Arnold Schwarzenegger and wife Maria Shriver file papers for divorce

Former California governor and Terminator star had confessed to fathering a lovechild with housekeeper Mildred Baena Former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife Maria Shriver are to divorce after papers were filed with a Los Angeles court on Friday. Maria Shriver, a stalwart of the Kennedy clan, filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences. The documents submitted to the Los Angeles Superior court and mark official proceedings to end the couple’s 25-year marriage. Entertainment website TMZ reported that Shriver has also submitted an application for custody for the couple’s two youngest children, Patrick Schwarzenegger, 17, and Christopher, 13. The news comes nearly two months after it emerged the Hollywood action man and Terminator star had fathered a 13-year-old lovechild with the couple’s former housekeeper, Mildred Baena. Revelations of Schwarzenegger’s infidelity broke shortly after he resigned his governorship and confessed to fathering the child and making maintenance payments to Baena, who had worked for the couple for 20 years. Shriver had moved out of the couple’s LA mansion following the split in May and reports suggested the couple have been living separatelyfor several weeks. Schwarzenegger has also been the subject of a number of further stories of alleged extra-marital affairs. The actor has said he plans to return to the Terminator series of films, while Shriver has said she is now concentrating on planning a conference to forward women’s power as an agent of global change. Arnold Schwarzenegger United States Celebrity Jo Adetunji guardian.co.uk

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