UNBELIEVABLE!!! Rory McIlroy ‘paid private detective to deliver divorce papers to wife Erica Stoll’ while playing in tournament
McIlroy spoke to press at the PGA Championship days after news of his divorce emerged
RORY MCILROY is claimed to have paid a private investigator to hand divorce papers to wife Erica Stoll earlier this month.
The golfer, 35, had papers delivered to Stoll on May 13.
Rory McIlroy has filed for divorce from wife Erica StollCredit: Reuters
The couple have been married since 2017Credit: Getty – Contributor
McIlroy has continued to compete since the news emergedCredit: Getty
McIlroy wed Erica in 2017, with the couple having a three-year-old daughter, Poppy, together.
According to The Belfast Telegraph, the Northern Irishman had Florida cop Carl Woods deliver the papers earlier this month.
At the time McIlroy, who had penned the papers on May 9, was at a tournament in Wesley Chapel.
The golf icon is claimed to have hired attorney Thomas Sasser, who handled Tiger Woods’ high-profile divorce from Elin Nordegren in 2010.
Stoll, 36, was given 20 days to respond to the petition upon receiving it on May 13.
The papers are alleged to claim that their marriage is “irretrievably broken”.
They add that McIlroy and Stoll have a prenuptial arrangement in place – and that the petition has called for shared custody of Poppy.
The petition is also alleged to state: “A phone call will not protect you.
“Your written response, including the case number given above and the names of the parties, must be filed if you want the court to hear your side of the case.
“If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case, and your wages, money and property may thereafter be taken without further warning from the court.
“There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away.”