Basketball superstar Shaquille O’Neal filed for divorce from his wife Va’Shaundya (Shaunie) almost a year ago, suggesting that she was hiding marital assets of some sort (see our report from last October on the divorce details). Celebrity gossip reporters and bloggers have been reporting all summer though that the future Hall-of-Famer and Shaunie were reconciling. And today, in Miami, the O’Neal divorce case was officially dismissed when a judge signed off on the paperwork to close the file.

But wait, the story took an interesting twist this afternoon when TMZ.com reported that an Atlanta hip hop artist named MaryJane (née Alexis Miller) filed for a restraining order against Shaq. She claims that they were romantically involved until July 18, 2008 (well after Shaq supposedly reconciled with Shaunie) and that he has been threatening her via phone and email ever since. Shaq is due in court on September 4 to respond to the allegations.

There was no indication from the O’Neal camp that the divorce action would be re-filed.

Source: TMZ.com