- Moore confirms split by releasing statement two months after allegations
Kutcher cheated on her
- Hints at his infidelity saying she is moving on because 'there are certain
values and vows that I hold sacred'
- Comedienne Chelsea Handler insinuates they had 'threesomes, which led to
twosomes without Demi and that leads to a divorce'
- Kutcher tweets he will always 'cherish' the time he spent with Demi
- Couple still following each other on Twitter and Demi's handle remains
@mrskutcher
Demi Moore is ending her six year marriage to Ashton Kutcher after reports of
his alleged infidelities became public, yet behind closed doors their issues
seem to have been a lot more complex.
It is believed Moore and Kutcher embarked on an 'open marriage', with
suggestions hinting that the 49-year-old actress is bisexual.
An insider told Star: 'Demi is attracted to women just as much as men, so she
didn’t always get all she needed from Ashton.'
It's over: Demi Moore has filed for divorce from Ashton Kutcher, pictured
together here at the January premiere of his movie No String Attached in Los
Angeles
Speaking of their agreement to have an open marriage, the source added:
'Everyone in Hollywood knows about their arrangement, but they’ve managed to
keep it a secret from the general public.
'She was cool with Ashton having flirtatious relationships too. Somehow they
made it work all these years. Both of them were respectful of each other. It was
a lot of fun for them.'
However, it all changed when Ashton’s alleged affairs became public and it
seems their liberal outlook soon turned sour.
Comedienne Chelsea Handler seemed to echo the sentiments, speaking to Piers
Morgan on CNN.
While she admitted she didn't know them well personally, she said: 'I think
it's pretty obvious that they've probably had a lot of open marriage type
situations.
'I think they probably had a lot of good times with some other women...
Clearly they had a lot of threesomes, that led to twosomes without Demi and that
leads to a divorce. I absolutely feel for her.'
Showing the strain: Demi has looked shockingly skinny in recent months as the
break down of her marriage took its toll, pictured earlier this month, and
Kutcher seen today leaving his trailer on the set of Two And A Half Men in Los
Angeles in wake of the news
Message to fans: Ashton released his own statement on Twitter following
Demi's announcement, saying he will always cherish the time they had together
Kutcher's first alleged mistress, who came forward with the affair story in
September 2010, insisted at the time that the actor had an 'open marriage' with
his wife.
At the time, Brittney Jones' credibility was quashed by Kutcher's lawyer who
insinuated she was lying.
Yet today, Jones told TMZ: 'Although divorce is often sad I do feel somewhat
vindicated.
'For so long people have thought that I was dishonest or just making up my
passionate nights with Ashton, when in fact I was being used.
'Ashton told me that both he and Demi had an "open relationship" and that he
was not in fact cheating.
'Now I can tell all the facts about how Ashton really was, and hopefully
people will believe my side of the story.'
Demi said in a statement today that she is filing for divorce with 'great
sadness and a heavy heart'.
Party girl: Kutcher allegedly had a fling with Texas-born Sara Leal, right,
on his sixth wedding anniversary to Demi in September
Hinting at Kutcher's infidelity, Demi said: 'As a woman, a mother and a wife,
there are certain values and vows that I hold sacred, and it is in this spirit
that I have chosen to move forward with my life'.
Moore added that it's a trying time for her and her family and asked for
people to respect her privacy.
Immediately after the announcement, 33-year-old Ashton posted his own
statement on Twitter.
He wrote: 'I will forever cherish the time I spent with Demi.
'Marriage is one of the most difficult things in the world and unfortunately
sometimes they fail. Love and Light, AK.'
The pair are still following each other on Twitter in wake of the
announcement and Demi's handle remains @mrskutcher - something she may now
consider changing.
Despite their dignified statements, Demi is now gearing up to battle it out
over their $290m fortune after enduring public humiliated because of his alleged
infidelity.
Moore and Kutcher wed in September 2005. The couple's relationship hit the
headlines in recent months as rumours swirled about Kutcher's alleged
infidelity.
The Two And A Half Men star allegedly shared a night of passion with party
girl Sara Leal, 22, at the Hard Rock Hotel in San Diego.
Texas-born Leal sold her story on Kutcher weeks after the fling, which took
place on Ashton and Demi's sixth wedding anniversary, September 24.
Leal relived the sordid details of the night - including how they had
unprotected sex - detailing that she had cavorted naked with Kutcher and a
gaggle of girls in a hot tub in the luxurious hotel suite.
She claimed Kutcher told her he was separated from Demi before the Two And A
Half Men star tried to persuade her to have a threesome along with her best
friend Marta Borzuchowski - but in the end he settled for a two-hour romp with
her.
Speaking of the fling, she told The Sun: 'We had sex twice. Everything felt
natural. We were having a good time. He was good, but it wasn't weird or
perverted or creepy.
'He had good endurance. We were up for a while. It was about two hours.'
Scene of the 'crime': Kutcher was said to have cavorted naked with Leal in
the hot tub of the Hard Rock Hotel in San Diego before bedding her
In the weeks after the story broke, Kutcher and Moore made apparent attempts
to heal their relationship with Kabbalah retreats, including a camping trip to
Cachuma Lake near Santa Barbara, California, last month.
What timing: Ashton dishes relationship advice
Kutcher is seen here posing on the December cover of Men's Health in a shoot
done before news his wife Demi is divorcing him.
The No Strings Attached star also gave an interview to sister publication
Women's Health.
Ironically, the 33-year-old actor dishes relationship advice - but in light
of yesterday's news may be wishing he hadn't.
Asked about the best relationship advice he has been given, the Two And A
Half Men star said: 'I think it’s all about working on the relationship and
making it better...when it’s good.
'Don't wait for a problem to work on things. The goal is not to get into a
relationship; the goal is to be in a relationship.'
Asked what sort of women he could never be with, he replied: 'Wow, that’s
tough. I could never be with a woman who felt like she needed to change me.'
In another intriguing comment he said: 'I would just like a woman someday,
somewhere, at some point in my life to say to me, "You're a great listener."
Haven't heard it yet, and that's a superior compliment to get from a woman. But
I'm going to work on it.'
He also admitted to being 'relatively scared' of failure but added: 'But I
just don't see it as something that's inevitable.'
The couple were accompanied by some close friends along with their Kabbalah
instructor Yehuda Berg and photos emerged of the pair sat around an outdoor
fire.
It was first time they were pictured together since news of Kutcher's alleged
booze-fuelled one-night stand broke.
In the weeks that followed, Demi appeared to be suffering under the strain of
her marriage breakdown, becoming gaunt and scarily skinny - reportedly dropping
down to just 7st (98lbs) which given her height of 5ft 5in is considerably
underweight.
The Leal affair was not the first time Kutcher has been accused of being
unfaithful to Demi.
Kutcher was first accused of infidelity in September last year, when Brittney
Jones, 21, said she had sex with the actor at the Beverly Hills home he once
shared with his wife while she was away.
She also later claimed that Kutcher told her he had an open relationship with
Demi and they would 'often engage in threesomes'.
Jones told Star: 'He looked over our texts and said he wanted me to delete
all the messages from him. He then told me he wanted me to delete the texts I
had sent to him. He said they could hurt him.'
At the time, the couple, who are worth an estimated £95million, brushed off
the allegations.
Kutcher, who took over Charlie Sheen’s role in hit U.S. TV series Two And A
Half Men earlier this year, wrote on Twitter at the time: 'I think Star magazine
calling me a "cheater" qualifies as defamation of character. I hope my lawyer
agrees.'
He added: 'Star magazine – you don’t get to stand behind "freedom of the
press" when you are writing fiction.'
Kutcher’s spokesman also denied the allegation while Miss Moore tweeted
‘Excellent point my love!’
Moore, who was previously married to Bruce Willis, started dating Kutcher in
2003. They married two years later.
In May last year Demi talked about wanting to start a family with Kutcher in
an interview with Elle magazine - something that never came to pass.
The actress has three daughter with her ex Willis - Rumer, 23, Scout, 20, and
Tallulah 17.
She has maintained a friendly relationship with the Die Hard star - even
attending his wedding to underwear model Emma Heming in 2009. By the same token,
Willis came to Demi and Ashton's wedding four years earlier.
Moore and Willis married in 1987 before divorcing 13 years later in 2000.
Campfire summit: Demi and Ashton met with Kabbalah counsellors in apparent
bid to heal their relationship
Escape: They visited Cachuma Lake in Santa Barbara, California for the
retreat
At the time of the split, Willis said: 'I felt I had failed as a father and a
husband by not being able to make it work.'
Moore, who starred alongside Patrick Swayze in the 1990 movie Ghost, was
first married to singer Freddy Moore.
They got hitched when she was aged 18 in 1980 and the relationship lasted
four years. She still goes by his last name.
For Ashton - who is 16 years Demi's junior - Moore was his first wife.
He previously had relationships with the late Brittany Murphy and Mad Men's
January Jones.
Happy families: Ashton and Demi pictured in 2008 with her ex-husband Bruce
Willis, his wife Emma Heming and her family, along with Rumer, Tallulah and
Scout - Demi and Bruce's three daughters
Today's news tops off a bad run for Ashton, who last week was at the centre
of a Twitter fallout after posting messages of support for Pennsylvania State
University football coach Joe Paterno.
Paterno, Penn State head coach for 46 years, had been fired for allegedly
covering up sexual abuse by the school's former football defence coordinator
Jerry Sandusky.
Kutcher responded to the news by tweeting: 'How do you fire Jo Pa? #insult
#noclass as a hawkeye [the University of Iowa football team] fan I find it in
poor taste.'
But his remarks cause a furious backlash - forcing Kutcher to admit he didn't
have the full facts when he posted the message.
He then handed the control of his Twitter feed over to his management team at
Katalyst Media to 'ensure the quality of its content'.
DEMI MOORE AND ASHTON KUTCHER'S MAY- DECEMBER ROMANCE
MAY 31, 2003: After two failed marriages and a spell away from the spotlight,
Demi Moore surprises all of Hollywood by stepping out with younger man, Ashton
Kutcher. The pair, who are 16 years apart, make their first public appearance
together at Diddy's MTV Movie Awards after party. 'They were all over each
other,' sources told People at the time. 'They were the talk of the party.'
SEPT 24, 2005: The Charlie's Angels star, then 42, marries Ashton, then 27,
in a private Kabbalah ceremony at their lavish home in Beverly Hills,
California. Around 100 guests attend the intimate nuptials, including Demi's
ex-husband and the father of her three children, Bruce Willis.
2009: Ashton reaches 1 million Twitter followers beating out CNN. The couple
embrace the internet phenomenon and use it to share often excruciatingly
intimate details of their home life. Ashton even posts a picture of Demi bending
over in a bikini, adding: 'Shhh don't tell wifey'.
MAY 2010: At 47, Demi, tells UK ELLE that she dreams of starting a family
with Ashton. 'We talk about it and it’s something that we would like,' she says.
'He’s an amazing father to my daughters already, so I have no doubt that if it’s
in our future, it would be another incredible part of our journey together.'
SEPT 2010: As their fifth wedding anniversary approaches, Ashton is accused
of having an affair with a 21-year-old California in a tabloid magazine.
Brittney Jones claims the pair had sex on a couch in the home he shares with
Demi and her daughters. He brands the claims a 'defamation of character' and the
pair maintain a united front.
SEPT 2011 A tabloid magazine publishes claims that Ashton cheated on his wife
during a weekend partying in San Diego. The encounter with party girl Sara Leal,
22, is said to have taken place on the 12th floor of the Hard Rock Hotel in San
Diego, California, in the early hours of Saturday – the Hollywood couple’s sixth
wedding anniversary.
OCT to NOV 17, 2011: The pair continue to wear their wedding rings and
undergo Kabbalah counselling at a camping trip in Santa Barbara. However their
efforts prove in vain, with Demi, pictured here looking gaunt on November 10,
ultimate