pregnant with Tamar Braxton's husband Vincent Herbert's child.
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Laura shut down those rumors quickly, letting everybody know that she in reality had any other boyfriend. TMZ, however, claimed it was once Gilbert who began the drama and fed the lies to Tamar.
What came about between Laura and Gloria Govan?
While on Fix My Life in 2017, Laura made a bold claim. She stated that her sister, Gloria Govan, slept with Gilbert. According to Laura, their courting used to be completely fine until she offered Gilbert to her family. From then on, everything crumbled and Laura believed he was snoozing together with her sister.
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However, Gilbert and Gloria denied that claim and the sisters' oldsters sponsored them up. Except, Laura does not have the highest relationship with her father. "My life hurts with men I had in my life," she explained on the display. These affair claims have never been substantiated in anyway.
If you're wondering where Laura inherited her competitive habits from, her dad admitted that was a results of his parenting taste. The manner he disciplined his daughters contributed to these personalities.
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While their current relationship may just still be rocky behind-the-scenes, Laura has since posted about her sister on Instagram. Plus, Gloria ended up having her personal relationship struggles.
At one point, Gloria was married to Matt Barnes and they even had kids in combination, however the pair divorced. In 2023, the court docket ordered him to pay up because he hadn't fulfilled kid toughen payments. TMZ reported Matt used to be ordered to pay at least $133,000 to Gloria.
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