The Sanders have been sharing a mansion in Texas during their acrimonious divorce. Pilar Sanders and a female friend, Dee Boswell, attacked Deion Sanders in his bedroom, on his side of the couple's home, after his wife found out he has been dating promiscuous, Tracey Edmonds, the ex-wife of singer/producer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds.

Boswell attempted to film the duo attacking him with her mobile phone camera. This prompted Sanders to toss the mobile phone outside his home. He then removed Pilar from his bedroom by lifting her up by the waist and placing her outside the room. Sanders and his children filed a police report regarding the incident. They have both been charged in the case, with Pilar facing the greater legal penalties.