Cynthia Rodriguez’s divorce attorney spoke out regarding Madonna’s alleged affair with Cynthia’s husband, Alex Rodriguez. Attorney Earle Lilly claimed A-Rod’s relationship with Madonna was the “final straw” for Cynthia, so she made the decision to officially file for divorce today.

Lilly said the relationship between Madonna and A-Rod was “an affair of the heart,” not “sexual infidelity.”

Lilly says that A-Rod was smitten with Madonna, but makes no claim of any sexual liaison. “The correct analysis is a relationship,” he says. “Some people categorize an affair as something as sexual infidelity. We’re not claming that. It’s an affair of the heart.”

In fact, “Madonna’s name is not even mentioned in the papers,” says Lilly. “We don’t want the public to think this is an aggressive action against Madonna.”

Still, Lilly maintains that A-Rod has behaved badly for “a good while” and his client, Cynthia Rodriguez, has had enough. “She’s just a Greek Orthodox lady who has had as much as she can take,” he says.

Shortly before 9 a.m. Monday, Cynthia’s Miami attorney Maurice Kutner filed the divorce petition.

“This is an action for dissolution of marriage, which is being filed only after [Cynthia Rodriguez] has exhausted every effort to salvage the marriage of the parties,” the document reads. “However, Alex has emotionally abandoned his wife and children and has left her with no choice but to divorce him.”

Without naming any names, the document states, “The marriage of the parties is irretrievably broken because of the husband’s extramarital affairs and other marital misconduct.”

Madonna issued a statement over the weekend, saying she had no intention of divorcing her husband of seven years, Guy Ritchie.

This entry was posted on Monday, July 7th, 2008 at 2:20 pm and is filed under Madonna. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.