Mechelle McNair is the wife of the late NFL star Steve McNair, who was killed in an apparent murder-suicide by his mistress Sahel Kazemi on July 4, 2009. Mechelle claims that she was unaware of her husband's affair with Sahel Kazemi until after he died.
Police confirmed that Steve McNair was killed by four gunshots at close range in Nashville Tennessee. They further confirm that Sahel Kazemi, 20, died from one gunshot. All the shots were fired by the same weapon.http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/2009/07/06/2009-07-06_untitled__3mcnair06m.html
Mechelle and Steve McNair had two sons together and he had two sons from a prior marriage.http://www1.essence.com/relationships/men/articles/inside_the_nfl_a_wife_speaks_on_steve_mcnairs_tragic_death Steve McNair, Jr. has been offered football scholarships in his own right at four universities.http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/2009/07/08/steve-mcnair-sons/
Mechelle's husband's $20 million estate has awarded her an allowance of $10,000 per month. She is taking the estate to court in an attempt to get more access to her husband's money.http://www.wsmv.com/news/22740085/detail.html Steve McNair did not leave a will. Mechelle is having to file a claim each time she needs to pay attorney fees and maintenance expenses.http://www.newschannel5.com/global/story.asp?s=12128923
Mechelle earned her nursing degree from Belmont University in 2002. She often nursed her husband's football injuries. She once had to put Steve on an antibiotic IV for an infection in his shoulder after he had surgery.http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090712/COLUMNIST0202/907120366/Mechelle-McNair-copes-with-heavy-burden
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Mechelle (Mrs. Steve) & Trenton McNair Photo by LynnSuddith on Flickr
Featured Photo: Mechelle McNair at Steve McNair's Funeral
Photo from Webutante. Mechelle is pictured here with one of her four sons by her late husband, at his funeral. Webutante says she hopes Mechelle meets an upstanding man who will be a father to her sons and a good husband to Mechelle. She says maybe Steve McNair was in the right place at the right time, that maybe he needed to be out of his wife's and his sons' lives.
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Fast Facts
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Birth Name
Mechelle Cartwright
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Married Steve McNair
in 1997
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Earned
her nursing degree from Belmont University in 2002
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Often Nursed
Her husband's football injuries
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Had Two Sons
with Steve McNair
