Celebrity Divorce

Fathers, lock up your daughters: R. Kelly is now officially a free man.

His lawyers announced yesterday Kells and his wife of 11 years, Andrea Lee, have split for good, and among other things, will share custody of their three kids. The couple filed for the big D in 2006, and Andrea had filed an emergency protective order back in 2005 against R., which she ultimately pulled.

One of the chicks from "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" is raising hell over her multi-million dollar divorce settlement -- claiming she needs more cash to compensate for her total lack of brain power.

Sheree Whitfield -- who was married to former NFL lineman Bob Whitfield -- just filed an appeal with the Georgia Supreme Court. According to a court spokesperson, Sheree's lawyers argued she was wrongly denied alimony and needs it because she lacks the education and skill set to make good money on her own.

Under the original settlement agreement, Whitfield received a $775,000 lump sum, more than $1.1 million in marital property, a portion of Bob's NFL retirement plans and $2,142 a month in child support -- but no alimony.

Bob's attorney claims the $113,422-a-year he's required to give her is enough -- and claims Sheree should be fined $2,500 by the court for wasting everyone's time.

And you thought the radioactive Christie Brinkley-Peter Cook divorce was over. Not quite.

Cook's lawyer told us he filed contempt of court papers yesterday against Christie, claiming she didn't hand over son Jack's passport back in November, thereby preventing him from being able to take a school trip to Egypt. They claim she broke an agreement to hand over the passport on or before Nov. 19.

Two things here: Peter Cook calling out anyone for being a bad parent, and ... who takes a field trip to Egypt?

The woman who plays serial divorceé Lily van der Woodsen on "Gossip Girl" is imitating her character -- she's filed for divorce. Oh, and she's pregnant.

TMZ obtained legal papers filed December 30 in L.A. County Superior Court. Kelly Rutherford is asking a judge to end her marriage of two years to Daniel Giersch, citing "irreconcilable differences." In addition to a child on the way, they have a two-year-old son, Hermés Gustaf Daniel Giersch.

It's Kelly's second marriage, which gives you an idea why she was cast.

Jodie Sweetin is not allowed to see her 8-month-old daughter without supervision.

Moments ago, an Orange County, Ca. judge made the explosive ruling after Sweetin's estranged husband Cody Herpin accused the "Full House" star of being an unfit mother -- citing an alleged incident where Sweetin drove intoxicated with their baby in the car.

The couple faced off in open court today for an emergency custody hearing at Cody's request.

Jodie, an admitted meth addict and alcoholic who lives with her parents, will not be allowed to be with the child unless one of her folks is present.

A doctor also took the stand and claimed that Jodie had recently fallen off the wagon. However, the doc confirmed Jodie has been in touch with her sponsor and is attending AA meetings. The doctor said she does not believe the baby is at risk at the moment.

Jodie Sweetin is locked in a custody battle so ferocious that her estranged husband called for an emergency hearing this morning to get access to their 8-month old daughter ASAP.

TMZ has learned the 26-year-old "Full House" star and her soon-to-be-ex Cody Herpin are currently facing off in an Orange County courtroom.

Hulk unloaded outside of Pinellas County Court yesterday -- where Linda was asking for another $400,000 in attorney fees. The court granted her the cash -- but after going over her expenditures, they put it in a separate account so she couldn't blow it on more dumb stuff.

For Denise Richards, it's more than complicated –- it's desperate.

A "longtime pal" tells the Chicago Sun-Times Denise is very worried about what's to become of her if/when her reality show gets the axe. "She's willing to do just about anything and take any role that's not pure porn," says the pal. (What are friends for?)

David Hasselhoff has officially kicked his ex-wife to the curb -- as in a judge told her to get the hell out of Hoff's house.

The bitter exes had a deal where Pamela Bach could live in one of Hoff's homes while they tried to sell it -- but things went sour when it went on longer than Hoff expected.

Yesterday in L.A. County Superior Court, a judge agreed to toss Bach out of the house -- and now Pam has until January 31 to pack her stuff and pound pavement.

Jason Alexander -- the dude who married Britney for 55 hours back in 2004 -- is currently sitting in a Van Nuys jail cell.

According to the L.A. County Sheriff's Department, 27-year-old Alexander is set to be released on December 9.

Here are some fun facts courtesy of the cops: Alexander is 6'0", 225 pounds with black hair and brown eyes.

With a real fortune in the bank, Morgan Freeman's divorce from Myrna Colley-Lee could get expensive for him.

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Myrna stands to make more than $100 mil from the breakup: Morgan apparently has pretty wide real estate holdings and he's been "frugal" over the years. Translation: He's got coin, and she's due.

Shauna Sand's husband Romain Chavent is fuming over allegations he beat his wife and threatened to sell naked photos of her children -- chalking the devastating allegations up to Shauna being "completely crazy ... like a buffalo."

In what turned out to be one hell of a candid phone call, Romain ferociously defended himself -- and then proceeded to slam Shauna, claiming her own mother doesn't like her, she fights with half the hairstylists in town and that he's going to blacklist her from the Hollywood nightclub scene.

Here's the transcription -- you just gotta read it:

TMZ: What's going on with this restraining order?

Romain: Yesterday, she called me and said, "I'm at court filing for divorce. You need to come tomorrow morning at 8:30 to sign for divorce or I'm putting a restraining order on you." I thought she was joking!

TMZ: And when did you hear that she actually did it?

Romain: I just heard. The first time I heard about it was on TMZ. Someone called and told me to look at the website.

TMZ: These are some crazy allegations! Are they true?

Romain: SHE'S completely crazy – completely! Of course they are not true.

TMZ: So you didn't take pictures of her kids?

Romain: The pictures are not true. Of course not. This is not the first time - when she was divorcing with Lorenzo, she was making allegations he wanted her to be a prostitute!

TMZ: OK, so you know all this but yet you still chose to be with her?

Romain: She's the nicest person on earth, but she can be crazy. Like a buffalo. She just goes mad. She's bipolar.

TMZ: What about that you punched her breasts?

Shauna Sand has finally had it with hubby Romain Chavent -- the guy who allegedly beat the crap out of her this weekend -- and now she's filing for divorce. Again. Kinda.

A day after Shauna filed a shocking restraining order against him accusing Romain of a disturbing history of violence, Shauna went back to court today to ask the judge to re-open her divorce case against Romain.

Just last week, Shauna and Romain's divorce became official -- but the couple went to court the next day to have it called off. Shauna claims Romain pressured her into having the divorce canceled so he could keep his green card.

If this isn't love, we don't know what is.

According to court documents filed last Friday, Shauna and Romain Chavent finally really officially are divorced. But here's the best part: Romain had to fill in his gross monthly income as well as Shauna's -- for each he wrote $0.00.

Madonna is pretty much free to swing A-Rod's way whenever she wants now.

A UK family court gave the go-ahead for her divorce from Guy Ritchie this morning in just minutes. A statement given in court said Madge petitioned for the divorce on the grounds of Guy's "unreasonable behaviour" and said the behavior was "continuing." Also, the hearing revealed the couple haven't lived at the same address in months.