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Shannen Dohertyis getting back to business as usual.
Her wedding ring was notably absent from her left hand.
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“Divorce is the last thing Shannen wanted,” Doherty’s rep, Leslie Sloane, told PEOPLE in a statement upon the news of the filing. “Unfortunately, she felt she was left with no other option.”
Sloane alleged at the time that Iswarienko’s agent was “intimately involved” with their divorce. Neither Iswarienko nor his agent returned PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Doherty is requesting spousal support and asking it not be awarded to her estranged photographer husband. The pair do not share any children.
A few hours before the news of the filing broke, Dohertyshared a cryptic message on Instagram. “The only people who deserve to be in your life are the ones who treat you with love, kindness and total respect,” read the post, which was also shared to her Instagram Story.
Doherty and Iswarienkotied the knot in October 2011. The actress was previously married to Ashley Hamilton from 1993 to 1994, and Rick Salomon from 2002 to 2003.
A year before her nuptials with Iswarienko, Dohertytold PEOPLEthat she was taking her third marriage seriously. “Marriage to me is such a gigantic commitment that it’s not something I’d ever go into lightly anymore,” she said at the time. “I’ve learned my lesson.”
The actress has spent the last few years dealing with ongoing treatmentsfor stage 4 breast cancer.
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She was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015. She entered remission two years later, but revealed in 2020 that her cancer had returned as stage 4.
Doherty isscheduled to appearMay 13 and 14, along withCharmedcostarsHolly Marie CombsandRose McGowan, at Wales ComicCon.
source: people.com
