Prince Hears The Doves Crying

By Scott Gwin: 2006-07-27


According to People, Prince's lawyer explained the filing for divorce came from Manuela alone. Although he didn't want things to end this way, Prince isn't counter suing, simply trying to resolve matters.

Prince Hears The Doves Crying

By Scott Gwin: 2006-07-27


This is what it sounds like when doves cry. Wife number 2 has filed for divorce from Prince. Manuela Testolini Nelson, 29, has been married to the 48 year old funk rocker since 1999.

According to People, Prince's lawyer explained the filing for divorce came from Manuela alone. Although he didn't want things to end this way, Prince isn't counter suing, simply trying to resolve matters.

Female fans excited at the thought that Prince may soon again be on the bachelor's list, don't start celebrating yet. Prince, a Jehovah's Witness, is prohibited by his faith from remarrying if he gets divorced, lest he spend the rest of his days with a giant purple A on his shirt.

PurpleCharm said:

Media got it wrong again.

ladygirl99 said:

How can he resolves things if Mani is supposedly the one who leaked this story to CJ?

PurpleCharm said:

Media got it wrong again.

nurse said:

Mani leaking info to a reporter? ANYONE could have sent an anonymous note. The # of people involved in this situation is unbelievable. And since most have confidentiality agreements, you couldn't trace it for good reason. There's two camps, and the mud slingings begun. The woman is head of a CHARITABLE organization!! I don't hear any rumors about her sleeping around. She's too dignified to do so. With the two living in separate cities, P doesn't seem to be the celibate type.

xplnyrslf said:

I see your point . Regardless of who leaked the story the whole situation is really sad and someone on here previously stated that Mani became a pen pal of CJ's before the story was out. So your right there's no telling who really initially put the story out there.

nurse said:

Yeah but then CJ went on to write that Mani wrote her to thank her for that article that she wrote about her organization doing the free arts day thing and then Mani wrote back again after CJ asked for more info about her company and that was it.
[Edited 7/27/06 21:33pm]

First!

Manuela has kissed her Prince goodbye in divorce court
C.J., Star Tribune
Last update: July 26, 2006 – 11:00 PM

I sensed something amiss between Prince and Manuela when she became my pen pal in early May.
This was the first time that one of Prince's women, so to speak, had made nice with the columnist who irritated the rocker into writing a song called "Billy Jack Bitch." (You can stop denying it's about me, Prince; your first wife, Mayte, spilled the beans in a magazine interview with D.C. celebrity journalist Jawn Murray.)

A tip was received Tuesday, and on Wednesday a Hennepin County court document confirming that Manuela had filed for divorce on May 24 was located.

Her rocker husband has an impeccable eye for a sweet, pretty, young bride but apparently no clue how to keep one. Or does he?

PR firm didn't know

Visions of gigantic Kobe-size diamond rings popped into my head when someone at a NYC PR firm for Manuela's company, Gamillah Inc., told me she didn't know about any divorce.

"As far as we know, it's not true," said Jessica Pollack of Alison Brod Public Relations late Wednesday. I had sent Pollack an e-mail seeking contact with Manuela, and then called for an official explanation of what Gamillah does. "I got your e-mail," Pollack said. "She's [Manuela] leaving for vacation for the next month. A nice long vacation out of the country, actually."

That's convenient

Pollack had no explanation for why court documents state that Manuela has hired divorce attorney Edward Winer. One thing's for sure -- with Winer billing the hours, Manuela will ride off with much, much more than a "Little Red Corvette." Court records ID Prince's lawyer as Alan Eidsness.

While both lawyers returned my calls, they didn't say anything worth repeating. What's the point of asking for the divorce file to be sealed if you're gonna yak about it?

With the file sealed, we won't be able to confirm little things like when Manuela and Prince married.

First, there was Mayte

Prince dumped his first wife, Mayte, a dancer, with some extremely bogus whatever verbiage about not needing a contract as the framework for their relationship.

Prince and Mayte married on Valentine's Day 1996 at Park Avenue United Methodist Church. Their union produced a baby boy, who sadly died from Pfeiffer syndrome type 2, a rare skull deformity resulting from a genetic mutation. In 1998 Prince announced that he and Mayte would divorce; then in 1999 Prince confused the issue by saying they hadn't divorced.

The Mirror reported in January 2002 "news on the mystery woman superstar Prince married in a hush-hush ceremony in Hawaii. The website for the purple pop star claims that Prince's second wife hails from Canada. According to the site, Manuela, who worked for Prince's famous Paisley Park complex, married the star on New Year's Eve in a Jehovah's Witness ceremony."

Considering Symbolina's alleged aversion to contracts, there was great suspicion about what kind of marriage he had entered into with Manuela. For a time I called Manuela his "supposed wife" and "Mrs."

In 2003 I reported a sighting of Manuela waiting in a truck, while Prince met his Jehovah's Witness proselytizing obligations by door-knocking in Eden Prairie during -- gasp! -- a Vikings game.

There have been rumblings about problems in this marriage since last year, even though they didn't seem to spend much time here. Just as word was out that they really were not getting along, in January the couple arrived hand-in-hand at Bellanotte for a romantic dinner in a private dining area.

Pen pals

Manuela first corresponded via FedEx with a thank-you note after a May 4 column item about her volunteer work with Free Arts Minnesota. The nonprofit charity's mission is to expose abused kids to the healing power of creative expression.

So I replied with a note asking about the "In a Perfect World" stationery on which she had written.

Another FedEx packet followed with information about the charity she founded. It stated that "In a Perfect World," which Pollack said is under the Gamillah umbrella, is a foundation "dedicated to developing compassionate, socially responsible leadership in children and youth that will address community needs and issues." The accompanying bio noted: "Manuela currently divides her time between Minneapolis and Toronto. She is married to Prince Roger Nelson."

She included another note, which ended "Your unlikely pen-pal, Manuela."

In a June e-mail Pollack, the PR woman, stressed: "As you already know, Manuela is a separate entity from her husband, Prince, and is doing some amazing work with her company Gamillah, Inc."

Stay tuned to find out just how separate their personal lives are. From the outside, marriage to Symbolina looks like it could be really hard work.
http://www.startribune.co...77276.html

ThreadBare said:

Well CJ ought to know that what goes around comes around, she'll get it back. I don't think making a joke out of someone's life is comedy and calling them all kinds of names whether they get paid for it or not. They both need to grow up, Next thing you know we'll say "heeey, it's oookkkkkayyy!" for anyone in her position to start using racial/hate remarks towards others because "oh it's alright, they get paid to do it, it's their job!". It's funny how we allow certain things to be acceptable in our society, yet at the same time,teach our kids not to do the very same.
[Edited 7/27/06 11:11am]

puhleeeezzze.....he is an easy target.....and CJ is a gossip columnist!

Just an FYI... This may have already been answered- but the Star Tribune in Minneapolis is 'the' paper of the city.. and consquentially of most of Minnesota. It's not a tabloid or anything like that.

though that CJ.. she has had it out for Prince for MANY, MANY years.. it's like a well-known hometown rivalry.. started because she kept jockin him too much and he cut her down and out as far as interviews and 'inside scoops'.. (hey she's not special.. how often DOES he give 'inside scoops'??)

Anyway- it made her DAY to report on it- and yes- it's confirmed as truth- KMSP news in Minnesota talked to court staff..

That's all the 'under' news I know..

Elusive1 - in Minneapolis, MN (anything Prince is BIG news here!)

nurse said:

Mani leaking info to a reporter? ANYONE could have sent an anonymous note. The # of people involved in this situation is unbelievable. And since most have confidentiality agreements, you couldn't trace it for good reason. There's two camps, and the mud slingings begun. The woman is head of a CHARITABLE organization!! I don't hear any rumors about her sleeping around. She's too dignified to do so. With the two living in separate cities, P doesn't seem to be the celibate type.

xplnyrslf said:

I'm sorry... are we talking about the same woman here? The woman who (supposedly) got in the middle of another woman's marriage while that woman and her husband were having trouble and grieving the loss of their newborn baby? The uber-fan who (supposedly) got herself a job at Paisley Park just to get close to Prince and have a shot with him? The woman who was (supposedly) screwing a still-married man and wearing his wife's clothes? THAT woman is "too dignified" to do such things? Really?

Running a charitable organization doesn't make her a saint; it just means she needed something to do and wanted to help people.

I think Prince wanted her gone (and I wouldn't doubt he gave her good reason to want to be gone). He probably refused to file for the divorce for his own reasons (it does make him look like a victim, which he does seem to like, given all those "I've been wronged!" songs he writes when we know he's usually the one doing the wronging).

I'm just glad he woke up and saw the light. He's no innocent, but I do suspect she figured out how to get to him (and to help get him deeper into Jehovah, hoping it'd be a little insurance policy) and then played him like a fool.

I feel bad for them, that so much was destroyed in their pursuit of love. And Prince really did seem to believe, on some level, that she loved him for him. He deserves to have that. It's so sad -- doubtful that any of the women who seemed to truly love him before would ever take him back now, given how he treated them. (Still, any chance Susannah is an option?)

That said, I hope that somewhere, Mayte is Laughing. Her. Ass. Off. And Prince is re-evaluating his life and looking into some therapy so maybe one day he'll be able to let somebody love him and weather the storms without trying to look elsewhere ...

xplnyrslf said:

I'm sorry... are we talking about the same woman here? The woman who (supposedly) got in the middle of another woman's marriage while that woman and her husband were having trouble and grieving the loss of their newborn baby? The uber-fan who (supposedly) got herself a job at Paisley Park just to get close to Prince and have a shot with him? The woman who was (supposedly) screwing a still-married man and wearing his wife's clothes? THAT woman is "too dignified" to do such things? Really?

Running a charitable organization doesn't make her a saint; it just means she needed something to do and wanted to help people.

I think Prince wanted her gone (and I wouldn't doubt he gave her good reason to want to be gone). He probably refused to file for the divorce for his own reasons (it does make him look like a victim, which he does seem to like, given all those "I've been wronged!" songs he writes when we know he's usually the one doing the wronging).

I'm just glad he woke up and saw the light. He's no innocent, but I do suspect she figured out how to get to him (and to help get him deeper into Jehovah, hoping it'd be a little insurance policy) and then played him like a fool.

I feel bad for them, that so much was destroyed in their pursuit of love. And Prince really did seem to believe, on some level, that she loved him for him. He deserves to have that. It's so sad -- doubtful that any of the women who seemed to truly love him before would ever take him back now, given how he treated them. (Still, any chance Susannah is an option?)

That said, I hope that somewhere, Mayte is Laughing. Her. Ass. Off. And Prince is re-evaluating his life and looking into some therapy so maybe one day he'll be able to let somebody love him and weather the storms without trying to look elsewhere ...

xplnyrslf said:

I'm sorry... are we talking about the same woman here? The woman who (supposedly) got in the middle of another woman's marriage while that woman and her husband were having trouble and grieving the loss of their newborn baby? The uber-fan who (supposedly) got herself a job at Paisley Park just to get close to Prince and have a shot with him? The woman who was (supposedly) screwing a still-married man and wearing his wife's clothes? THAT woman is "too dignified" to do such things? Really?

Running a charitable organization doesn't make her a saint; it just means she needed something to do and wanted to help people.

I think Prince wanted her gone (and I wouldn't doubt he gave her good reason to want to be gone). He probably refused to file for the divorce for his own reasons (it does make him look like a victim, which he does seem to like, given all those "I've been wronged!" songs he writes when we know he's usually the one doing the wronging).

I'm just glad he woke up and saw the light. He's no innocent, but I do suspect she figured out how to get to him (and to help get him deeper into Jehovah, hoping it'd be a little insurance policy) and then played him like a fool.

I feel bad for them, that so much was destroyed in their pursuit of love. And Prince really did seem to believe, on some level, that she loved him for him. He deserves to have that. It's so sad -- doubtful that any of the women who seemed to truly love him before would ever take him back now, given how he treated them. (Still, any chance Susannah is an option?)

That said, I hope that somewhere, Mayte is Laughing. Her. Ass. Off. And Prince is re-evaluating his life and looking into some therapy so maybe one day he'll be able to let somebody love him and weather the storms without trying to look elsewhere ...