{"id":79549,"date":"2023-10-06T08:55:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T08:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/?p=79549"},"modified":"2023-10-06T08:55:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T08:55:16","slug":"who-is-damian-lillards-estranged-wife-kayla-hanson-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/lifestyle\/who-is-damian-lillards-estranged-wife-kayla-hanson-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Damian Lillard\u2019s estranged wife, Kay\u2019La Hanson? | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BEFORE rising to basketball fame, Milwaukee Bucks player Damian Lillard scored on love when he met his college sweetheart.<\/p>\n<p>Here is everything to know about Kay&#x27;La Hanson &#8211; the NBA star&#x27;s longtime love before he filed for divorce.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/10\/7edb2468-6dcd-4384-ad3a-48a10746a2aa-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h2>Who is Damian Lillard&#x27;s estranged wife, Kay&#x27;La Hanson?<\/h2>\n<p>Kay&#x27;La Hanson was born on November 9, 1991, in Las Vegas, Nevada. <\/p>\n<p>She graduated from Legacy High School in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Hanson started her educational career studying nursing at Webster State University in Utah, where she met Damian Lillard.<\/p>\n<p>She then worked in healthcare for a reported six years.<\/p>\n<p>Now Hanson owns her own nail business DIPPED in Oregon.<\/p>\n<p>As Willamette Week reported, Lillard filed for divorce from Hanson on Monday, October 2, 2023, in Clackamas County Circuit Court.<\/p>\n<p>The filing cites &quot;irreconcilable differences&quot; between the former couple that &quot;caused the irremediable breakdown of their marriage,&quot; per the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Basketball star Lillard&#x27;s filing for divorce comes less than a week after he was traded from the Portland Trail Blazers to the Milwaukee Bucks.<\/p>\n<h2>Most read in Basketball<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/tp-composite-Holly-Willoughby-new.jpg\"><\/picture><span>HOLLY KIDNAP PLOT <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Holly Willoughby under guard after man is arrested over &#8216;kidnap plot&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/tp-composite-Amber-Turner-new.jpg\"><\/picture><span>FIRING LINE <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>SAS hardman &#038; missus in bust-up over &#8216;flirty texts&#8217; with show&#8217;s Amber Turner<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/newspress-collage-24297873-1696534969740.jpg\"><\/picture><span>&#8216;A REAL SHAME&#8217; <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Walkers axes crisp flavour for good &#038; shoppers say sandwiches are RUINED<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/AP-YEW-TREE_COMP.jpg\"><\/picture><span>YEW WHAT? 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