Matt Lauer’s Spouse Annette Roque Information for Divorce Extra Than a 12 months After At present Firing
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Matt Lauer and Annette Roque are formally ending their 20-year marriage
Roque filed divorce papers in a New York court docket on Tuesday, a 12 months and a half after their cut up, E! Information has confirmed. She and the disgraced former At present present co-anchor share three youngsters: sons Jack, 18, and Thijs, 12, and daughter Romy, 15.
“The case, which is an uncontested matrimonial, was filed on July ninth in State Supreme Courtroom in Suffolk County, New York and is awaiting judicial overview of the settlement,” a court docket spokesperson instructed E! Information in an announcement. “Upon a choose’s signature, it will likely be despatched to the court docket clerk’s workplace to be entered. The method might take up to some months.”
Lauer and Roque cut up in late 2017, shortly after he was fired from NBC, the place he was reportedly paid $20 million a 12 months, over sexual harassment allegations. On the time, he apologized “to the individuals I’ve harm.” He additionally stated that a number of the accusations made towards him have been “unfaithful or mischaracterized” however that “there may be sufficient reality in these tales to make me really feel embarrassed and ashamed.” Divorce rumors have loomed because the former pair’s breakup.
In June, Web page Six reported that Lauer and Roque had reached a divorce settlement and that the 2 have agreed to share custody of their youngsters. The outlet additionally stated she was set to obtain as much as $20 million in belongings, in addition to their Hamptons horse farm. It’s unclear what they may do with their Hamptons house, Strongheart Manor, which Lauer purchased from Richard Gere for $36.5 million in 2016.
Web page Six additionally reported that amid the cut up, Lauer has continued to reside on the property with the remainder of the household, and can doubtless transfer to his personal place after the divorce is finalized.
—Reporting by Jessica Finn
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