Congrats are in order for Venus and Serena Williams’ 70-year-old pops, Richard Williams. According to Gossip Cop, Richard and his 33-year-old wife have welcomed a new baby. Feel free to insert your icks and viagra inferences here.
Now, a few more details:
For some reason, neither the sisters nor Richard have spoken publicly about the little boy born on the first week of the US Open, in late August. But a close confidante of Richard tells me Williams’ 33-year-old wife and rabid tennis fan Lakeisha couldn’t attend the tournament won by Serena because she was recovering from the birth.
Richard’s presence at the New York City competition kicked off a round of rumors that he and his wife were split.
“That’s not what happened at all,” the source said. “She had a baby the first week of the Open.”
Richard Williams was divorced in 2002 from Oracene, the woman with whom he had Serena, 31, and Venus, 32.
Their split became official three years after Oracene turned up at a West Palm Beach hospital with three broken ribs. Nursing staff suspected were the result of domestic violence. Police looked into it, but no one was charged.
Lakeisha once owned a small grocery store near Fort Lauderdale and moved in Williams’ $750,000 home in Palm Beach Gardens in 2009. They were married two years later.
It’s like a fairy tale. For gold diggers…or believers of love at any age. Whichever tickles your insides more.
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