Sam Asghari recordsdata for divorce from Britney Spears, denies studies he’ll problem prenup settlement

Mannequin and health coach Sam Asghari has filed for a divorce from Britney Spears, bringing their year-long marriage and six-year relationship to an finish.

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Yesterday (August 17), it was reported that Asghari had filed for divorce from the pop singer after 14 months of marriage, citing “irreconcilable differences”. Per a court docket submitting on Wednesday (August 16) in Los Angeles, the couple have been separated for round three weeks.

Whereas Britney Spears has but to touch upon the divorce, Asghari confirmed the studies, writing in an announcement on his Instagram Tales: “After 6 years of love and commitment to each other, my wife and I have decided to end our journey together. We will hold onto the love and respect we have for each other and I wish her the best always. Shit happens. Asking for privacy seems [ridiculous] so I will just ask for everyone including media to be kind and thoughtful.”

In keeping with a report from NBC Information, the petition filed by Asghari will see him “seek spousal support from his estranged wife” and that he’s “requesting that Spears pay for his attorneys’ fees”.

Per the NBC, the submitting reads: “Petitioner has yet to determine the full nature and extent of the separate property assets and obligations of each party. Petitioner reserves the right to amend this Petition or to conform the Petition to proof.”

There have additionally been claims from tabloids that Asghari was seeking to problem the prenup association that the couple had set earlier than the wedding, and that he would launch “extraordinarily embarrassing” movies and data of Spears if the settlement was no renegotiated.

Now, in an announcement to The Hollywood Reporter, Brandon Cohen – a consultant for Asghari – mentioned denying the claims: “There are many claims that Sam is challenging the prenup and threatening to exploit his ex-wife with videos. However, all these claims are false, and no negative intention has ever been directed towards her and never will be. Sam has always and will always support her.”

The couple met in 2016 on the set of Spears’ ‘Slumber Party’ music video and started relationship shortly afterward. They introduced their engagement in September 2021 and tied the knot in June 2022.

In Could 2022, only a month earlier than the couple received married, they revealed that Spears had suffered a miscarriage. “It is with our deepest sadness we have to announce that we lost our miracle baby early in the pregnancy,” they wrote in a joint assertion. “This is a devastating time for any parent.”

The wedding between the couple was Asghari’s first and Spears’ third. Spears was beforehand married to Kevin Federline – with whom she shares two youngsters – between 2004 and 2007, and to Jason Alexander in 2004, although that was annulled in simply 55 hours.

Britney Spears. Credit score: C Flanigan/FilmMagic

Spears was famously launched from her 13-year conservatorship in late 2021. Created by her father, Jamie Spears, the court-ordered conservatorship began in 2008 and led to the #FreeBritney motion.

Within the time since her conservatorship ended, Spears has gone on to collaborate with Elton John on the music ‘Hold Me Closer’ – a reimagined model of his monitor ‘Tiny Dancer’. Most lately, she collaborated with Will.i.am on the membership single ‘Mind Your Business’ final month.

Final month, Spears introduced particulars of her long-awaited memoir titled The Lady In Me. “It’s coming, my story, on my terms… at last. Are you ready?” the pop star wrote in a put up on social media.