Family Law

Celebrity Divorce News Round-Up

By ckramer

This week?s celebrity divorce news round-up features the full slate of love and scandal that we have come to expect from the headline-grabbers and gossip column characters.

Among the stories, a TV psychologist finds new love quickly on the heels of a divorce, a songstress denies breaking up another marriage, and an on-again, off-again Hollywood marriage finally and officially comes to an end.

Kelsey Grammer recently Tweeted and blogged about the divorce from his wife of 13 years, Camille Donatacci, denying a few rumors that were floating around and asking the press for privacy. Well, only a month on from his wife?s divorce filing, Grammer has been seen around town with a new flame.

CNN is reporting that Grammer has been seen out and about with ?a mystery blonde.? A publicist for Grammer did not expand upon the identity of the TV star?s date, but did say that ?they are very happy together,? and provided the tidbit that his new fling is not involved in the entertainment industry.

TMZ.com had posted a video of Grammer and the woman kissing and holding hands while walking in Manhattan. Grammer is currently starring in the musical ?La Cage Aux Folles? on Broadway.

In potentially more scandalous news, American Idol star and singer Fantasia Barrino has had to deflect a series of rumors stemming from a divorce filing that claims that her affair with a married man broke up that marriage, according to USAToday.

A North Carolina woman made those claims in a divorce filing, saying that her husband, Antwuan Cook, had a ?covert adulterous affair? with Fantasia, which was a reason for the couple?s break-up.

Fantasia, however, has denied that anything that she did was a reason for the divorce. According to her manager, ?Fantasia is certain that she is not responsible for the deterioration of the Cook?s marriage.? Fantasia?s lawyer went so far as to claim that the woman, Paula Cook, was attempting to sensationalize her divorce, telling TMZ.com, ?Mrs. Cook gratuitously included claims about Fantasia to sensationalize that litigation and to insure that her tale would be picked up by tabloids.?

Mrs. Cook also claimed in the divorce filing that she had spoken to Fantasia on the phone, and that the American Idol star told her, of her husband, ?he don?t want you. Maybe the next time that you get a husband you?ll know how to keep him. That?s why he is here with me.?

The ongoing marriage saga of actors Sean Penn and Robin Wright seems to be over, now that divorce papers have officially been filed. The couple has split and gotten back together a number of times over the years, but court show that they are now officially divorced, according to the Associated Press.

Their 14-year-marriage ended after Wright filed for divorce last August. This was the third time that they had petitioned for either separation or divorce. The couple will share custody of their 16-year-old son. They also have a 19-year-old daughter together.

There were no details on financial figures, and the couple has not responded to requests for comment.

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