{"id":94058,"date":"2025-09-14T01:14:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T01:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=94058"},"modified":"2025-09-14T01:14:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T01:14:00","slug":"akons-wife-tomeka-thiam-files-for-divorce-after-28-years-of-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=94058","title":{"rendered":"Akon\u2019s wife Tomeka Thiam files for divorce after 28 years of marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Akon and Tomeka Thiam are going their separate ways. <\/p>\n

Three days before their 29th wedding anniversary, the \u201cSmack That\u201d singer\u2019s wife filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split, according to court documents obtained by Billboard Sept. 12.<\/p>\n

Tomeka is seeking joint legal custody and sole physical custody of her and Akon\u2019s 17-year-old daughter Journey, per the outlet. She is also seeking spousal support from the 52-year-old (whose legal name is Aliaune Badara Thiam) and has requested to block the court\u2019s ability to award him any spousal support.<\/p>\n

E! News has reached out to reps for Akon and Tomeka for comment and has not yet heard back.<\/p>\n

The divorce news is a rare bit of insight into Akon\u2019s love life given that there has been speculation for years that he is a polygamist with multiple wives, though he purposefully allows that gossip to persist.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019mma let it stay a rumor,\u201d he said during a 2022 interview with VladTV. \u201cI like the fact that people are guessing now, I love it. I\u2019m not confirming nor denying. You go online, you may see nine, you might see seven, you might see four. I love it, though.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Akon also stated that he has \u201cseven boys and two girls,\u201d with the divorce filing confirming he has nine kids.<\/p>\n

The role of being a dad is one the \u201cLonely\u201d singer has been more vocal about, relating his experience of having multiple children with various women to that of Nick Cannon, who is dad to 12 kids with six women.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s how life is supposed to be,\u201d Akon explained during a 2023 appearance on The Zeze Mills Show. \u201cWhy not? [Nick\u2019s] rich. He\u2019s responsible. He takes care of every one of those children.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cThe baby mothers are with it. They hurt for nothing. And they live comfortably. He\u2019s there for every single one of those kids. I got nine and I\u2019m there for every one of mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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