Kim Kardashian West filed for divorce from Kanye West Friday after 6 1/2 years of marriage, court records show. It was the first marriage for the West, 43, and the third for Kardashian, 40. Since the Humphries divorce, Kardashian has retained the services of perhaps the best-known divorce attorney in the country, Laura Wasser, dubbed the “Disso Queen” after representing clients that include Angelina Jolie, Johnny Depp and Britney Spears. In one of these, since deleted, in July 2020, West said he had been trying to divorce Kardashian, that her mother Kris Jenner was a tyrant and that the family was trying to force him into psychiatric treatment. Kardashian responded with a statement on Instagram, urging people to have compassion for West as he struggled with mental illness.

Source: ABC News February 19, 2021 20:48 UTC