Who is Alex Rodriguez' ex-wife Cynthia Scurtis?

May 2024 · 2 minute read

ALEX Rodriguez has made headlines for his relationship with superstar Jennifer Lopez.

He was married to Cynthia Scurtis before he was engaged to JLo.

Who is Alex Rodriguez' ex-wife Cynthia Scurtis?

Cynthia Scurtis is the granddaughter of one of Florida’s most prominent and influential Greek Orthodox priests, the Rev. Demosthenes Mekras. 

She has got a degree in psychology from Ohio State university and a master’s degree from Fort Lauderdale’s Nova Southeastern University.

Before meeting A-Rod, she taught psychology at the high school she once attended.

Cynthia and Alex first met at a Miami gym.

According to HollywoodLife, the Greek beauty was on the Stairmaster at Body and Soul Gym in 1996 when A-Rod first spotted her.

To date, Scurtis has a net worth of an eye-watering $10 million. 

When were Cynthia Scarcurtis and Alex Rodriguez married?

Alex proposed on Cynthia's 30th birthday in 2002.

Despite her family's initial reservations about her marrying the sportsman, the pair were married at Cynthia's grandfather's mansion in Texas in 2002.

But things didn't last as the pair divorced in 2008, just six years later.

Cynthia was the one who filed for divorce after rumors about A-Rod's infidelity started to circulate.

ESPN reported that her petition for marriage read: "The marriage of the parties is irretrievably broken because of the husband’s extramarital affairs and other marital misconduct."  

The couple settled their divorce with an undisclosed amount in September 2008.

Do they have kids?

The pair had their first child, a daughter named Natasha Alexander, on 18 November 2004.

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Four years later, they welcomed a second daughter named Ella Alexander on 21 April 2008.

Since splitting from A-Rod Scurtis is now with a new man, Florida realtor Angel Oscar.

The pair have a daughter together named Camilla.

A-Rod was engaged to JLo but the two announced on April 15, 2021 that they have ended their engagement and "realized we are better as friends."

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