Demi Moore has announced that she is filing for divorce, ending her six-year marriage to Ashton Kutcher.
The 49-year-old actress released a statement today, confirming she was ending the relationship with “great sadness and a heavy heart”.
In pictures: Demi and Ashton in happier times
The statement also hinted at Ashton’s rumoured infidelity, saying: “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”.
Minutes after Demi’s announcement, Ashton, 33, posted a message on his Twitter page about the split.
“I will forever cherish the time I spent with Demi,” he wrote. “Marriage is one of the most difficult things in the world and unfortunately sometimes they fail. Love and Light, AK.”
Ashton hit the headlines in September when it was alleged that he had cheated on Demi on the night of their sixth wedding anniversary.
Sara Leal, 22, sold her story revealing a night of passion with Ashton and several other naked beauties in the hot tub of a hotel.
Demi and Ashton tried to save their marriage in the weeks after the scandal broke, spending time at Kabbalah retreats, but it is now clear their attempts at reconciliation failed.
Demi and Ashton wed in 2005. They appeared to have a very happy marriage, but cracks began to appear last year when Ashton was accused of sleeping with a 21-year-old party girl in the marital bed while Demi was away for work.
In pictures: Demi Moore models for Ann Taylor
It will be Demi’s third divorce. She was married to singer Freddy Moore from 1980 to 1984 and actor Bruce Willis from 1987 to 2000.
She has three daughters from her marriage to Bruce, Rumer, 23, Scout, 20 and Tullulah, 17.
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Video: Demi and Ashton are over
