Football Squeaky clean Dan Marino's love child with CBS employee revealed - Page 5

scho63 · 01-31-2013, 07:07 AM

Never expected it from this guy....

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/nationa...1536QPjsXfyWyJ

Dan Marino is famous for his touchdowns — but the Hall of Famer’s scoring off the field is downright shocking.

The married gridiron great — a pregame analyst for CBS since 2003 who will be doing this Sunday’s Super Bowl broadcast — sired a love child with a network underling and then paid her millions to keep quiet, sources have exclusively told The Post.

The ex-Miami Dolphin QB — who has long had an image as one of pro sports’ most squeaky-clean guys — knocked up Donna Savattere, a then-35-year-old production assistant at CBS Sports’ Manhattan studio.

Adriel Reboh/Patrick McMullan.com
CUTIE: Donna Savattere with Chloe, her daughter from an affair with NFL great Dan Marino.
She gave birth to their daughter, Chloe, in June 2005.

“They had an affair, and she had a baby,” said a source. “Everything was on the down-low and secretive.”

News of the affair and child comes as Marino is set to work Sunday’s big “Super Bowl Today” telecast.

He and other former NFL greats, such as Boomer Esiason and Shannon Sharpe, will jaw about the big game for hours before the 6:30 p.m. kickoff between the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers. The revelation could make for some awkward moments during the long broadcast, which starts at 2 p.m.

Marino yesterday admitted to his dalliance.

“This is a personal and private matter. I take full responsibility both personally and financially for my actions now as I did then,” he told The Post in a written statement. “We mutually agreed to keep our arrangement private to protect all parties involved.”

New York Post
Football Hall of Famer Dan Marino had an affair with a CBS employee and later paid the woman millions of dollars to support their daughter, sources say.
At the time of the affair and Chloe’s birth, Marino was married to his wife of 20 years, Claire, with whom he had six kids, including four sons and two adopted daughters.

The birth of baby Chloe came about two months before Marino’s Hall of Fame induction — at which his son Daniel made what danmarino.com called “a moving tribute to his father.”

Marino insisted that his marriage is still intact, despite the affair.

“My wife and I have been married for almost 30 years and have six children together,” he wrote yesterday — which happened to be his 28th wedding anniversary.

“And we continue to be a strong and loving family.”

Marino agreed to pay Savattere millions to care for Chloe, sources say, and she moved to Texas as part of the deal.

It’s not clear exactly how much Marino paid. But after getting the dough, Savattere apparently started living large.

She soon returned to New York from the Lone Star State, splitting her time between the Upper West Side and the Hamptons, where she became a fixture on the social scene.

She was even snapped by society photographers such as Patrick McMullan and New York Social Diary.

The source said that Marino, 51, has been in touch with his now-7-year-old daughter.

“They would have impromptu meetings, which was part of the deal,” a source said.

“Donna was always saying she had to go meet with her lawyers to go over the scheduling and other issues.”

A source said that Savaterre confided to close pals that the father was Marino and showed them photographs of her and the quarterback together at restaurants and clubs.

She later married Nahill Younis, whom she met in the Bahamas in 2009.

She also petitioned to change the name of her and Marino’s daughter from Chloe Alexis Savattere to Chloe Alexis Younis, according to records.

A wedding announcement for the couple on a Hamptons Web site says: “Donna was already a mother when Nahill met her, and Donna’s daughter quickly became an important part of his life.”

She and Younis have since had a child together.

Donna was previously married to a New Jersey state trooper, a source said. But that source added that the marriage ended before the brief fling with Marino began.

Reps for Younis declined to comment.

In addition to his Super Bowl appearance this weekend, Marino will be featured in an ESPN documentary this spring.

keg in kc · 01-31-2013, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by PaulAllen

My secret is I sneak a Double Cheeseburger when my wifes not looking. Not banging some PA when my wifes not looking. Little bit of a difference.

I sneak all kinds of food, too. And I'd never cheat on anybody. But...you might be surprised by the amount of infidelity that does goes on. Or you might not. Either way, there's a lot of it. And I'm not defending it, just saying there are likely a lot of people in glass houses throwing stones about this one.

**Bwana** · 01-31-2013, 01:57 PM

She looks like Elway in drag, damn Dan!

siberian khatru · 01-31-2013, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by ChiTown

That happened to me with George Brett.

I was at a social gathering here in Wichita (Brett's In-Laws lived here at the time). I was speaking with a friend of his, and GB walks up, interrupts our conversation, and smirks, "sorry, I need to borrow this guy, but I'll give you an autograph later..." He was a complete douchebag, and that's as nice as I can say it. I've run into him on a number of other occasions since, where that it appears to be the norm for him. Completely ****ed me up, as he was most certainly a MAJOR hero of mine growing up.

Yep, I've heard stories like that, which is why I said I felt lucky he wasn't a DB to me at spring training.

I remember when I covered the 1991 World Series in Atlanta, before one of the games I was on the field and I saw Peter Gammons standing by himself, basically doing nothing, about 20 feet away from me. He was one of the biggest reasons I got into sportswriting, as I grew up reading his AL notes column in the Sporting News.

I wanted so bad to go up to him and interview him for my notebook feature as just a pretext to meet him and talk to him, but I just couldn't bring myself to do it. I was deathly afraid he'd tell me to get lost, or big-time me or something.

**morphius** · 01-31-2013, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ChiTown

That happened to me with George Brett.

I was at a social gathering here in Wichita (Brett's In-Laws lived here at the time). I was speaking with a friend of his, and GB walks up, interrupts our conversation, and smirks, "sorry, I need to borrow this guy, but I'll give you an autograph later..." He was a complete douchebag, and that's as nice as I can say it. I've run into him on a number of other occasions since, where that it appears to be the norm for him. Completely ****ed me up, as he was most certainly a MAJOR hero of mine growing up.

Yeah, I heard a story about him when I was still pretty young which sort of soured me to him. But oddly, I'm of the sort that doesn't and never really had any heroes. Which is mostly just sad.

BlackHelicopters · 01-31-2013, 04:47 PM

Didn't know Marino had a penis. Good to know.

Demonpenz · 01-31-2013, 06:32 PM

he probably faked like he was going to pull out then threw it back in like a kneeldown against the jets.

Aries Walker · 01-31-2013, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Pink

Or, Laces Out Dan...either way

Why, it's almost as if I did that on purpose.

KChiefer · 01-31-2013, 07:47 PM

Lonewolf Ed · 01-31-2013, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by BigRock

Wife probably reminds him every day that if she leaves he'll lose the only ring he ever got.

**Rain Man** · 01-31-2013, 08:02 PM

I wonder what Dan was doing when he found out we drafted Blackledge. It was probably the same thing we were doing a year later.

Hammock Parties · 01-31-2013, 08:03 PM

This has got to be one of the best examples of money not buying happiness I've heard in awhile.

Marino's gut has to be churning.

**notorious** · 01-31-2013, 08:14 PM

Kid looks exactly like him.

**Saul Good** · 01-31-2013, 08:22 PM

Should have worn a glove.

**Rain Man** · 01-31-2013, 08:24 PM

It was character issues like this that made us pass him up in the draft.

FloridaMan88 · 01-31-2013, 09:15 PM

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