Wednesday, November 17, 2010

'She's devastated': Eva Longoria files for divorce as Tony Parker is accused of cheating with team mate's wife

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By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Split: Eva Longoria has filed for divorce from husband Tony Parker after three


Eva Longoria filed for divorce today after discovering 'hundreds of texts' from another woman on husband Tony Parker's phone.

The Desperate Housewives star, 35, confided to her friend Mario Lopez - host of U.S. entertainment show Extra - that Parker had cheated on her during their marriage.

The actress also confirmed to Lopez that she found hundreds of text messages from another woman on Parker's phone, who turned out to be the wife of one of the NBA player's teammates at the San Antonio Spurs.

The woman's identity has not been revealed nor the name of the San Antonio Spurs teammate.

Longoria added that her estranged husband cheated on her with yet another woman with whom he kept in touch via Facebook.

'She is devastated, she wants us all to know that,' Lopez said. 'But she's strong.'

She confirmed the split today, tweeting: 'It is with great sadness that after 7 years together, Tony and I have decided to divorce. We love each other deeply and pray for each other’s happiness.'

Her husband later tweeted the same message.

Longoria has cancelled her November 21 appearance at the American Music Awards.

Court documents show Eva Longoria filed for divorce from Parker in Los Angeles Superior Court November 17 - the day after her publicist denied reports that Parker, 27, had filed papers in Texas.


Desperate housewife: Eva Longoria tweets that her marriage is over


Official: Longoria cites 'irreconcilable differences' as the reason for the divorce


Divorce: She is also seeking spousal support in the papers filed in LA today


Under the spotlight: Eva first met Tony at a San Antonio Spurs game in 2006


Longoria's full name in the papers is listed as Eva Jaqueline Longoria Parker.
William Anthony Parker II is named as the respondent in the case.

Eva is being represented in the divorce by high profile celebrity divorce lawyer Lance Spiegel, who has previously worked for Sandra Bullock in her divorce from Jesse James and Russell Simmons in his divorce from Kimora Lee.

There is a prenuptial agreement between Parker and Longoria, according to U.S. reports.

Eva and Tony were engaged in November 2006 and married in July of 2007 in a Roman Catholic ceremony in Paris, France.

They first met after a San Antonio Spurs basketball game, when she and her father Enrique were invited back to the team’s press room to meet the players.

Eva and Tony immediately hit it off, and he asked Eva and her father to join him for dinner.

And according to the actress, he had no idea that she was famous.

Eva says, 'He was the last person on earth who hadn’t seen Desperate Housewives! We have the 20th Anniversary DVD. We watched all six in a row.'

And Tony was clearly smitten by the pint-sized brunette.

He said: 'I really thought she was very beautiful inside and had a good heart. She’s very family oriented, and me.. I love my family and my friends. She’s the same way.'

Their wedding took place at the Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois Church in Paris, across from the Louvre.

And it was a lavish event even by Hollywood standards.

Desperate Housewives producer Marc Cherry was a guest at the wedding, along with Eva's co-stars Teri Hatcher, Nicolette Sheridan and Felicity Huffman.

And he was overwhelmed with the opulence on display.

Cherry said: 'It was the kind of thing where you were kind of like, "I didn't know I knew people this rich".


Affectionate: Eva pictured this July aboard a yacht in Venice rubbing sun lotion into Tony during their extended European break


Touchy-feely: During their visit they also enjoyed a romantic trip aboard a gondola, seen here canoodling with one another


Eva with her former husband, soap star Tyler Christopher back in 2002


The chateau where the reception was was kind of like a mini Versailles and the cathedral, it was the nicest wedding I've ever been to in terms of where the wedding took place.

And he believed that the couple were truly in love.

Cherry said: 'There were all kinds of fans outside, paparazzi and you really felt like you were part of an event. I was just going to the wedding of a friend and suddenly realised, "This will be the only time I ever go to a wedding like this in my life" and it was really a lot of fun.

'The thing that made it really special for me was that after all the glamour and the glitz and stuff, when it came to the wedding toast, they were just like any other couple in love, they were both adorable.'

Eva and French-born Tony enjoyed an extended European break over the summer, taking in places including Venice and Croatia.

In the past Eva has spoken of her plans to quit the U.S. once her show Desperate Housewives comes to an end and move to Parker's French homeland.

She was quoted as saying in an interview earlier this year: 'I feel at home when I go there. So for me to actually be there is always a joy.'

Longoria was previously married to American soap star Tyler Christopher from 2002 until 2004.







source: dailymail
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