Meet The Wife Of 49ers Owner Jed York, Who’s Left To Deal With Fallout From His Prostitution Arrest
This article was originally published on Total Pro Sports.
Jed York has spent years positioning himself as a devoted family man to 49ers fans. That image took a serious hit this week.
The team’s CEO and principal owner faced arrest Sunday near his hometown in northeastern Ohio. Police say he answered an online ad and arranged to pay $140 for sex at a mobile home park, part of an undercover operation run by the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force.
York pleaded no contest Monday to two misdemeanors, disorderly conduct and possession of criminal tools, and served time credited toward his one night in jail.
That arrest wasn’t the only revelation to come out of the situation.
York Had Already Filed For Divorce Months Earlier
Court records (H/T the New York Post) show York filed for divorce from his wife, Danielle Belluomini, back on May 11, citing irreconcilable differences.
The filing came through the Santa Clara County Superior Court, months before his arrest became public. The couple has agreed to joint legal and physical custody of their two children, ages 13 and 10, while the division of their property remains unresolved.
York married Belluomini in 2011. The two began dating while she worked as a sixth-grade science teacher at a San Francisco public school, according to SFGate.
They welcomed their first son in October 2012, followed by a second son a few years later. Belluomini has kept an unusually low profile for the spouse of a billionaire NFL owner. She attends team events alongside her husband but avoids social media almost entirely, with a private Instagram account and an X account that hasn’t posted in five years.
York Has Led The 49ers Through A Complicated Ownership History
York became the 49ers’ CEO in 2008 at just 28 years old, years before he’d complete his degree in finance and history at Notre Dame.
He didn’t become the team’s principal owner until 2024, when he bought out his mother, Denise, of enough shares to take full control. The York family gained ownership of the team in 2000, after Denise’s brother, Eddie DeBartolo Jr., was forced to cede control following a corruption investigation tied to a former Louisiana governor.
York’s early years running the franchise were rocky, but the team stabilized considerably after he hired Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch in 2017, leading San Francisco to three Super Bowl appearances since.
That track record, paired with a franchise Forbes recently valued at $8.6 billion, is part of why York’s arrest sent shockwaves through the league this week.
