Baltimore Ravens lineman Ben Cleveland has filed for divorce from his wife, Kaitlyn Cleveland, just weeks after he was arrested for DUI.
Ben, 26, submitted the divorce documents in Baldwin County, Georgia on Friday, February 28, according to TMZ. In the filing, Ben cites the reason for the divorce as “adultery.” The official separation date was listed on or around December 29, 2024.
Ben and Kaitlyn got married in July 2022.
The filing came 16 days after Ben was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence on February 12. He was pulled over in Milledgeville, Georgia after being observed weaving between lanes and swerving on the road, per an arrest report shared by the NFL.
According to the report, Ben registered a .178 blood alcohol content — more than double the legal limit.
He was charged with DUI and failure to maintain lane before being released on bond.
Us Weekly has reached out to the Baltimore Ravens for comment.
The football star — who was drafted by the Ravens in 2021 after playing collegiately at the University of Georgia — proposed to Kaitlyn in Las Vegas in February 2020.
“If I’m being honest, your first and my last name will just sound better together and probably always will,” Ben shared via Instagram alongside a photo carousel in front of the Bellagio Hotel & Casino fountains. “Nobody I’d rather spend my forever with and now we get to try that out.”In June 2020, Ben gave an update about the couple’s engagement.
“Two years and then some until you’re actually my wife,” he shared via Instagram with photos from a beach day. “Not sure, we haven’t really started wedding planning yet and we’ve been engaged 6 months so that’s on her. But she’s gonna be my wife so that’s kinda cool.”
Ben and Kaitlyn last appeared on social media together on December 26, 2024, three days before their listed separation date. Kaitlyn shared a carousel of photos via Instagram from the Ravens’ Christmas Day game against the Houston Texans, including a couple of pictures of Ben and Kaitlyn on the sidelines together.
Since then, Ben has been noticeably absent from Kaitlyn’s Instagram posts. On February 7, she posted a series of photos from the Virgin Islands captioned, “A a one way flight has never sounded better 😃🏝️☀️🐚🩵.”
Kaitlyn also attended a Mardi Gras celebration in Mobile, Alabama seemingly without Ben last month. She posted a series of photos from the event via Instagram on February 20, just 8 days after her estranged husband’s DUI arrest.
