Family Law

The Dream is Over for Record Producer and Christina Milian, and RFK Jr Files for Divorce

By ckramer

In this week?s celebrity divorce news, R&B singer, actress and record producer Christina Milian has filed for divorce from her husband, the record producer known as The-Dream. Also, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has filed for divorce from his wife of 16 years, after which she was arrested for DUI.

Milian and her husband, Terius ?The-Dream? Nash, confirmed their split via their representatives, signaling an end to their year-long marriage, according to People.com. They had decided to split up in late 2009, but the couple kept the news private until recently in order to protect the privacy of their newborn daughter, Violet.

Questions had arisen not long ago as pictures came out of The-Dream in an embrace with and personal assistant at the beach in the Caribbean. Confirmation that Milian and The-Dream were no longer together quickly followed.

The couple eloped in Las Vegas in September of 2009, after The-Dream proposed to Milian in July with a 6-carat diamond ring. Their daughter was born in February.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., meanwhile, filed for divorce from his wife Mary, just days before she was set to appear in court to face DUI charges.

While neither party is speaking with the media, the New York Daily News is reporting that sources are suggesting that Mary?s trouble with the law sprang from Robert Kennedy?s efforts to get a divorce.

On May 13, a day after Robert Kennedy filed for divorce, the police were called to the troubled couple?s home in Bedford, New York. In the domestic incident report, it was recorded that Robert told police that his wife was intoxicated.

Following close on the heels of those legal troubles came Mary?s May 15 DUI arrest. She was stopped outside of the St. Patrick?s School in Westchester, and she measured a blood-alcohol content of 0.11 percent. She pleaded not guilty to the charge, but still had her license suspended and was ordered by a judge to undergo an evaluation to determine if she had an alcohol abuse problem.

This is Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.?s second divorce. He was married to his first wife, Emily Ruth Black, for almost 12 years before he quickly divorced her in 1994. Only weeks later, he married Mary.

She is an architectural designer, according to the New York Daily News. Recently, she was featured in a coffee table book about herself and RFK converting their home into a more environmentally friendly ?green house.? She also worked with her husband on environmental initiatives like the National Resources Defense Council and his Riverkeeper and Waterkeeper movements.

A source told the New York Daily News that RFK?s decision to divorce his wife was not related to the legal issues that she has faced recently.

Mary is scheduled to appear in court again in late July. Her lawyer declined to comment to the press about the case, and Robert did not return calls from the press.

Full post as published by The Divorce Blog on July 16, 2010 (boomark / email).