Legendary Miami Dolphins QB and Hall of Famer Dan Marino has admitted to having an affair and fathering a child with a CBS employee back in 2005, first reported by the New York Post. Marino retired from football in 1999 and began working as a pregame analyst for CBS in 2003. As the Post discovered, Marino “knocked up Donna Savattere, a then-35-year-old production assistant at CBS Sports’ Manhattan studio.” Savattere then gave birth to their daughter, Chloe, in June of 2005.
Here is Dan Marino admitting to the shocking news of his affair that broke early Thursday morning.
“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.”
Marino has been married to his wife, Claire, for 28 years and together they have six children. At the time of this affair, Marino had been married 20 years. Despite the news of the affair breaking in a very public way, Marino says his marriage is doing fine. “And we continue to be a strong and loving family.”
“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.
