Tuesday, August 02, 2011
Mazel Tov
Halle Berry's ex husband and Prince's ex wife have gotten married...
Eric Benet and Manuela Testolini were married in Newport Beach on Sunday in front of 150 family and friends. The couple dated for three years and are expecting their first child.
Now for the tea.
Halle Berry and Eric Benet were married in 2001. They separated in 2003 after The National Enquirer exposed Eric's long time chick on the side, Julia Riley. Halle forced Eric to publicly admit he was a sex addict and enter rehab. Halle left Eric anyway and their divorce became final in 2005. At the time Halle was widely criticized for abandoning Eric's then pre-teen daughter India. That is, until it was revealed that Eric had been using India to emotionally blackmail Halle by telling her India was suffering from being abruptly removed from the lifestyle she had become accustomed to. Halle gave in to Eric's increasing financial demands for India until Eric questioned the validity of his pre-nuptial agreement in court. After that Halle cut off all communication with Eric and India.
Miss Testolini's story is not quite as messy.
Manuela Testolini met Prince, nineteen years her senior, while working for one of Prince's charitable organizations. They were married in 2001. She was his second wife. Manuela filed for divorce five years later. Though Prince did not contest the filing it was said that he did not want the divorce.