Tyna Karageorge: Brian Urlacher's Former Partner and Ex-Wife

Tyna Robertson Urlacher is a private American woman known almost entirely through court records and sports news. She has no film, music, or sporting career of her own.

Her name entered public view because of a child, a family court dispute, a death, and a lawsuit. She is a litigant in those records rather than a public figure.

Who is Tyna Robertson Urlacher?

Tyna Robertson Urlacher appears in American records under several versions of her name. These include Tyna Robertson, Tyna Marie Robertson, and Tyna Karageorge.

A federal court record identifies her as Tyna Karageorge, formerly known as Tyna Robertson, according to secondary reporting on the case.

Sources disagree on the spelling of her first name. Some outlets print it as Tyna. Others print it as Tanya.

Brian Urlacher is the connection that made her searchable. He played thirteen seasons as a linebacker for the Chicago Bears and entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2018.

Why does the name Tyna Robertson Urlacher draw so many searches?

The file begins in family court and ends in federal litigation.

Searches for Tyna Robertson Urlacher return coverage of a custody dispute, a fatal shooting, and a $125 million defamation claim.

Most of that coverage is old. It circulates because newer biography sites rewrite it without adding primary sources.

No verified interview with her has been published by a news outlet.

How did Tyna Robertson Urlacher meet Brian Urlacher?

The relationship is documented only in reporting about their child. No profile interview explains how they met.

The Chicago Tribune reported in December 2006 that Robertson was the mother of Brian Urlacher's son.

Her attorney at that time was Steve Lake, who represented her before a Will County judge.

The child was Kennedy. He was about eighteen months old in December 2006, and turned three in 2008.

What happened in the Will County custody hearings?

Custody proceedings involving Tyna Robertson Urlacher ran through the family courts of northern Illinois for years.

The Chicago Tribune reported in 2006 that Judge Ludwig Kuhar had set up exchanges at a tollway oasis. Robertson called that arrangement horrible.

Urlacher's attorney then, Tim Daw, said Robertson had never raised security concerns before.

Lake said Robertson wanted mediation so the exchanges could happen away from the news media.

In 2008, the Denver Post carried a Chicago Sun-Times report about a hearing in Will County. Robertson's attorney, Anita Ventrelli, moved to stop her from keeping Kennedy away.

At that hearing Robertson threatened to block visits over Kennedy's pink Cinderella diapers and blue nail polish.

Who was Ryan Karageorge?

Ryan Karageorge was the second husband of Tyna Robertson Urlacher. He became the stepfather of Kennedy.

He grew up in the Chicago area. An alumni record lists Ryan Karageorge as a graduate of Hobart High School Class of 2001.

The Chicago Sun-Times reported in 2017 that Ryan Karageorge married Kennedy's mother in September 2016.

What happened on 29 December 2016?

Ryan Karageorge died on 29 December 2016 from a gunshot wound at the family home in Willow Springs, Illinois.

Sportsmockery reported that the death followed a birthday party at that home.

Kennedy was in Arizona with his father at the time. Sportsmockery reported that Kennedy learned the news from a cousin over Snapchat.

That evening, Urlacher filed an emergency motion in a Cook County courtroom.

A judge granted temporary custody on Monday. Sportsmockery reported that Kennedy then joined Urlacher, his wife, and their two daughters in Arizona.

Why do accounts of the death disagree?

Sources conflict on how the shooting happened, and the conflict matters.

Willow Springs police reported that the gun fired while Karageorge was attempting to unload it. That account points to an accidental discharge.

Robertson told a different account to police. She said the couple were arguing and he reached for a pistol in her purse.

She said he then shot himself in the head. Sporting News reported that his death was ruled a suicide.

So police reporting described an accident, while her account described a suicide.

Urlacher's custody motion cited suspicious circumstances. His petition claimed Robertson sounded happy and cheerful on the phone.

The petition also claimed she told him her husband had died in a car crash. She admitted the following morning that Karageorge had shot himself.

What did the $125 million lawsuit allege?

Robertson filed a $125 million defamation suit in Cook County Circuit Court in January 2018.

Sporting News reported the filing and named her as Tyna Karageorge, aged 45.

She alleged that Urlacher conspired with a Chicago Tribune reporter to portray her as unfit and as a killer.

She said the aim was to make it appear she had murdered Ryan Karageorge, so Urlacher could keep joint custody of Kennedy.

The Chicago Tribune had reported in January 2017 that the investigation into the death was still open.

The Tribune later released a statement saying its reporting was based on court documents and defames no one.

Urlacher told reporters he had no prior knowledge of the lawsuit.

Tyna Robertson Urlacher said her life had been ruined by what transpired. She said people still perceive her as a murderer.

Why do two different Illinois courts appear?

Two separate court systems appear across the record for Tyna Robertson Urlacher.

The early custody proceedings over Kennedy ran in Will County. Judge Ludwig Kuhar heard that case.

The emergency custody motion after the December 2016 death went to a Cook County courtroom instead.

The defamation suit filed in January 2018 also went to Cook County Circuit Court.

So an early Will County judge and a later Cook County judge both appear in this story.

Conflating the two produces errors that are common in biographies of private litigants.

What became of the March 2017 hearing?

Sportsmockery reported that a further hearing was scheduled for 9 March 2017.

That hearing was set to revisit the judge's ruling and review the results of the investigation.

No verified report of the outcome of that hearing was found for this article.

That gap matters, because many biography pages describe the custody dispute as neatly settled.

No source opened here confirms how the dispute ended.

The one confirmed later step for Tyna Robertson Urlacher is the suit filed in January 2018.

Who is Brian Urlacher?

Brian Urlacher is the reason Tyna Robertson Urlacher is searchable at all.

Secondary reporting describes him as a linebacker who spent his entire thirteen-year career with the Chicago Bears.

That same reporting places him in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2018.

Those two facts are repeated widely. Very little about his former partner is documented outside court records.

Why do the name variants matter?

Search results for Tyna Robertson Urlacher split across several legal names, and each belongs to a different period.

Tyna Robertson and Tyna Marie Robertson appear in the Flatley litigation and in the early custody coverage.

Tyna Karageorge appears in records tied to the second marriage and the January 2018 defamation suit.

Some outlets spell the first name as Tanya. Others spell it as Tyna.

A search for one name will miss documents filed under the others.

That single problem explains a large share of the conflicting biography pages about Tyna Robertson Urlacher.

How did the record get distorted?

Most distortion in the Tyna Robertson Urlacher record comes from repetition rather than invention.

A short item from 2006 becomes a later profile, then a fresh-looking page. Each version adds detail the original never carried.

Details that appear only in those later pages include a specific birth month, a school history, and a settled custody outcome.

None of those details can be traced back to a court filing or a dated news report.

For Tyna Robertson Urlacher, the fix is simple. Read the dated reports and record what they actually say.

What happened before the Urlacher litigation?

The record for Tyna Robertson Urlacher includes a separate dispute with the dancer Michael Flatley.

Digital Spy reported in December 2007 that Flatley sued Tyna Marie Robertson for defamation, extortion, and fraud.

The case followed her allegation that Flatley raped her in a Las Vegas hotel in 2002.

A California Supreme Court ruling allowed the suit to proceed. Digital Spy reported an $11 million settlement in December 2007.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported in December 2008 that Cook County sheriff's police arrested her at her Burr Ridge home.

She was held on a contempt warrant after missing a court date. She had not made payments on the $11 million judgment.

Sources also disagree on her occupation. Digital Spy described her as a real estate agent. The Irish Independent described her as an exotic dancer.

What about Tyna Robertson Urlacher cannot be verified?

No verified birth date for Tyna Robertson Urlacher appears in any source reviewed for this article.

Sporting News gave her age as 45 in January 2018. No other source reviewed provides a birth date.

No verified education record, address history, or net worth figure for Tyna Robertson Urlacher was found.

Competitor biographies describe a real estate career in the American Midwest. No source supports that description.

One competitor site publishes an invented question-and-answer interview and labels it as simulated. That material is excluded here.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Tyna Robertson Urlacher? Tyna Robertson Urlacher appears in American records under several versions of her name. These include Tyna Robertson, Tyna Marie Robertson, and Tyna Karageorge.

Why does the name Tyna Robertson Urlacher draw so many searches? The file for Tyna Robertson Urlacher begins in family court and ends in federal litigation.

How did Tyna Robertson Urlacher meet Brian Urlacher? The relationship is documented only in reporting about their child. No profile interview explains how they met.

What happened in the Will County custody hearings? Custody proceedings involving Tyna Robertson Urlacher ran through the family courts of northern Illinois for years.

Who was Ryan Karageorge? Ryan Karageorge was the second husband of Tyna Robertson Urlacher. He became the stepfather of Kennedy.

What happened on 29 December 2016? Ryan Karageorge died on 29 December 2016 from a gunshot wound at the family home in Willow Springs, Illinois.

Conclusion

Tyna Robertson Urlacher is a litigant whose public record is unusually well documented and unusually misread.

The verified facts are clear. She and Brian Urlacher share a son, Kennedy. She later married Ryan Karageorge, who died on 29 December 2016.

A judge granted Urlacher temporary custody in January 2017. She then sued him for $125 million in January 2018.

Accounts of the shooting disagree, and this article does not resolve them. Police reporting and her own account tell different stories.

Much of what circulates about her is invented. Details without sources, including the simulated interview, are excluded.

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Sources

• Mother of Brian Urlacher's son sues ex-Bear for $125M, says he portrayed her as 'killer' - Sporting News. https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/nfl/news/bears-nfl-brian-urlacher-ex-tyna-karageorge-mother-child-lawsuit-defamation/1wq93ueq9hpc41o82ors136p4a

• Brian Urlacher Files For Emergency Custody Of Son After Stepfather's Death - Sportsmockery. https://www.sportsmockery.com/chicago-bears/bears-brian-urlacher-files-custody-son-death-stepfather/

• Mother of Urlacher's son wants mediation to discuss visits - Chicago Tribune. https://www.chicagotribune.com/2006/12/13/mother-of-urlachers-son-wants-mediation-to-discuss-visits/

• Keeping things pretty - Denver Post. https://www.denverpost.com/2008/11/26/keeping-things-pretty/

• Flatley's accuser: his attorneys 'set me up' - Las Vegas Review-Journal. https://neon.reviewjournal.com/celebrity/flatleys-accuser-his-attorneys-set-me-up/

• Flatley gets $11m settlement over claim - Digital Spy. https://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/a81421/flatley-gets-11m-settlement-over-claim/

• Stripper in Flatley rape lie faces jail - Irish Independent. https://www.independent.ie/county/dublin/stripper-in-flatley-rape-lie-faces-jail/a/147761812.html

• Former Bears star Brian Urlacher being sued for $125 million by ex - Sportsnaut. https://sportsnaut.com/nfl/former-bears-star-brian-urlacher-sued-125-million-ex

• Tyna Robertson? How Old Headlines Can Follow a Private Person for Years - Besider Magazine. https://besidermagazine.com/tyna-robertson/