Plenty of athletes, (and regular men for that matter) have secret families, although it’s not as easy to hide nowadays as in previous times.
The main reason secret families become not so secret families is usually finances, and so it seems to be for Bartolo Colon.
The New York Post has the details:
According to the New York Post, Colon has an 8-year-old son and a 7-year-old daughter with a woman named Alexandra Santos. The right-hander has never publicly acknowledged his second family, though his wife Rosanna says she is aware of the situation and the lawsuit.
“I can’t talk about that,” Rosanna tole the Post in Spanish, confirming that she was aware of the details. “This is personal and not something I want to talk about.”
Colon and Rosanna have four sons, and Bartolo has spoken about them on many occasions. The couple has been together since childhood and married for 21 years. Colon has earned more than $100 million in his MLB career, and Santos claims he is a deadbeat dad who does not pay child support and is not involved in the lives of her two children in any way.
Colon appeared in court Monday for a hearing, however both parties involved have agreed to confidentiality terms.