Valerie Bertinelliand estranged husbandTom Vitaleare moving forward with their divorce proceedings.
In the documents, Vitale also seeks to block Bertinelli from requesting spousal support, in addition to challenging the validity of their prenuptial agreement.
Bertinellifiled for legal separationfrom the financial planner in November, citing “irreconcilable differences” and she lateramended her petitionto ask for a divorce in May.
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She latertold PEOPLEshe was “happier than ever” after the nuptials. “I could have spent the rest of my life with Tom and not be married, but I wanted to call him ‘my husband.’ I really wanted to share how I feel about Tom with the people I love,” Bertinelli said.
Valerie Bertinelli and husband Tom Vitale.Vincent Sandoval/Getty
Bertinelli was previously married toEddie Van Halenfrom 1981 to 2007, and they shared son Wolfgang, 31. Eddiedied of a strokeat age 65 in Oct. 2020, after suffering from cancers of the throat and lungs.
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“We were portrayed as a mismatch,” she wrote. “The bad boy rock star and America’s sweetheart but privately, Ed wasn’t the person people thought he was and neither was I.”
“‘I love you’ are the last words Ed says to Wolfie and me, and they are the last words we say to him before he stops breathing,” Bertinelli added.
Bertinelli admittedto PEOPLEthat her love for Eddie didn’t play into the decision to separate from Vitale. “We grew apart,” she said in January. “The decision has nothing to do with my love for Ed. I wish Tom the best and I know he feels the same way about me.”
source: people.com
