Dominican TV host Karen Yapoort and ex-MLB star Edwin Encarnación confirm divorce after 12 years together

Dominican television personality Karen Yapoort and retired MLB slugger Edwin Encarnación have confirmed the start of divorce proceedings, ending a 12-year relationship and nearly nine years of marriage. The couple, who wed in a lavish 2017 ceremony, are now navigating a highly publicized separation. The pair met in 2014 via social media while Yapoort was rising in Dominican TV and Encarnación played for the Toronto Blue Jays. They married under a separation of property agreement and have two children together, Ever and Eiren, born in 2019 and 2021. Rumors of trouble surfaced in late 2025, including a denied claim of an extramarital child. Yapoort recently avoided questions about her husband's absence at an August 2026 event, shortly before both confirmed the legal separation.