No longer Crazy for You: Madonna, Guy Ritchie officially end marriage in London courtroom

By ELLEN TUMPOSKY
SPECIAL TO THE NEWS

Friday, November 21st 2008, 9:49 AM


LONDON - Madonna and Guy Ritchie's marriage lasted eight years and was dissolved in a London minute.

In a drab courtroom, a clerk called the case of 'Ciccone ML vs. Ritchie GS' - the sixth in a list of 17 couples headed to splitsville. And with lightning speed the union that began in a Scottish castle was over.

"This is the epitome of how a divorce should be done and it is clearly what both Guy and Madonna wanted," Joe Vaitilingam, of the family law firm Hughes Fowler Carruthers in London.
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The couple did not appear in court Friday. Under British law, their preliminary divorce will become final in six weeks and a day.

A sworn statement by Madonna cited "unreasonable behavior" on Ritchie's part as grounds for the divorce. Madonna said the couple had not been living together for six months.

According to British press reports, the couple have agreed to share custody of their sons, Rocco, 8, and David, 3, who was adopted from Malawi. Last night Ritchie took the boys out to dinner in Liverpool, where he is filming his latest movie, "Sherlock Holmes."
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The Mirror quoted him as telling a friend: "It was never about money - never about her bloody art collection. I just wanted to settle it and move on."

Ritchie added: "I didn't raise any objections at any stage until she insisted the children lived permanently in New York."

Ritchie has agreed not to take a share of Madonna's wealth, according to press reports, though under British law he could have sought half of her assets.

The Daily Mail said Madonna is giving him a $3 million "sweetener." He will also keep the couple's Wiltshire estate and the Punch Bowl, a pub they own in London's Mayfair section.

The family's four houses in London will be sold with the proceeds split between the couple, the Mail reported.


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yay she's coming back to america

ehuffnsd said:

Great you can have her...dam she was making London look uncool
That stupid fake voice and silly books..
...can we have Pink or Gwen please ...Thanks

LondonStyle said:

I think Madonna will become much cooler without Guy and with New York!! I can see her becoming fresh and innovative again!!

graecophilos said:

No she won't ...unless she starts taking guitar lessons, come on, she can't write books, she can't act, she can just about move around a stage with the aid of trollys and wires, she does not play a single musical note, she can direct a film.....she been naked a million times...ah...

May be fashion is her next move or cooking or education for kids...

music...unless she keep doing duets ...no chance..

Good for them! I think it's great when a married couple can have a quick,painless divorce without all the nasty drama and nonsense.Granted,there was a little of that several weeks ago but compared to most celebrity divorces,this one went rather smoothly.They are now free to move on with their lives.

SoulAlive said:

ehhh it´s never Painless.... never.....

LondonStyle said:

Well...

have you ever noticed that Madonna does something every year that gurantuees her attention? Next year it will be the Best Of and the fashion campagne. And probably some new friend or stuff.
And in 2010 there will be a new album...

myloveis4ever said:

True but I think their relationship was over a long time ago.so they've had time to deal with the pain of it.From what I've heard,they've been having serious problems since 2005.That's when they began living sseparate lives.