Chargers lineman Ben Cleveland agrees to pay estranged wife staggering sum to settle divorce

Chargers offensive lineman Ben Cleveland has agreed to pay his estranged wife over half a million dollars to settle their divorce, The California Post can exclusively report.

Court records show Cleveland and his ex, Kaitlyn Terrell Cleveland, filed a settlement agreement in Georgia in late January in an attempt to finalize their split.

Ben vowed to give Kaitlyn a lump sum payment of $550,000, though some of that money will go toward paying off a 2024 Land Rover he agreed to give her possession of, according to a copy of the agreement.

The payment appears to be in return for Kaitlyn relinquishing her rights to some real estate owned by the former couple, according to the agreement.

Ben also gave up any rights he had to Kaitlyn when it came to a golf cart, some rugs and pillows, bedroom furniture and kitchen dishes.

Kaitlyn, meanwhile, agreed to return Ben’s gun and thermal scope, and allowed him to retain possession of two Georgia properties, according to the agreement.

Both sides stated they’d pay their own attorney’s fees, and the two acknowledged they would not make “any disparaging comments about the other party in any form” or “post anything about the other party on any social media platform.”

A judge has not yet signed off on the settlement agreement, though Ben filed a motion in the case last week to expedite that process.

Ben first initiated divorce proceedings in February 2025 — just days after he was arrested for DUI — claiming in court docs that he wanted to separate from Kaitlyn due to adultery. Kaitlyn later denied ever cheating on Ben in a response she submitted to the court.

The two, according to Ben’s petition for divorce, got married in July 21, 2022 and called it quits on Dec. 29, 2024. Neither has made any public comment on their breakup.

Kaitlyn’s attorney, J. Chase Wilson, told The Post on Monday, “We are prohibited by the terms of the settlement agreement from making any public comment.”

Ben, who reached a plea deal to close out his DUI case in late 2025, began his NFL career five years ago, after the Ravens selected him out of Georgia in the third round of the 2021 NFL Draft.

He went on to play in 64 games for Baltimore, before he was waived in January following a three-game suspension for violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy.

The Chargers signed him to their practice squad days after his Ravens ousting, and eventually inked him to a futures contract that will reportedly pay him a little over $1 million in 2026.

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