KEY POINTS

  • Malik Beasley's wife filed for divorce the day she saw his and Larsa Pippen's photos
  • Montana Yao is not dating and her priority is her son after filing for divorce
  • The model already said she felt blindsided by Beasley's sighting with Pippen

NBA star Malik Beasley's wife, Montana Yao, filed for divorce after he was spotted holding hands with Larsa Pippen.

Beasley and Pippen raised eyebrows earlier this week after photos of them getting cozy while shopping in Miami made headlines. Yao has no plans to work on her marriage with Beasley amid the cheating rumors because she filed for divorce on the same day she saw her husband's controversial photos, E! News reported.

"Montana filed for a divorce the day she saw the photos," an insider was quoted as saying by the media outlet. "Montana never cheated, and it's not in her character. She's not dating anybody. She's a family person. She's focusing on taking care of her son with her parents. They are quarantining together. Her son is her first priority."

Pippen and Beasley were photographed locking fingers inside a mall in Miami last month. The two "have been texting for weeks now and had been making several plans to see each other," a separate source told E! News.

Pippen was aware that Beasley was married, according to the insider. The Minnesota Timberwolves star allegedly "played it off that him and Montana were having issues and ending their marriage."

"She thought Malik was in the process of ending his marriage and she wasn't doing anything wrong by hanging out with him," the insider added.

"Larsa and Malik are still in touch and are planning to see each other again when the news blows over.”

When photos of the NBA player and reality star made headlines, the model allegedly felt "blindsided." Yao responded to the rumors on social media.

"Wow… I don’t even know this man," she wrote in her Instagram Story Tuesday. "This is wild y’all I’m seeing it for the first time just like y’all."

Meanwhile, Pippen seemingly responded to Yao by sharing a cryptic message.

“Don't always trust what you see on social media. Even salt looks like sugar," she wrote in her Instagram Story.

Pippen received intense backlash on Instagram after her sighting with Beasley. Many slammed the 46-year-old star for hanging out with a married man.

"Arm in arm with a married man, so not nice," one commented.

"Larsa why with a married man girl, so many men and you had to be with the married one?" another wrote.

Larsa Scottie Pippen
Scottie Pippen and Larsa Pippen at the Avion Reserva 44 Celebrates Kygo's Haute Living Cover at Komodo March 16, 2016 in Miami, Florida. Getty Images