Posts Tagged ‘Divorce’

Stacey Dash is an actress who is well-known from her role in “Single Ladies” television series of VH1. In the television series, she played as Valerie “Val” Stokes, a woman who is a “‘good girl’ looking for a good man.” Stacey Dash isn’t one of TV’s “Single Ladies” anymore. She said about leaving the show in August, “I have to be back in L.A. with my children right now and the “Single Ladies” shooting location makes that impossible.” Furthermore, although she has not played as Val Stokes in “Single Ladies”, she’s finally a single lady in real life.

An L.A. County Superior Court granted Stacey Dash divorce from actor Emmanuel Xuereb, whom she claims beat her up on several occasions. The pair was married in 2007 and separated in 2010, at which point Dash also secured a restraining order against Xuereb, accusing him of hitting her multiple times in her face, head and body during their two year marriage. She stated that on a drunken night, her ex-husband forcefully pinned her to the bed and told her it would be the “worst night of her life”. The marriage to actor-producer Emmanuel Xeureb was Dash’s third and she has a son and a daughter, both born before her marriage to Xeureb.

John Lackey is a baseball pitcher with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball which recently has been mainly publicized and discussed by media for his divorce. He lashed out without explanation at an unknown media member that had sent him a text message before the Red Sox versus Yankees game inquiring about the divorce.”Let me tell you the truth,” Lackey said to the gathered reporters around his locker at Yankee Stadium. “Thirty minutes before the game, I got a text message on my cell phone from one of you – somebody in the media, talking about personal stuff. And I shouldn’t even be standing up here having to deal with it. I’m sitting here listening to music. I don’t know who got my phone number, but that’s over the line.”

John Lackey filed for divorce from his wife Krista on August 30, according to court docs in Texas, claiming “the marriage has become insupportable because of discord or conflict of personalities.” Krista and John got married in November, 2008. The divorce petition says John and Krista had a premarital agreement. It also says Lackey has “separate property” he wants to keep for himself. Krista who underwent a double mastectomy back in March and underwent chemo as recently as June is battling against cancer when her husband filed for divorce.

Pat Robertson who was born on March 22, 1930 is a media entrepreneur and television gospeler. His media and financial possessions make him recognized as a prominent and controversial public voice for conservative Christianity in the United States. His controversies which are related to Robertson include his earlier work as a faith healer, his claim that some Protestant denominations harbor the spirit of the Antichrist, and his claims of having the power to prevent hurricanes through prayer. Recently, he had made a controversy related to his statement about marriage relationship. The religious broadcaster Pat Robertson told his “700 Club” viewers that divorcing a wife with Alzheimer’s is reasonable as he explained that the disease is “a kind of death.”

Robertson’s provocative statement was spurred on by a viewer email who detailed a friend going through difficult times with his significant other who suffered from the disease and didn’t even recognize him anymore. The viewer’s friend wondered if he should be allowed to see other woman to marry them. “I know it sounds cruel,” answered the Christian broadcaster. “But if he’s going to do something, he should divorce her and start all over again, but make sure she has custodial care and somebody looking after her,” he added.