Britney Spears' husband of 14 months, Sam Asghari, has filed for divorce
Britney Spears' husband of 14 months, Sam Asghari, has filed for divorce after they split three weeks ago.
The pop superstar, 41, met and began dating the 29-year-old model and actor, when he appeared in her video for the song Slumber Party in 2016.
He has cited "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for wanting a divorce.
The document lists the couple's separation date as July 28, though reports of the split did not emerge until Wednesday.
It says he will try to get financial support from her, while blocking her from getting any from him.
It also seeks to have her pay for his divorce lawyers.
Spears and Asghari have no children together.
Spears' representatives have not yet replied to requests for a comment.
The pair married at Spears' home in Thousand Oaks, California, on June 9, 2022 in front of guests including Selena Gomez, Drew Barrymore, Paris Hilton and Madonna.
The wedding was seen as a milestone in her newly reclaimed life.
It came just six months after the end of her court conservatorship which saw her father control her life for more than 13 years.
At the time, Spears said her desire to marry Asghari was among the reasons she wanted the constraining conservatorship to end, as it was preventing them wedding.
The two announced their engagement in September 2021 as it became clear she would be freed from the conservatorship, which ended in November.
Spears said she lost a baby early in her pregnancy in May 2022 around a month before they married.
In recent months reports were emerging that the couple had been struggling.
Spears was previously married for less than three days in 2004 to childhood friend Jason Alexander.
He attempted to crash her wedding to Asghari and was later convicted of misdemeanor trespassing and battery.
In 2004, she wed dancer Kevin Federline, but their three-year marriage would come at a time of intense media scrutiny and increasing mental health struggles for Spears.
Federline is the father of her two teenage sons, and has custody of the boys.
Spears was then put under a conservatorship run by her father in 2008, which took her out of the public eye.
It led to fans demanding that the court #FreeBritney, in what would eventually become a major movement.
Since the conservatorship ended, Spears has put out music, including a collaboration with Elton John in 2022, but has not performed live in years.
Her memoir, The Woman in Me, is scheduled to be released in October.
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