Caressa Suzzette Madden is not a public figure in her own right. Her name comes up regularly in searches because of her connection to former NBA player Delonte West — and specifically because a 2015 Washington Post profile placed her at the center of one of the more personal chapters in his life.
This article covers what is actually confirmed about Madden: who she is, how she and West met, what is known about their relationship and children, and why her name remains tied to West’s broader story. Where the record is thin or uncertain, that will be stated clearly rather than filled in with guesswork.
Who Caressa Suzzette Madden Is
Caressa Suzzette Madden is primarily known as the wife or partner of Delonte West, a former professional basketball player who played in the NBA for roughly a decade.
She has not pursued a public career in entertainment, sports, or business. No verified professional background has been reported by major news outlets. Her public recognition is entirely relational — her name appears in the public record because of her connection to West, not because of anything she has done independently in the public eye.
You will find details like a birth date, hometown, and occupation listed on various celebrity biography websites. Those sites tend to repeat the same claims without tracing them back to any reliable source. For that reason, those details are not presented here as confirmed facts.
How She Met Delonte West
The most reliable account of how Madden and West met comes from the Washington Post‘s April 2015 profile of West. According to that reporting, the two met at a mutual friend’s house.
At the time, West was going through a difficult stretch. His first marriage — to a woman named Kimberly Ashley Awad — had ended quickly. He was also no longer playing professional basketball and was dealing with significant financial strain.
The Washington Post described Madden and West becoming close quickly and eventually living together while West was unemployed. That profile remains the strongest piece of primary reporting connecting the two and documenting how their relationship began.
It is worth being clear: Madden is a separate person from West’s first wife. Some online sources blur that distinction, but the two women are not the same person and should not be confused.
Their Marriage and What Is Confirmed
Multiple secondary sources report that West and Madden married around 2013. The Washington Post profile also refers to West proposing to Madden, which is consistent with those reports.
However, an exact wedding date, location, or ceremony detail has not been published by any major news outlet. Those specifics simply are not part of the documented public record, so they should not be stated as fact.
Some websites claim the couple divorced in 2020. That date appears in at least one secondary biography source but is not supported by the Washington Post profile or any other primary reporting found. It should be treated as an unconfirmed claim rather than an established fact.
What can be said with reasonable confidence is this: Madden and West met during his post-NBA period, became a couple, and were documented together as a family unit as of 2015. What happened after that point is not well established by reliable reporting.
Their Children
Madden and West have two sons together. This is consistently reported across multiple sources and is supported by the Washington Post profile.
Their first son is named Cash West. The Washington Post referred to an infant son named Cash during its coverage of West’s financial hardship period, and Madden was pregnant during part of that time. Cash’s name is the one detail about their children that has a solid basis in primary reporting.
Their second son’s name has not been widely publicized. The family appears to have kept that child’s identity more private, and that seems like a deliberate choice. Rather than filling in that gap with claims from low-authority biography pages, this article respects that boundary.
Both children were young at the time of the main news coverage. Their current lives, whereabouts, and schooling are not appropriate topics to speculate about.
Family Life During West’s Public Struggles
The 2015 Washington Post profile painted a detailed picture of what life looked like for Madden and West during one of his hardest periods. West was unemployed, money was extremely tight, and the couple was trying to build a family under stressful circumstances.
One detail from the article stands out. The piece described West heating water on the stove so that Madden could take a warm bath. That small moment said a lot about the conditions they were living under at the time.
Madden was pregnant during part of this period. The profile documented her and West as a family trying to manage under real financial pressure — not as celebrities living comfortably, but as a couple dealing with the kind of hardship that rarely gets attention when it involves former professional athletes.
West’s struggles — financial instability, homelessness reports in later years, legal problems, and mental health challenges — are widely covered in sports media. Madden’s role in that story, as documented by the Washington Post, was as a partner and mother during an early and difficult chapter of those struggles.
What Is Not Known About Madden
Quite a bit of what circulates online about Madden falls into the category of repeated but unverified claims. These include details about her birth date, where she grew up, her educational background, and any professional career she may have had.
Celebrity biography sites — including several that cover Madden specifically — often list these kinds of details confidently. But when those details cannot be traced to a reliable primary source or major news outlet, there is no good reason to treat them as fact.
Madden does not appear to have any significant public social media presence or independent media coverage. She has not given interviews or made public statements that have been picked up by major outlets. For readers looking for a detailed independent biography of her life, that information simply does not exist in the public record.
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Why People Search for Her Name
Madden’s name turns up in searches primarily because of interest in Delonte West’s life story. West had a notable NBA career, playing for teams including the Boston Celtics, Seattle SuperSonics, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Dallas Mavericks. His post-NBA life drew significant media coverage because of how sharply it contrasted with his playing days.
When people search for West’s family — his wife, his children, his personal life during his struggles — Madden’s name is the one that comes up. That is the main driver behind the search interest.
She did not seek public attention. Her name became part of the public conversation because of the person she was connected to, and the conditions under which that connection was documented.
A Final Note on What This Article Does and Does Not Claim
The goal here has been to separate what is actually documented from what is simply repeated online. Madden is a private person whose life became briefly visible through a single significant piece of journalism — the 2015 Washington Post profile of Delonte West.
Beyond that profile, reliable information is limited. Claims about her birth date, hometown, education, occupation, net worth, and current relationship status are not confirmed by authoritative sources and have been left out of this article intentionally.
What is confirmed: she met West at a mutual friend’s house during a difficult period in his life, the two became a couple and reportedly married, and they have two sons together, the elder of whom is named Cash. That is the honest scope of what the public record supports.
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