Officially, it is over, After more than ten years of marriage, Reese Witherspoon filed for divorce from her estranged spouse Jim Toth.
What Happened To The Couple?
According to court records acquired by Us Weekly on Saturday, April 1, the 47-year-old Legally Blonde actress submitted her petition in Nashville. In addition, Witherspoon’s filing states that she and Toth, 52, entered a prenuptial agreement before their 2011 wedding and lists “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for their breakup. The pair released a joint message on Instagram in March 2023 announcing their breakup.
We want to share some intimate news with you. We have made the difficult choice to divorce with great care and consideration, the former couple wrote at the time. We’ve had a lot of wonderful years together, and we’re going forward with a lot of love, compassion, and respect for everything we’ve accomplished together.
“As we navigate this next chapter, our son and our entire family are our top priorities,” the couple continued. These issues are deeply emotional and never simple. We sincerely value everyone’s consideration for the privacy of our family at this time.
On March 26, the Big Little Lies alum and the CAA talent agent would have marked their 12th wedding anniversary. Early in 2010, soon after Witherspoon’s breakup with boyfriend Jake Gyllenhaal, the two began relations. Less than a year later, Us Weekly announced their engagement.
Reese Witherspoon Divorce
The Cruel Intentions actress talked about how she and the Pennsylvania resident met by chance in January 2012 after he helped her out.
She reportedly said to Elle at the moment, “It just happened.” “This really inebriated man was hitting on me, acting like such a fool, and yelling at me. You don’t know me, he said, grinning and aiming a finger in her direction. ’ I replied, “Yeah, I know. I’ve never met you. Jim approached and apologeticly said, “Excuse my buddy. He recently split up with someone. Jim was a great buddy who helped him out of that predicament. That kind of characterises him, a really good guy.
In Ojai, California, the couple later held a small ceremony before welcoming their boy, Tennessee, in September 2012. Witherspoon and her ex-husband Ryan Phillippe, who she was wed to from June 1999 to June 2008, also have a daughter named Ava, 23, and a boy named Deacon, 19.
A source told Us Weekly in December 2021 that there isn’t “a lot of overlap between [Ryan] and Jim’s responsibilities,” adding that the men “fill different roles in [Ava and Deacon’s] lives.” The twosome have cohabitated amicably with the I Know What You Did Last Summer star, 48, over the years.
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