Maria Shriver Files for Divorce

By Christine Fenno Posted Jul 2nd 2011 08:21AM

It's Independence Day for Maria Shriver, who filed for divorce on Friday in Los Angeles from Arnold Schwarzenegger after 25 years of marriage. Her divorce petition cites "irreconcilable differences."

According to multiple reports, there is no prenup.

The news comes six weeks after the former California governor, 63, publicly acknowledged that he fathered a child with a housekeeper. Mildred Baena retired in January after 20 years working for the family.

The power couple allegedly separated when Shriver, 55, moved out of their Brentwood, Calif., mansion upon learning about the paternity of Baena's son, who was born in 1997, days before the birth of Shriver and Schwarzenegger's youngest son, Christopher. In May, Schwarzenegger apologized in a statement: "There are no excuses and I take full responsibility for the hurt I have caused."

Of the couple's four children, two (Katherine and Christina) are now adults. Shriver will likely agree to share custody of Christopher, 13, and Patrick, 17, with her soon-to-be ex.

The Austrian-born movie star and the American broadcast journalist -- who met in 1977 and married in a 1986 Catholic wedding in Massachusetts -- remain on speaking terms, according to TMZ sources, and expect an amicable division of assets.

They allegedly plan to split hundreds of millions of dollars jointly earned during the marriage. TMZ estimates Schwarzenegger's worth at approximately $300 million and Shriver's at $100 million. The divorce will not go to trial if the couple agrees to settle out of court quietly, and details of the final property settlement will likely be confidential.

Shriver, an Emmy and Peabody award winner, was spotted overseas last week in Athens, Greece, greeting Special Olympics athletes with a smile. She flew there to speak at the dedication of a statue of her late mother, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who founded the Special Olympic Games.

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Saturday 02 July

By Skeledzija Namoravi

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THE PATTERN

Arnold Schwarzenegger : Twenty five years ago- ONE MAN TWO POLITICAL PARTIES, later on- ONE MAN TWO WOMEN ! Momentarilly he looks like a pure republican !

By Mile Prekovode

THE PATTERN

Arnold Schwarzenegger : Twenty five years ago- ONE MAN TWO POLITICAL PARTIES, later on- ONE MAN TWO WOMEN ! Momentarily he is back to a REPUBLICAN SHIP!

By Jesse

Man-O-Man...A guy takes his PP outside to play once in a twenty-five year long relationship (OK...maybe 2,3,4,5 times) and she files for divorce? Sheeesh!

By anna

Really who cares about Maria Shriver and AHHnold. Maria is a Kennedy and we know their reputations, and Ahhhnold--just another rino.

By alan562

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Arnie, Just one question: Are you going to be back or are you finally terminated?

By the_fool

Would it help Arnold's case if he brought the maid into court and pleaded insanity? Ha ha ha.

By Lori Ann

How very sad for everyone involved.

By Otto

It is too bad Arnold was so stupid. He should know better.

Sunday 03 July

By Sarita Lopez

Mrs. Baena was cleaning a litlle bit more than just the dust, Too bad for Maria that trusted that woman and was so good to her, now the marriage is ended thanks to that cleaning lady that did not care to hurt Maria in the worse way.

By hello kitty

She was losing her masculinity.

By John

Hey, the man made a mistake, apologized and accepted full responsibility, can you just give him a break now, it happened, he's sorry, time to move on. If he wasn't the Governator, would we be making such a big deal here ?

Maria has to save her dignity and divorce him, it it what it is

By FREE ARNOLD

dammit Arnie...didn't you know enough to pull out?

By Eli S.

10k/5k/1krun and walk FUNDRAISER....in Shiprock New Mexico...july 30th...for victims of Contamination from urainium mine tailinf on the navajo reservation....Contamination of livestock and drinking water..."LET ZO FLY" ur invited "Maria"

E.S.

By Chris

Yawn!

By letmay8

Those who hate Maria are the Guatemalan ho side - they can speak english if they want to. Arnold and his guatemalan ho can go to hell.

By tokyo joe

He may be a very lucky man...tell me you haven't noticed that she gets uglier by the year...she's scary looking...what does she look like first thing in the morning without makeup aaaaaaaaaah

By Angela

Oh Arnie..fooling around with the housekeeper and not even bothering to use contraception? That is so tacky. Nice way to humiliate your whole family you fool.

Friday 08 July

By gandii

SOME IDIOT THAT THINKS ANYTHING COULD BE A DISCRACE TO CATHOLICS.."Shriver is a disgrace to Catholicism OMG...if you live in LA look at that multi billion dollar monument by the Music Center they built for Mahoney...what a SIN... 4 blocks down the street on skid row pepple are dying... killing...raping...starving...families in cardboard boxes...the good the CATHOLICS could have done for the NEEDY...its sick...instead they honor themselves...that is plain discusting...even my Martyr Catholic Mother from Ireland was appalled....sick...sick sick...Catholicism is sickening...
Maria...you rock...forget those thieves at the Vatican....Pedophiles....

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