CBS Sports NFL analyst Dan Marino speaks with the media at a Super Bowl XLVII Broadcasters Press Conference at the New Orleans Convention Center on January 29, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)
NFL Hall of Fame quarterback and current CBS analyst Dan Marino
fathered a child out of wedlock with another CBS employee in 2005.
The New York Post reported
that Marino had an affair with former CBS Sports production assistant
Donna Savattere, and the two had a daughter, Chloe, in June 2005.
"This
is a personal and private matter. I take full responsibility both
personally and financially for my actions now as I did then," Marino
said in a statement. "We mutually agreed to keep our arrangement private
to protect all parties involved."
Marino has been married for 28 years to his wife, Claire, with whom he has four sons and two adopted daughters.
CBS Sports has not responded to requests by USA TODAY Sports for comment.
"My
wife and I have been married for almost 30 years and have six children
together," Marino said. "And we continue to be a strong and loving
family."
After the birth of Chloe, the Post reports Marino
"agreed to pay millions" and Savattere moved from New York to Texas to
keep their relationship and child a secret.
Marino has been a member of CBS' The NFL Today
pregame show since 2003, and will be part of the CBS Super Bowl
telecast Sunday, which starts at 2 p.m. ET ahead of the game's 6:30 p.m.
kickoff.
Mike Foss, USA TODAY Sports