Deion Sanders' contentious divorce took an ugly, surprising turn as he posted a photo on Twitter of his sons filing police reports against their mother, Pilar.

The photo below was tweeted by Sanders 14 minutes after he posted two messages on his Twitter timeline, asking fans to "pray for" himself and the kids.

He captioned the pic with the message, "filling out police reports now! Thank God for this platform to issue the Truth." Or exploit children for sympathy:

Police were seen outside Sanders' house Monday and an unidentified person was in handcuffs. Pilar was also admitted to a hospital for "a medical problem."

Last month, Pilar Sanders filed a $200 million defamation lawsuit against Deion.

His estranged wife was responding to a tweet from Deion's daughter from his previous marriage, Deiondra, which said Pilar was a "gold-digging [expletive]."

Deion later explained that the statement couldn't be defamation because it's true.

The NFL Hall of Famer filed for divorce last year and the story has been a celebrity gossip staple ever since ... it's so bad that Deion uses his kids against their mother to win public sympathy, says he's the victim and might even be right.