Addison Russell’s Wife Files for Divorce, Declines MLB’s Interview Request

As relayed by WGN’s Dean Richards via Facebook, Melisa Russell, Addison Russell’s wife, has hired a lawyer from prominent Chicago family law firm Beermann Pritkin Mirabelli Swerdlove LLP to represent her in divorce proceedings. A press release read, in part:

Mrs. Russell has retained Thomas T. Field of Beermann Pritkin Mirabelli Swerdlove LLP in Chicago to represent her in divorce proceedings with her husband, Addison Russell, and has filed her Petition for Dissolution of Marriage in Cook County. Mrs. Russell has declined the invitation from Major League Baseball to be interviewed relative to social media postings and allegations of domestic violence. It is her desire to pursue a resolution…